Tropical Storm in South Carolina

Events

417

Deaths

39

Injuries

9

Damage

$478 million

• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, September 26 to 27, 202421 deaths · $306 million · EF1 · 33 eventsTropical Storm Helene formed in the NW Caribbean Sea on September 24. Helene moved northward into the Gulf of Mexico where it strengthened into a hurricane on September 25.
• Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, September 27 to 28, 202416 deaths · $126 million · 31 eventsTropical Cyclone Helene began organizing over the western Caribbean on the 23rd and 24th of September before rapidly intensifying as it moved north through the eastern Gulf of Mexico on the 25th and 26th.
• Hurricane and Tornadoes in South Carolina, September 14 to 16, 20186 deaths · $3.4 million · EF0 · 26 eventsHurricane Florence began its long Atlantic trek from the Cape Verde Islands in early September. It made landfall near Wrightsville Beach during the morning of September 14th.
• Hurricane and Tornado in South Carolina, October 8 to 25, 20165 deaths · $241 million · EF0 · 47 eventsMajor Hurricane Matthew moved up the southeast coast and slowly weakened to a category 1 storm as it moved up along the South Carolina coast and then eastward near the North Carolina coast.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, September 7 to 8, 200412 injured · $2.1 million · F3 · 29 eventsNWS survey along with dept. of highways, found trees down across US601 from a small tornado.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, September 11 to 12, 20171 death · 1 injured · $575,000 · EF1 · 23 eventsIrma first developed into a tropical storm on August 30th about 420 miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands, and within 24 hours strengthened into a hurricane. Irma continued to intensify and became a major hurricane over the eastern Atlantic on September 1st.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, August 5 to 9, 20243 injured · $580,000 · EF1 · 75 eventsDebby first developed into a tropical storm about 100 miles west-southwest of Key West, Florida late afternoon on August 3rd, then gradually strengthened to a strong tropical storm while tracking north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico on August 4th.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, September 26 to 27, 2024$10 million · EF1 · 19 eventsHelene first developed into a tropical storm in the northwest Caribbean Sea in the late morning of September 24, and strengthened into a hurricane near the Yucatan peninsula about 24 hours later.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in South Carolina, September 5 to 6, 20081 death · $10,000 · 4 eventsTropical Storm Hanna came ashore near the NC/SC border, with winds over 40 mph and heavy rain. Rainfall amounts averaged between four and six inches. There were multiple road closures in Horry county, due to the heavy rain and minor storm surge.
• Tropical Storm in South Carolina, June 7, 20131 death · 1 eventTropical Storm Andrea, a minimal storm with sustained winds of 45 mph, moved up the coast of the Carolinas the morning of June 7th, bringing torrential rain, brief tropical storm force winds, and isolated severe weather.
• Tropical Storm in South Carolina, August 29, 2004$17 million · 3 eventsThe center of Tropical Storm Gaston came ashore near Bulls Bay with sustained 70 mph winds around 930 am on August 29th. The center moved through northern Charleston county into eastern Berkeley county that afternoon.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, July 7 to 8, 2021$1.1 million · EF1 · 8 eventsElsa initially developed as a Tropical Depression over the central tropical Atlantic late in the evening of June 30th, 2021.
• Tornado and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, August 30 to 31, 2023$720,000 · EF1 · 16 eventsLifting up out of the Big Bend of Florida, Hurricane Idalia weakened to a Tropical Storm as it moved out of southeastern Georgia. The tropical system then moved northeast along the coastal plain of South Carolina.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, August 30 to 31, 20232 injured · $125,000 · EF1 · 30 eventsIdalia first developed into a tropical depression across the western Caribbean Sea near the Yucatan Peninsula on August 26th before slowly gaining strength and becoming a tropical storm on August 27th.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, September 5, 2019$455,000 · EF1 · 11 eventsHurricane Dorian strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane as it moved through the Bahamas, with devastating damage. It weakened as it moved up the eastern seaboard. The hurricane was a strong Category 1 as it passed just east of Bald Head Island.
• Tropical Storm and Strong Wind in South Carolina, October 29, 20201 injured · $600,000 · 9 eventsTropical Storm Zeta moved quickly from near the mouth of the Mississippi River to the southern Appalachians during the night of the 28th into the morning of the 29th.
• Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, September 29 to 30, 20222 injured · $150,000 · 15 eventsTropical Depression Nine developed in the eastern Caribbean in the morning of Friday, September 23rd. The system steadily strengthened as it tracked to the northeast and became Hurricane Ian in the morning of Monday, September 26th.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in South Carolina, September 2, 20161 injured · $250,000 · 9 eventsHermine developed as a Tropical Depression near the north coast of Cuba on August 28th. The depression then tracked westward into the central Gulf of Mexico and strengthened into a Tropical Storm. Hermine then tracked generally northeastward and strengthened into a Hurricane.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in South Carolina, August 26, 2011$227,000 · 15 eventsHurricane Irene passed by to the east of the South Carolina coastline on August 26, 2011, producing tropical storm force wind gusts, beach erosion, high surf and rip currents across portions of southern South Carolina.
• Tropical Storm in South Carolina, August 29 to 30, 2004$320,000 · 7 eventsGaston made landfall the morning of the 29th as a tropical storm in Charlestown county SC. The storm moved north, through Georgetown, Williamsburg, and Florence counties.
• Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, October 10 to 11, 20181 injured · $85,000 · EF0 · 25 eventsAn area of disturbed weather over the NW Caribbean Sea organized and became Tropical Depression #14 early on Sunday October 7th.
• Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, September 14 to 17, 2018$5,000 · 74 eventsHurricane Florence began as an area of disturbed weather that moved west off the African coast around August 29-30, 2018. It gradually developed into a tropical cyclone on August 31, 2018 while just south of the Cape Verde islands.
• Tropical Storm and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, August 6 to 9, 2024$56,000 · 30 eventsAfter making landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida as a Category 1 hurricane on August 5, Debby weakened to a tropical storm as it slowly moved across southeastern Georgia and offshore before making another landfall along the central SC coast between Charleston and…
• Tropical Storm in South Carolina, June 6 to 7, 2013$27,000 · 33 eventsTropical Storm Andrea lifted northeast out of the Gulf of Mexico Thursday night and over southeast Georgia and southeast South Carolina into Friday.
• Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in South Carolina, October 7 to 8, 201649 eventsMatthew first developed into a Tropical Storm about 35 miles southeast of St. Lucia on September 28 before quickly strengthening into a powerful hurricane as it tracked westward across the Caribbean Sea.

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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.