South Carolina

Storms in South Carolina in 2015

1,317 events in 199 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2015, 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 2015 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
1,317
Deaths
19
Injuries
43
Damage
$179 million
Episodes
199

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 Wind67712$725,000
Flash Flood2291133$146 million
Hail11512$1.6 million
Flood6210$28 million
Coastal Flood5300
Winter Weather4200
Strong Wind2201$77,000
Heavy Rain2000
Winter Storm1800$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill1600
Ice Storm1100$55,000
Lightning1102$500,000
Heat1000
High Wind800$87,000
Tornado802$1.9 million
Rip Current550
Tropical Storm400
High Surf200
Tropical Depression200
Excessive Heat100
Wildfire101

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.