South Carolina

Storms in South Carolina in 2017

912 events in 169 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2017, 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 2017 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
912
Deaths
5
Injuries
19
Damage
$756 million
Episodes
169

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 Wind488010$384,000
Hail15811$706,000
Tornado4925$4.2 million
Flash Flood4000$96,000
Winter Weather3600
Heavy Rain2900
High Wind2610$100,000
Cold/Wind Chill1500$750 million
Lightning1300$42,000
Flood1100$2,000
Winter Storm1000
Strong Wind700$1,000
Tropical Depression700
Storm Surge/Tide500
Tropical Storm400
Drought300
Heavy Snow300
Rip Current313
Coastal Flood300
Heat200

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.