South Carolina

Storm History: York County, South Carolina

555 episodes, 756 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in York 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
756
Deaths
10
Injuries
22
Damage
$100 million
Episodes
555

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
Hail29711$31 million
Thunderstorm Wind16606$479,000
Tornado87414$4.4 million
Flash Flood3700$369,000
Drought3400
Winter Weather2900
Lightning1721$228,000
Winter Storm1300$15,000
Flood1300$133,000
Heavy Snow1200$1.7 million
Ice Storm800$9.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill700$50 million
Strong Wind710$57,000
High Wind610$70,000
Tropical Storm500$2.0 million
Heavy Rain400
Dense Fog300
Sleet300
Heat310
Frost/Freeze200$1.0 million
Excessive Heat200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 York County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in York CountyEvery warning in York 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.