South Carolina

Storms in South Carolina in 2004

788 events in 320 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2004, 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 2004 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
788
Deaths
9
Injuries
44
Damage
$72 million
Episodes
320

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 Wind25512$686,000
Hail9000$163,000
Tornado89136$4.5 million
Ice Storm5800$26 million
Flash Flood5000$4.8 million
Winter Weather3800
High Wind3810$321,000
Flood2800$8.6 million
Heavy Rain2400$6,000
Tropical Storm2300$17 million
Lightning2013$1.7 million
Drought1500
Heavy Snow1400$1.9 million
Frost/Freeze1200
Winter Storm1110
Sleet1000
Funnel Cloud600
Hurricane (Typhoon)403$6.5 million
Rip Current230
Strong Wind110

Every episode, month by month

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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.