South Carolina

Storm History: Colleton County, South Carolina

565 episodes, 1,428 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Colleton 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
1,428
Deaths
2
Injuries
19
Damage
$5.0 million
Episodes
565

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
Thunderstorm Wind61401$536,000
Hail39000$709,000
Tornado139112$1.4 million
Strong Wind11400$52,000
Flash Flood5500$2.2 million
High Wind2200$18,000
Drought2100
Tropical Storm1700$8,000
Flood1400$30,000
Heavy Snow1000$53,000
Ice Storm700$26,000
Heat500
Winter Weather400
Lightning302
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill311
Excessive Heat200$500
Winter Storm200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Hurricane (Typhoon)100
Frost/Freeze100
Wildfire100
Tropical Depression100
Dense Fog103

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 Colleton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Colleton CountyEvery warning in Colleton 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.