Tornado History Map

Laurens County, South Carolina tornado history

27 tornadoes recorded in or across Laurens County from 1960 to 2023, 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 Laurens County

The Storm Prediction Center records 27 tornadoes whose paths touched Laurens County, South Carolina between 1960 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is March, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 13 December 1973. The most recent was on 3 March 2023.

  • 27tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 76injuries
  • 379per 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 Laurens County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01244%
F1 / EF11037%
F2 / EF2415%
F3 / EF314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Laurens County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2000s.1960s11970s21980s21990s42000s62010s62020s6

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s1
1970s2
1980s2
1990s4
2000s6
2010s6
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Mar.Jan3Feb0Mar6Apr3May4Jun1Jul1Aug2Sep2Oct2Nov2Dec1
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan3
Feb0
Mar6
Apr3
May4
Jun1
Jul1
Aug2
Sep2
Oct2
Nov2
Dec1

Records for Laurens County

  • Strongest: South Carolina tornado13 December 1973, F3, 3 injuries, 10.7 miles long
  • Longest path: South Carolina tornado15 April 1993, F1, 34 miles long
  • Most recent: South Carolina tornado3 March 2023, EF1, 21.3 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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