Storm History: Union County, South Carolina

Events

473

Deaths

4

Injuries

7

Damage

$72 million

Episodes

389

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.

Open the live radar over Union County

• Tornado, April 3, 20171 death · $55,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Strong Wind, September 15, 20181 death · $5,000 · 1 event here
• Heat, July 23, 19991 death · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 20131 death · 50 kt wind · 1 event here

• Cold/Wind Chill, March 16, 2017$50 million · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 4, 2002$7.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 15, 19932 injured · $5.0 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, September 27, 2024$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 2, 1999$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 16, 19941 injured · $1.5 million · F3 · 3 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 2007$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 16, 2011$1.0 million · EF2 · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 16, 2007$500,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 23, 2014$500,000 · 3 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 10, 2009$400,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 7, 2004$250,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 18, 2003$100,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 1994$55,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 3, 20171 death · $55,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 25, 1993$50,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Lightning, July 3, 2001$50,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 7, 2004$50,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 15, 2005$50,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2008$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here

• Hail, May 23, 2014$500,000 · 3 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 7, 19853 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 1994$55,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 20, 20152 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, November 21, 19652 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, December 26, 19642 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 8, 20241.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 17, 20221.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 25, 2018$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 7, 20151.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, April 5, 20121.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 5, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 12, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20111.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 7, 20111.75 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, April 8, 19572 injured · $25,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 28, 1984F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 5, 1989F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 16, 19941 injured · $1.5 million · F3 · 3 events here
• Tornado, November 21, 1973F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 17, 1985$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 4, 1989F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 15, 19932 injured · $5.0 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 1994F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 10, 2009$400,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 16, 2011$1.0 million · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 8, 2017$10,000 · EF2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Union County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2026$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 202655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20261 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 31, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, January 25, 20261 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 202550 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 202550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 2, 20251.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 202550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 10, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, January 10, 20251 event here
• Tornado, December 29, 2024EF0 · 4 events here
• Tropical Storm, September 27, 2024$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Hail, September 24, 2024$5,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 8, 20241.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 19, 20241.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 28, 202451 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, January 9, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2023$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 7, 202365 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 3, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 12, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2022$30,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20221.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 202255 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 23, 2022EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 6, 2022EF1 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 16, 20221 event here
• Hail, August 14, 2021$10,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 202150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 25, 2021EF0 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 22, 2020$50,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 5, 2020EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, January 11, 2020$5,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20191.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, April 26, 2019$10,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 19, 201950 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, April 2, 20191 event here
• Tropical Storm, October 11, 20181 event here
• Strong Wind, September 15, 20181 death · $5,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 27, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 25, 2018$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 16, 201850 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 201855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 17, 20181 event here
• Tornado, October 8, 2017$10,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 201760 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 201755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 201755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 3, 20171 death · $55,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, March 16, 2017$50 million · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 12, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, January 7, 20171 event here
• Hail, July 8, 201650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20161 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, October 3, 2015$5,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 201560 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 13, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 20, 20152 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 7, 20151.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Winter Weather, February 23, 20151 event here
• Ice Storm, February 16, 2015$10,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 23, 2014$500,000 · 3 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 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 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20141 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 20131 death · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 201350 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 11, 20133 events here
• Hail, June 26, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 16, 20131 event here
• Hail, January 30, 201350 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, January 25, 20131 event here
• Hail, July 18, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Heat, July 8, 20121 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20121 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20121 event here
• Hail, April 5, 20121.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, March 24, 20121.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 2, 20121 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 16, 2011$1.0 million · EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 14, 20111 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 13, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 7, 20111.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 31, 20111 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 201150 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 201150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 20111 injured · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 18, 20111.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20111.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 12, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2011EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 10, 201175 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 4, 20111 in hail · 2 events here
• Dust Devil, March 24, 2011$1,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 9, 20111 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 25, 20101 event here
• Tornado, November 30, 2010EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 201055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 31, 20101 event here
• Hail, March 28, 20101.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, March 2, 20101 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 12, 20101 event here
• Winter Storm, January 29, 20101 event here
• Hail, July 28, 200950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 27, 20091 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 18, 20091.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 13, 20091 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 12, 20090.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 11, 2009$45,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, May 6, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 5, 20091.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 10, 2009$400,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 1, 20091 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
• Hail, August 2, 20081.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20081 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2008$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20081.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 6, 200850 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, June 27, 200860 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 26, 200855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 200850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 20081 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 11, 20081.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20081 event here
• Hail, May 9, 20080.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 26, 20081.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 26, 20081 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 15, 2008EF0 · 1 event 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
• Drought, September 1, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 200755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 200750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 200755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 22, 20071.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20071 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 200755 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20071 event here
• Hail, June 12, 20071 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20071 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20071 event here
• High Wind, April 16, 2007$500,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 14, 20071 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
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 28, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 200655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 200655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 200655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 200650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 200655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 12, 20061 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 5, 20061.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 26, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 22, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, January 2, 20060.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 15, 2005$50,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 15, 20051 event here
• Flood, October 7, 20051 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 200550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 200550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 200550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 27, 20050.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 10, 20051.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2005$3,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 8, 2005$20,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 29, 20051 event here
• Hail, January 13, 20050.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 24, 2004F0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 7, 2004$250,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 7, 2004$50,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 200450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 200450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 200450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 20041 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 22, 20040.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20041 event here
• Frost/Freeze, March 27, 20041 event here
• High Wind, March 7, 2004$20,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 26, 2004$20,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 27, 20041 event here
• Sleet, January 25, 20041 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 19, 200350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 5, 20031 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2003$5,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 200355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 200350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 200350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 200350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 200350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 200350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 22, 20031 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 6, 200350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 200350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, April 18, 2003$100,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 20, 20031 event here
• Hail, February 22, 200350 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20031 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 23, 20031 event here
• Ice Storm, December 4, 2002$7.0 million · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 11, 2002$15,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, September 15, 20021 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2002$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 200260 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20021 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2002$30,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Lightning, July 1, 2002$5,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 31, 20021 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 17, 20020.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 4, 200250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 3, 20021 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, December 17, 200150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, December 17, 200150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20011 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20011 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 31, 200150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 31, 20011 in hail · 2 events here

Earlier years, state by state:

• 2001
• 2000
• 1999
• 1998
• 1997
• 1996
• 1995
• 1994
• 1993
• 1992
• 1991
• 1990
• 1989
• 1988
• 1985
• 1984
• 1982
• 1980
• 1975
• 1974
• 1973
• 1965
• 1964
• 1963
• 1961
• 1957

Tornadoes in Union CountyEvery warning in Union County since 1986Every county in South Carolina

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.