Storm History: Anderson County, South Carolina
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Anderson County, South Carolina: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 1,016
- Deaths
- 16
- Injuries
- 27
- Damage
- $95 million
- Episodes
- 724
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 383 | 2 | 12 | $1.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 256 | 0 | 1 | $2.6 million |
| Tornado | 149 | 0 | 12 | $11 million |
| Flash Flood | 55 | 0 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| Drought | 42 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 16 | 0 | 0 | $117,000 |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | $55,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 12 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Winter Storm | 10 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 10 | 6 | 0 | $50 million |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | $13 million |
| Heavy Rain | 7 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 2 | $5.2 million |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 1 | 0 | $130,000 |
| Heat | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 3 | 0 | $7.3 million |
| Sleet | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Tropical Storm, September 27, 2024
- Heat, July 26, 1999
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Strong Wind, November 11, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 1996
- Heat, July 17, 1996
- Cold/Wind Chill, November 18, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2000
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 2000
- Hail, July 15, 2017
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 16, 2017
- Ice Storm, December 4, 2002
- Tropical Storm, September 27, 2024
- Lightning, May 25, 1996
- Tornado, September 16, 1996
- Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007
- Tornado, April 13, 1980
- Ice Storm, January 2, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2001
- Tornado, September 16, 1996
- Tornado, September 16, 1996
- Tornado, February 6, 2020
- Tornado, February 21, 1993
- Tornado, June 26, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2001
- Flash Flood, April 17, 1998
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Hail, June 15, 2010
- Tornado, April 4, 1989
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2003
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 8, 1957
- Tornado, March 28, 1984
- Tornado, May 5, 1989
- Tornado, April 8, 1974
- Tornado, April 13, 2020
- Tornado, May 28, 1973
- Tornado, November 21, 1973
- Tornado, March 23, 1979
- Tornado, April 13, 1980
- Tornado, June 10, 1982
- Tornado, June 2, 1985
- Tornado, April 4, 1989
- Tornado, November 15, 1989
- Tornado, March 1, 1991
- Tornado, June 26, 1994
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Hail, March 16, 2026
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2026
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2026
- Hail, November 8, 2025
- Hail, June 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2025
- Hail, May 17, 2025
- Hail, May 15, 2025
- Hail, May 2, 2025
- Hail, April 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Tropical Storm, September 27, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2024
- Hail, May 26, 2024
- Hail, May 8, 2024
- Hail, May 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 2024
- Flash Flood, January 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2023
- Hail, July 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2023
- Hail, June 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2023
- Hail, May 16, 2023
- Tornado, March 3, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2022
- Hail, July 30, 2022
- Hail, July 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2022
- Hail, April 7, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Flash Flood, October 7, 2021
- Tornado, August 17, 2021
- Hail, August 14, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2021
- Tropical Storm, October 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2020
- Tornado, May 22, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2020
- Hail, May 4, 2020
- Tornado, April 29, 2020
- Tornado, April 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 13, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2020
- Tornado, February 6, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Hail, August 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2019
- Tornado, April 14, 2019
- Hail, April 8, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2018
- Hail, August 9, 2018
- Hail, August 6, 2018
- Hail, July 21, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2018
- Hail, June 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 20, 2018
- Hail, May 10, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2018
- Tornado, October 23, 2017
- High Wind, September 11, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2017
- Hail, July 16, 2017
- Hail, July 15, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Hail, May 12, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Tornado, April 3, 2017
- Hail, March 30, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 16, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2017
- Drought, January 1, 2017
- Drought, December 1, 2016
- Tornado, November 30, 2016
- Drought, November 1, 2016
- Drought, October 1, 2016
- Hail, September 27, 2016
- Hail, September 26, 2016
- Drought, September 1, 2016
- Hail, August 17, 2016
- Drought, August 1, 2016
- Hail, July 8, 2016
- Hail, July 7, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2016
- Hail, May 12, 2016
- Hail, April 12, 2016
- High Wind, February 24, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2015
- Flood, November 2, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2015
- Hail, June 30, 2015
- Hail, June 26, 2015
- Hail, June 18, 2015
- Hail, June 9, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2015
- Hail, April 20, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2015
- High Wind, February 14, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, September 13, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 21, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, January 11, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2013
- Hail, July 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2013
- Hail, June 28, 2013
- Hail, June 13, 2013
- Tornado, June 10, 2013
- Tornado, June 2, 2013
- Hail, May 22, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2013
- Hail, January 30, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 2, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2012
- Hail, August 9, 2012
- Hail, August 8, 2012
- Hail, July 24, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Hail, July 16, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2012
- Hail, July 5, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 14, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2012
- Hail, May 22, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2012
- Hail, April 27, 2012
- Hail, April 26, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2012
- Hail, March 31, 2012
- High Wind, January 12, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2011
- Hail, August 14, 2011
- Hail, August 12, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2011
- Hail, July 4, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2011
- Hail, June 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2011
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Hail, June 19, 2011
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Hail, June 10, 2011
- Hail, June 8, 2011
- Hail, June 5, 2011
- Tornado, May 26, 2011
- Hail, April 9, 2011
- Hail, April 4, 2011
- Tornado, February 28, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2010
- Tornado, November 30, 2010
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Hail, September 27, 2010
- Hail, July 26, 2010
- Hail, June 28, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2010
- Hail, June 25, 2010
- Hail, June 16, 2010
- Hail, June 15, 2010
- Hail, May 28, 2010
- Hail, May 16, 2010
- Tornado, April 8, 2010
- Hail, March 28, 2010
- Lightning, March 12, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 24, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, December 2, 2009
- Strong Wind, November 11, 2009
- Hail, September 8, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2009
- Hail, August 5, 2009
- Hail, June 27, 2009
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Hail, June 17, 2009
- Tornado, June 16, 2009
- Hail, June 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2009
- Hail, May 28, 2009
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2009
- Hail, May 8, 2009
- Hail, May 6, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- High Wind, January 7, 2009
- Drought, November 1, 2008
- Strong Wind, October 8, 2008
- Drought, October 1, 2008
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Anderson CountyEvery warning in Anderson County since 1986Every county in South Carolina
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.