Tornado History Map

Williamsburg County, South Carolina tornado history

17 tornadoes recorded in or across Williamsburg County from 1962 to 2019, 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 Williamsburg County

The Storm Prediction Center records 17 tornadoes whose paths touched Williamsburg County, South Carolina between 1962 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 4 May 1978. The most recent was on 19 April 2019.

  • 17tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 16injuries
  • 182per 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 Williamsburg County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0424%
F1 / EF11271%
F2 / EF216%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Williamsburg County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1990s.1960s21970s21980s11990s62000s52010s1

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s2
1980s1
1990s6
2000s5
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Jun.Jan0Feb1Mar2Apr1May3Jun4Jul1Aug0Sep2Oct0Nov3Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr1
May3
Jun4
Jul1
Aug0
Sep2
Oct0
Nov3
Dec0

Records for Williamsburg County

  • Strongest and Longest path: South Carolina tornado4 May 1978, F2, 1 injury, 41.2 miles long
  • Most recent: South Carolina tornado19 April 2019, EF0, 0.3 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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