South Carolina

Storms in South Carolina in 2008

1,521 events in 212 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2008, 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 2008 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
1,521
Deaths
5
Injuries
33
Damage
$17 million
Episodes
212

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 Wind61218$278,000
Hail53100$2.5 million
Drought11700
Tornado64021$11 million
High Wind5500$1.6 million
Flash Flood4700$421,000
Lightning2112$1.0 million
Winter Weather1600
Heavy Rain1200
Strong Wind1122$117,000
Tropical Storm1110$41,000
Funnel Cloud1000
Heavy Snow700
Winter Storm200
Wildfire100
Flood100
Dust Devil100$2,000
Dense Smoke100
Storm Surge/Tide100

Every episode, month by month

January 2008

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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.