Storms in South Carolina in 1989
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 1989, 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 1989 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
- 298
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 71
- Damage
- $20 million
- Episodes
- 48
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 | 246 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hail | 32 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tornado | 20 | 3 | 65 | $20 million |
Every episode, month by month
February 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, February 21, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, February 22, 1989
March 1989
April 1989
May 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 1, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, May 5, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 6, 1989
June 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 1, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 2, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 3, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 5, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 6, 1989
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 7, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 9, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 12, 1989
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 15, 1989
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, June 16, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 19, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 20, 1989
- Hail in South Carolina, June 22, 1989
July 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 3, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 7, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 11, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 12, 1989
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 16, 1989
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 19, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 20, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 21, 1989
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 25, 1989
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 27, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 30, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 31, 1989
August 1989
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 1, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 6, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 7, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 14, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 17, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 18, 1989
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 23, 1989
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 24, 1989
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 26, 1989
September 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 20, 1989
- Tornadoes in South Carolina, September 22, 1989
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 25, 1989
October 1989
November 1989
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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.