South Carolina

Storm History: Berkeley County, South Carolina

556 episodes, 1,092 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Berkeley 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
1,092
Deaths
10
Injuries
59
Damage
$16 million
Episodes
556

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail45008$284,000
Thunderstorm Wind27326$819,000
Tornado153238$10 million
Flash Flood7500$4.7 million
Drought2100
Tropical Storm2001$18,000
Strong Wind1720$34,000
Excessive Heat1103$9,000
Heavy Snow1000
Lightning901$317,000
Heat820
Ice Storm811$210,000
Flood700$20,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)600
High Wind600$8,000
Winter Weather500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Wildfire201
Winter Storm210
Tropical Depression200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Heavy Rain100
Frost/Freeze100
Funnel Cloud100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Berkeley County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Berkeley CountyEvery warning in Berkeley 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.