Tornado History Map

Beaufort County, South Carolina tornado history

33 tornadoes recorded in or across Beaufort County from 1956 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 Beaufort County

The Storm Prediction Center records 33 tornadoes whose paths touched Beaufort County, South Carolina between 1956 and 2024. They killed 1 person and injured 5. The busiest month is June, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 3 September 1998. The most recent was on 26 September 2024.

  • 33tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 5injuries
  • 573per 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 Beaufort County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02164%
F1 / EF11133%
F2 / EF213%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Beaufort County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in 2000s.1950s11960s31970s11980s21990s62000s102010s32020s7

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s3
1970s1
1980s2
1990s6
2000s10
2010s3
2020s7
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr2May2Jun11Jul6Aug2Sep6Oct2Nov2Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May2
Jun11
Jul6
Aug2
Sep6
Oct2
Nov2
Dec0

Records for Beaufort County

  • Deadliest and Strongest and Longest path: South Carolina tornado3 September 1998, F2, 1 death, 4 injuries, 18 miles long
  • Most recent: South Carolina tornado26 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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