Storms in South Carolina in 1996

805 events in 626 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

South Carolina in 1996 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

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The year

Events: 805
Deaths: 19
Injuries: 20
Damage: $65 million
Episodes: 626

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	290	2	8	$1.9 million
Hail	184	0	0
Winter Weather	51	0	0
Winter Storm	44	0	0	$100,000
Lightning	39	0	5	$6.3 million
High Wind	31	1	5	$7.8 million
Cold/Wind Chill	27	6	0	$20 million
Flash Flood	26	1	0	$643,000
Tornado	24	0	2	$5.7 million
Ice Storm	17	0	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	15	1	0	$23 million
Flood	14	0	0	$25,000
Heat	12	3	0
Heavy Snow	10	0	0
Drought	9	0	0
Waterspout	4	0	0
Tropical Storm	4	0	0
Funnel Cloud	2	0	0
Strong Wind	1	5	0
Heavy Rain	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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November 1996

Damaging Wind in South Carolina, November 8, 1996$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event

December 1996

Every year in South Carolina Every state in 1996 Tornadoes in South Carolina in 1996 Warnings in South Carolina in 1996 1995 1997

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.