South Carolina

Storm History: Georgetown County, South Carolina

292 episodes, 451 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Georgetown 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
451
Deaths
15
Injuries
36
Damage
$78 million
Episodes
292

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
Hail14402$586,000
Thunderstorm Wind11201$727,000
Tornado54611$4.1 million
Flash Flood3801$2.8 million
Lightning16121$274,000
Tropical Storm1610$15,000
Heavy Rain1500$1.5 million
Winter Storm1300
Flood1210$65,000
Heat700
Rip Current550
Strong Wind500$15,000
Waterspout300
Hurricane (Typhoon)310$68 million
Wildfire200
Funnel Cloud200
Coastal Flood200
High Wind100$1,000
Winter Weather100

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 Georgetown County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Georgetown CountyEvery warning in Georgetown 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.