South Carolina

Storms in South Carolina in 2009

1,069 events in 200 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2009, 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 2009 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
1,069
Deaths
7
Injuries
25
Damage
$56 million
Episodes
200

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 Wind45801$873,000
Hail30705$2.2 million
Flash Flood6400$597,000
Coastal Flood5200$400,000
Winter Weather3800
Strong Wind3210$373,000
Tornado19216$11 million
Lightning1701$980,000
High Wind1600$105,000
Winter Storm1600
Funnel Cloud1600
Heavy Snow1200
Flood700$2,000
Heavy Rain700
Rip Current332
Wildfire200$40 million
Storm Surge/Tide200
Excessive Heat110

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.