South Carolina

Storms in South Carolina in 2012

1,275 events in 215 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2012, 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 2012 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
1,275
Deaths
3
Injuries
42
Damage
$9.4 million
Episodes
215

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 Wind65918$694,000
Hail40003$3.8 million
Flash Flood61030$3.2 million
Heat3500
Lightning1901$61,000
Flood1700$119,000
Coastal Flood1400
Strong Wind1300$22,000
Tropical Storm1300$17,000
Excessive Heat1210
Tornado1110$1.5 million
Tropical Depression900
Heavy Rain600
High Wind400
Funnel Cloud200

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

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November 2012

December 2012

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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.