Storm History: McCormick County, South Carolina
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in McCormick 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
- 251
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 7
- Damage
- $23 million
- Episodes
- 178
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 72 | 0 | 0 | $165,000 |
| Hail | 67 | 0 | 2 | $24,000 |
| Tornado | 57 | 0 | 4 | $23 million |
| Flash Flood | 30 | 0 | 0 | $65,000 |
| Winter Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 4 | 0 | 1 | $28,000 |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $210,000 |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, September 26, 2024
- Tornado, March 21, 1974
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Lightning, February 28, 2009
- Tornado, May 6, 2003
- Tornado, May 7, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2011
- Strong Wind, April 30, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 30, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2011
- Strong Wind, January 7, 2009
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2015
- Lightning, May 22, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2001
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 29, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2012
- Hail, September 27, 2011
- Tornado, May 23, 2026
- Hail, March 31, 2025
- Hail, November 8, 2025
- Hail, June 25, 2018
- Hail, May 10, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Hail, February 21, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2005
- Hail, May 20, 2005
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Hail, July 3, 2002
- Hail, March 10, 2000
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, May 23, 2026
- Lightning, May 22, 2026
- Heavy Snow, January 31, 2026
- Hail, November 8, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2025
- Tornado, June 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2025
- Hail, March 31, 2025
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2025
- Tornado, September 26, 2024
- Hail, May 25, 2024
- Flood, May 24, 2024
- Tornado, May 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 2024
- Tornado, January 9, 2024
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2023
- Tornado, January 4, 2023
- Tropical Storm, September 29, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2022
- Hail, April 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2021
- Hail, March 26, 2021
- Strong Wind, December 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2020
- Hail, March 24, 2020
- Tornado, January 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Hail, April 14, 2019
- Hail, April 8, 2019
- Tornado, October 10, 2018
- Hail, July 21, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2018
- Hail, June 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 7, 2017
- Tornado, September 11, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2017
- Hail, May 29, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2016
- Hail, June 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, December 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2015
- Hail, April 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2014
- Hail, August 8, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2014
- Strong Wind, April 30, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 30, 2013
- Hail, July 9, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2012
- Tornado, March 2, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 13, 2011
- Hail, September 27, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, May 26, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 30, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2010
- Hail, June 28, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2010
- Hail, April 8, 2010
- Hail, April 8, 2010
- Tornado, March 28, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 2, 2009
- Hail, August 5, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2009
- Tornado, April 10, 2009
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2009
- Lightning, February 28, 2009
- Strong Wind, January 7, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 8, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Tornado, May 20, 2008
- Hail, May 10, 2008
- Tornado, April 4, 2008
- Tornado, March 15, 2008
- Tornado, March 4, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2007
- Hail, June 13, 2007
- Tornado, June 11, 2007
- Hail, June 4, 2007
- Tornado, February 13, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 5, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2006
- Hail, May 5, 2006
- Hail, December 4, 2005
- Hail, May 20, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2005
- Hail, February 21, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 29, 2005
- Tornado, January 13, 2005
- Ice Storm, December 26, 2004
- Tornado, November 24, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2004
- Ice Storm, January 25, 2004
- Hail, August 14, 2003
- Hail, July 21, 2003
- Hail, July 19, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2003
- Tornado, May 6, 2003
- Tornado, May 6, 2003
- Hail, May 2, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 22, 2003
- Ice Storm, December 4, 2002
- Tornado, November 11, 2002
- Hail, July 3, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 13, 2002
- Ice Storm, January 2, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 20, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 19, 2001
- Hail, March 10, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 10, 2000
- Hail, June 3, 1999
- Hail, May 13, 1999
- Hail, May 6, 1999
- Tornado, April 8, 1999
- Hail, June 19, 1998
- Hail, June 10, 1998
- Hail, June 9, 1998
- Tornado, May 7, 1998
- Hail, April 8, 1998
- Hail, April 3, 1998
- Hail, April 22, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 1996
- Hail, June 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 1996
- Hail, May 6, 1996
- Hail, April 13, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 27, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 1995
- Hail, June 28, 1994
- Tornado, March 31, 1993
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Tornado, June 21, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 22, 1990
- Tornado, May 5, 1989
- Tornado, June 2, 1985
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 28, 1983
- Tornado, March 21, 1974
- Tornado, January 10, 1972
- Tornado, January 6, 1962
- Tornado, March 13, 1955
More
Tornadoes in McCormick CountyEvery warning in McCormick 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.