South Carolina

Storms in South Carolina in 2010

1,164 events in 220 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2010, 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 2010 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
1,164
Deaths
4
Injuries
12
Damage
$15 million
Episodes
220

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 Wind63012$847,000
Hail17902$1.6 million
Heavy Snow9100$146,000
Winter Storm5100
Winter Weather5100$10,000
Flash Flood3100$1.2 million
Tornado2504$10 million
Lightning2200$265,000
Strong Wind1900$23,000
Excessive Heat1903$16,000
Heavy Rain1400
Flood1200$76,000
Ice Storm600$170,000
Coastal Flood500$50,000
Funnel Cloud200
Rip Current221
High Surf200$14,000
Wildfire100$25,000
High Wind100$1,000
Cold/Wind Chill110

Every episode, month by month

January 2010

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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.