Storms in South Carolina in 1986
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 1986, 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 1986 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
- 121
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $25,000
- Episodes
- 42
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 | 82 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hail | 38 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tornado | 1 | 0 | 3 | $25,000 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1986
March 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 13, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, March 19, 1986
April 1986
May 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 7, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 20, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 25, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 26, 1986
- Hail in South Carolina, May 30, 1986
June 1986
- Hail in South Carolina, June 1, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 2, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 3, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 8, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 9, 1986
- Hail in South Carolina, June 18, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 20, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 24, 1986
- Hail in South Carolina, June 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 27, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 28, 1986
July 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 2, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 8, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 10, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 14, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 15, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 16, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 19, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 21, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 22, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 25, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, July 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 27, 1986
August 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 1, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 2, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 3, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 6, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 7, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 8, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 11, 1986
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 18, 1986
October 1986
More
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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.