Storm History: Fairfield County, South Carolina
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Fairfield 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
- 472
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 81
- Damage
- $31 million
- Episodes
- 321
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 | 175 | 0 | 2 | $345,000 |
| Tornado | 108 | 6 | 73 | $30 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 107 | 0 | 0 | $117,000 |
| Flash Flood | 39 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Winter Storm | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 0 | 6 | $15,000 |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| High Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 28, 1984
- Tornado, September 26, 2024
- Flash Flood, October 3, 2015
- Tornado, August 12, 2004
- Hail, June 22, 2015
- Tornado, January 6, 1995
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2012
- Hail, April 9, 2011
- High Wind, October 24, 2008
- Tornado, May 4, 1993
- Tornado, June 11, 2007
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2012
- Hail, June 20, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2011
- Tornado, May 3, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 7, 2016
- Hail, April 11, 2013
- Hail, May 23, 2014
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, March 28, 1984
- Tornado, May 5, 1989
- Tornado, November 7, 1995
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Tornado, August 16, 1994
- Tornado, May 7, 1998
- Tornado, September 7, 2004
- Tornado, March 15, 2008
- Tornado, April 13, 2020
- Tornado, September 27, 2004
- Tornado, April 5, 1957
- Tornado, April 4, 1989
- Tornado, March 29, 1991
- Tornado, March 28, 2010
- Tornado, April 15, 2018
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2026
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2025
- Hail, June 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2025
- Hail, March 31, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Tornado, December 29, 2024
- Tornado, September 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2024
- Hail, June 4, 2024
- Flood, May 24, 2024
- Tornado, May 9, 2024
- Strong Wind, April 11, 2024
- Hail, February 23, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2023
- Strong Wind, December 23, 2022
- Tropical Storm, September 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2022
- Hail, June 23, 2022
- Hail, June 17, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2022
- Hail, May 6, 2022
- Hail, May 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2022
- Ice Storm, January 16, 2022
- High Wind, January 3, 2022
- Hail, June 14, 2021
- Hail, June 10, 2021
- Tornado, May 4, 2021
- Hail, March 26, 2021
- Hail, March 25, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2020
- Tornado, April 13, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Hail, September 13, 2019
- Hail, August 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2019
- Hail, July 13, 2019
- Hail, June 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Tornado, October 10, 2018
- Tropical Storm, September 14, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2018
- Hail, June 25, 2018
- Hail, June 24, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2018
- Tornado, April 15, 2018
- Tornado, September 11, 2017
- Hail, September 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2017
- Hail, July 19, 2017
- Hail, July 15, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2017
- Hail, March 1, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, October 7, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2016
- Hail, July 21, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2016
- Hail, July 15, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2016
- Hail, June 17, 2016
- Hail, June 4, 2016
- Hail, May 3, 2016
- Flood, May 2, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, October 3, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2015
- Hail, July 2, 2015
- Hail, June 30, 2015
- Hail, June 22, 2015
- Hail, June 1, 2015
- Hail, April 7, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2015
- Ice Storm, February 17, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2014
- Hail, June 17, 2014
- Tornado, June 9, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2014
- Hail, June 5, 2014
- Hail, May 23, 2014
- Strong Wind, April 30, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 12, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 11, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2013
- Hail, June 26, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2013
- Tornado, April 28, 2013
- Hail, April 11, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2012
- Hail, July 23, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2012
- Tornado, May 14, 2012
- Hail, April 26, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 24, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Tornado, September 5, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 2011
- Hail, July 13, 2011
- Hail, July 6, 2011
- Hail, June 20, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2011
- Hail, June 2, 2011
- Hail, May 27, 2011
- Hail, May 10, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2011
- Hail, April 9, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2011
- Tornado, February 28, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 30, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2010
- Tornado, August 6, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2010
- Tornado, July 11, 2010
- Hail, June 29, 2010
- Tornado, May 17, 2010
- Tornado, May 3, 2010
- Tornado, March 28, 2010
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 30, 2010
- Flash Flood, January 24, 2010
- Flash Flood, December 25, 2009
- Flash Flood, December 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2009
- Hail, June 16, 2009
- Hail, June 10, 2009
- Tornado, May 4, 2009
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2009
- Hail, February 18, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2009
- Strong Wind, January 7, 2009
- Tornado, December 11, 2008
- High Wind, October 24, 2008
- Tornado, August 26, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2008
- Hail, August 2, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2008
- Hail, June 20, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Tornado, May 20, 2008
- Tornado, April 4, 2008
- Tornado, March 15, 2008
- Tornado, March 4, 2008
- Hail, August 25, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2007
- Hail, July 17, 2007
- Hail, June 13, 2007
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Tornado, June 11, 2007
- Hail, June 5, 2007
- Hail, April 19, 2007
- Tornado, March 2, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 18, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2006
- Hail, July 15, 2006
- Hail, June 12, 2006
- Hail, May 26, 2006
- Hail, May 14, 2006
- Tornado, April 26, 2006
- Hail, April 22, 2006
- Hail, April 3, 2006
- Tornado, February 4, 2006
- Hail, December 4, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2005
- Hail, July 13, 2005
- Hail, June 7, 2005
- Hail, May 13, 2005
- Hail, April 22, 2005
- Hail, April 8, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2005
- Tornado, November 24, 2004
- Tornado, September 27, 2004
- Tornado, September 16, 2004
- Tornado, September 7, 2004
- Tornado, August 12, 2004
- Hail, July 17, 2004
- Hail, July 9, 2004
- Hail, July 5, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2004
- Hail, June 4, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2004
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 22, 2003
- Ice Storm, February 16, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2003
- Ice Storm, December 4, 2002
- Tornado, November 11, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 11, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2002
- Hail, July 30, 2002
- Hail, July 3, 2002
- Hail, July 2, 2002
- Hail, May 13, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2002
- Hail, March 31, 2002
- Ice Storm, January 2, 2002
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 16, 2000
- Tornado, September 25, 2000
- Tornado, July 22, 2000
- Hail, June 14, 2000
- Hail, May 21, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 15, 1999
- Hail, May 22, 1999
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Fairfield CountyEvery warning in Fairfield 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.