South Carolina

Storm History: Hampton County, South Carolina

301 episodes, 477 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hampton 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
477
Deaths
9
Injuries
95
Damage
$4.7 million
Episodes
301

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 Wind225227$249,000
Hail12100$73,000
Tornado49566$4.2 million
Drought2100
Flash Flood1600$10,000
Tropical Storm800$1,000
Ice Storm712$126,000
High Wind700$5,000
Heat500
Strong Wind410$3,000
Heavy Snow200$10,000
Storm Surge/Tide200
Winter Storm200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Hurricane (Typhoon)100
Frost/Freeze100
Excessive Heat100$1,000
Wildfire100
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 Hampton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hampton CountyEvery warning in Hampton 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.