Tornado History Map

Horry County, South Carolina tornado history

61 tornadoes recorded in or across Horry County from 1955 to 2024, 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 Horry County

The Storm Prediction Center records 61 tornadoes whose paths touched Horry County, South Carolina between 1955 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 14 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 24 November 1967. The most recent was on 27 September 2024.

  • 61tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 121injuries
  • 538per 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 Horry County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02541%
F1 / EF12439%
F2 / EF21016%
F3 / EF323%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Horry County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in 2010s.1950s31960s121970s61980s51990s62000s62010s132020s10

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s12
1970s6
1980s5
1990s6
2000s6
2010s13
2020s10
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 14 in Sep.Jan1Feb1Mar5Apr4May5Jun6Jul5Aug7Sep14Oct7Nov3Dec3
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb1
Mar5
Apr4
May5
Jun6
Jul5
Aug7
Sep14
Oct7
Nov3
Dec3

Records for Horry County

  • Strongest: South Carolina tornado24 November 1967, F3, 1 injury, 3.3 miles long
  • Longest path: South Carolina tornado28 March 1984, F2, 8 injuries, 16 miles long
  • Most recent: South Carolina tornado27 September 2024, EF0, 3.9 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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