South Carolina

Storm History: Spartanburg County, South Carolina

687 episodes, 1,095 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Spartanburg 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
1,095
Deaths
12
Injuries
126
Damage
$91 million
Episodes
687

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
Hail54305$17 million
Thunderstorm Wind298015$9.1 million
Tornado1284103$23 million
Flash Flood7211$6.4 million
Lightning1322$1.0 million
Flood1100$3,000
Heavy Rain1100$35,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Tropical Storm450$35 million
Winter Storm400
Drought400
Heavy Snow200
Funnel Cloud100

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 Spartanburg County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Spartanburg CountyEvery warning in Spartanburg 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.