Storm History: Laurens County, South Carolina

Events

671

Deaths

10

Injuries

71

Damage

$118 million

Episodes

513

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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• Tropical Storm, September 27, 20243 deaths · $25 million · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 28, 19842 deaths · 60 injured · $25 million · F4 · 6 events here
• Tornado, June 16, 20091 death · $1.2 million · EF1 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 20131 death · $300,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events here
• High Wind, March 7, 20041 death · $10,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, July 26, 19991 death · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 20001 death · 1 event here

• Cold/Wind Chill, March 16, 2017$50 million · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, September 27, 20243 deaths · $25 million · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 28, 19842 deaths · 60 injured · $25 million · F4 · 6 events here
• Ice Storm, December 4, 2002$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 13, 19731 injured · $2.5 million · F4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, January 13, 20051 injured · $2.0 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 2, 1999$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 20091 death · $1.2 million · EF1 · 2 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 15, 1993$500,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 25, 1993$500,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Lightning, August 30, 2006$500,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 24, 1999$300,000 · 2.25 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 20131 death · $300,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events here
• Tornado, October 8, 2017$270,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 8, 19775 injured · $250,000 · F1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 23, 1997$150,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 15, 1996$70,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 19, 1998$70,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, December 9, 2009$70,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events here

• Hail, April 9, 20114 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 24, 19554 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 20, 19993.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 10, 20113 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 7, 19853 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 3, 19982.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 8, 19982.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 1994$5,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 1, 19872.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, March 13, 19912.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 9, 20232.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 24, 1999$300,000 · 2.25 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, November 8, 20252 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 1, 2017$50,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 17, 20132 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, March 28, 19842 deaths · 60 injured · $25 million · F4 · 6 events here
• Tornado, December 13, 19731 injured · $2.5 million · F4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 5, 1989F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 30, 1960$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 28, 1973F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 2, 1985F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 4, 1989F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, November 15, 1989F2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 15, 1993$500,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 13, 20051 injured · $2.0 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 10, 2009EF2 · 3 events here
• Tornado, November 16, 2011EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 8, 2017$270,000 · EF2 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Laurens County, with its track

• Flash Flood, May 26, 2026$2,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 202659 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Hail, March 16, 202665 kt wind · 2 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20261 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 31, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, January 25, 20261 event here
• Hail, November 8, 20252 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 25, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 202556 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 12, 2025$7,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 3, 2025$5,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 202550 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, January 10, 20251 event here
• Tornado, December 29, 2024$10,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tropical Storm, September 27, 20243 deaths · $25 million · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 30, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 8, 20241.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 202451 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, January 9, 2024$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 7, 202365 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 9, 20232.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 3, 2023$50,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, January 12, 2023EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 26, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 16, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2021$5,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 17, 2021$20,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, August 14, 202155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 202150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 202150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 25, 2021EF0 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 11, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 10, 2020$10,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 13, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 201955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2019$5,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, October 11, 20181 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 27, 201855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 9, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 8, 20181.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 26, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 20181.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 16, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 201855 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, January 17, 20181 event here
• Tornado, October 8, 2017$270,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• High Wind, September 11, 2017$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 201760 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 201755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 5, 2017EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 2017$20,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 30, 20171 in hail · 2 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, March 16, 2017$50 million · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 12, 20171 event here
• Hail, March 1, 2017$50,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Winter Weather, January 7, 20171 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20161 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20161 event here
• Strong Wind, September 2, 2016$20,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 201650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2016$5,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 7, 2016$40,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 30, 2016$5,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, November 2, 2015$5,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, October 3, 2015$10,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, September 4, 2015$5,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 3, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 201560 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 201560 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 201550 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, February 23, 20151 event here
• Ice Storm, February 16, 2015$10,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, November 1, 20141 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2014$10,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 3, 20141.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 201450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 9, 201450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 25, 20141.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2014$1,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 12, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, February 11, 20141 event here
• Winter Weather, January 28, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, January 11, 201450 kt wind · 2 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, July 21, 20131 event here
• Hail, July 17, 20132 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 12, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 20131 death · $300,000 · 50 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 201350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 201350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 25, 20131 event here
• Hail, August 9, 201255 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, August 8, 201255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 201255 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 24, 201255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 17, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 16, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 3, 20121.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, July 1, 20121.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20121 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 201250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 22, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 17, 20121.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 16, 20121.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 201255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 16, 2011EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, September 25, 20111.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 20, 20110.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 12, 20111.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 31, 20111 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 4, 20111 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 201155 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 20111 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 19, 20111.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 18, 20111.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 9, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 20111.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Tornado, May 26, 2011EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 10, 20113 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 3, 20111 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 9, 20114 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 4, 20111 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 19, 2011EF0 · 7 events here
• Tornado, February 28, 2011EF0 · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, January 9, 20111 event here
• Winter Weather, December 25, 20101 event here
• Tornado, November 30, 2010$50,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, October 14, 20101 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, September 27, 20101 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 201055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 26, 20101 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 25, 201060 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 201055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 201055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 23, 201055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, March 28, 20101.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, March 21, 20101 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 2, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 12, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, January 29, 20101 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, December 9, 2009$70,000 · 70 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, September 9, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 5, 200955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 17, 200950 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 18, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 20091 death · $1.2 million · EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 200950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 200965 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 6, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 4, 2009$20,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, April 13, 2009$5,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 10, 2009EF2 · 3 events here
• Hail, April 6, 20091.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 1, 20091 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 200955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 20, 20091 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20081 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20081 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20081 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20081 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 200860 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20081.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20081.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 20081.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, June 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, April 26, 20081.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 4, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 15, 2008EF0 · 4 events here
• Hail, March 4, 200870 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20081 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20071 event here
• Tornado, September 14, 2007$10,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 200755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 200755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 2007$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 200750 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 7, 200750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, June 30, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 20071 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 13, 200750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 12, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, May 12, 200750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, April 14, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 11, 20071.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20071 event here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20071 event here
• Tornado, January 5, 2007F1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lightning, August 30, 2006$500,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 20061 injured · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 200655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, June 23, 20061 event here
• Hail, June 12, 20061 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 200660 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 27, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 20, 200650 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 20, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 20, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 26, 200650 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, April 26, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 22, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 21, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 3, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 3, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 17, 2006$1,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 15, 2005$50,000 · 1 event here

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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.