Storms in South Carolina in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 1987, 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 1987 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
- 128
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $275,000
- Episodes
- 50
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 | 81 | 0 | 7 | |
| Hail | 45 | 0 | 6 | |
| Tornado | 2 | 0 | 2 | $275,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1987
April 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 3, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 15, 1987
- Hail in South Carolina, April 16, 1987
- Hail in South Carolina, April 23, 1987
May 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 1, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 2, 1987
- Hail in South Carolina, May 3, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 4, 1987
- Hail in South Carolina, May 19, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 28, 1987
- Hail in South Carolina, May 29, 1987
June 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 1, 1987
- Hail in South Carolina, June 2, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 3, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 18, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 24, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 25, 1987
July 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 2, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 4, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 9, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 11, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 12, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 13, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 15, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 23, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 25, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 27, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 28, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 29, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 30, 1987
August 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 1, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 2, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 5, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 6, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 7, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 11, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 19, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 21, 1987
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 23, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 29, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 30, 1987
- Tornado in South Carolina, August 31, 1987
September 1987
November 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, November 10, 1987
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, November 17, 1987
December 1987
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.