Tornado History Map

Anderson County, South Carolina tornado history

39 tornadoes recorded in or across Anderson County from 1955 to 2021, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Anderson County

The Storm Prediction Center records 39 tornadoes whose paths touched Anderson County, South Carolina between 1955 and 2021. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 12 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 8 April 1974. The most recent was on 17 August 2021.

  • 39tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 7injuries
  • 546per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Anderson County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01744%
F1 / EF11641%
F2 / EF2513%
F3 / EF313%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Anderson County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 15 in 2000s.1950s21960s11970s31980s21990s72000s152010s42020s5

The 2020s only run to 2021, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s1
1970s3
1980s2
1990s7
2000s15
2010s4
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in Apr.Jan3Feb2Mar2Apr12May0Jun4Jul3Aug5Sep6Oct0Nov2Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb2
Mar2
Apr12
May0
Jun4
Jul3
Aug5
Sep6
Oct0
Nov2
Dec0

Records for Anderson County

  • Strongest: South Carolina tornado8 April 1974, F3, 1 mile long
  • Longest path: South Carolina tornado13 April 1980, F2, 5 injuries, 33.4 miles long
  • Most recent: South Carolina tornado17 August 2021, EF0, 0.2 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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