South Carolina

Storms in South Carolina in 2011

1,723 events in 238 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2011, 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 2011 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
1,723
Deaths
8
Injuries
41
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
238

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 Wind1,05006$3.9 million
Hail461124$4.3 million
Strong Wind2600$36,000
Ice Storm2500$716,000
Heavy Snow2000
Tornado2038$4.2 million
Winter Storm1811
Lightning1500$370,000
Flash Flood1501$783,000
Excessive Heat1200
Heat900
Tropical Storm900$227,000
Wildfire800$3.5 million
Winter Weather700
Funnel Cloud600
High Surf500
Heavy Rain400
Rip Current331
Flood300$20,000
High Wind200$5,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Dust Devil100$1,000
Drought100
Astronomical Low Tide100
Storm Surge/Tide100

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.