Storms in South Carolina in 1998

908 events in 215 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 1998, 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 1998 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: 908
Deaths: 11
Injuries: 59
Damage: $24 million
Episodes: 215

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	374	1	1	$985,000
Hail	264	0	11	$177,000
Flash Flood	49	0	0	$4.2 million
Tornado	44	4	40	$14 million
Dense Fog	33	0	0
Drought	30	0	0
High Wind	26	0	0	$35,000
Lightning	22	2	6	$187,000
Strong Wind	11	0	0	$3,000
Heat	10	3	0
Sleet	9	0	0
Flood	8	0	1	$24,000
Winter Weather	8	0	0
Waterspout	5	0	0
Ice Storm	4	0	0	$47,000
Heavy Snow	3	0	0
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	2	0	0	$3.8 million
Storm Surge/Tide	1	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	1	1	0
Heavy Rain	1	0	0	$50,000

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in South Carolina Every state in 1998 Tornadoes in South Carolina in 1998 Warnings in South Carolina in 1998 1997 1999

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.