Storms in South Carolina in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 1983, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
South Carolina in 1983 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 130
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $8.1 million
- Episodes
- 37
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 108 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 13 | 0 | 9 | $8.1 million |
| Hail | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, February 2, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, February 22, 1983
March 1983
April 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 7, 1983
- Tornado in South Carolina, April 8, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 23, 1983
May 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 25, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 26, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 29, 1983
June 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 5, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 7, 1983
July 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 2, 1983
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 3, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 4, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 16, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 17, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 20, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 21, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 22, 1983
- Tornado in South Carolina, July 23, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 24, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 25, 1983
August 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 1, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 6, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 9, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 21, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 23, 1983
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 24, 1983
- Hail in South Carolina, August 31, 1983
September 1983
December 1983
More
Every year in South CarolinaEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in South Carolina in 198319821984
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.