South Carolina

Storms in South Carolina in 1999

694 events in 178 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 1999, 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 1999 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
694
Deaths
21
Injuries
54
Damage
$54 million
Episodes
178

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind23103$1.6 million
Hail180021$11 million
Drought8600
Flash Flood3701$90,000
Heat222115
Lightning2105$197,000
Tornado1808$4.5 million
Winter Weather1600
Hurricane (Typhoon)1601$17 million
Ice Storm1400$20 million
Dense Fog1200
High Wind900$150,000
Sleet800
Winter Storm700
Heavy Rain600
Funnel Cloud500
Flood400
Heavy Snow100
Waterspout100

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

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May 1999

June 1999

July 1999

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September 1999

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November 1999

December 1999

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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.