South Carolina

Storm History: Oconee County, South Carolina

430 episodes, 635 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Oconee 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
635
Deaths
1
Injuries
26
Damage
$115 million
Episodes
430

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
Hail30904$646,000
Thunderstorm Wind16900$368,000
Tornado85120$113 million
Flash Flood3800$126,000
Lightning1002$681,000
Cold/Wind Chill600
Drought400
Flood300$3,000
Heavy Rain300
Tropical Storm200$5,000
Winter Storm200
Ice Storm200
Heavy Snow200

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 Oconee County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Oconee CountyEvery warning in Oconee 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.