South Carolina

Storms in South Carolina in 2019

827 events in 140 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Carolina in 2019, 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 2019 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
827
Deaths
7
Injuries
24
Damage
$1.9 million
Episodes
140

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 Wind61932$549,000
Hail8010$229,000
Tornado2608$879,000
Coastal Flood1900
Flash Flood1800$63,000
Strong Wind1400$23,000
Lightning13112$165,000
Tropical Storm1202$15,000
Winter Weather600
High Wind500
Heavy Rain300
Tropical Depression300
Flood200$25,000
Drought200
Wildfire200
Funnel Cloud100
Heat110
Rip Current110

Every episode, month by month

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June 2019

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December 2019

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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.