Tornado History Map

Florence County, South Carolina tornado history

38 tornadoes recorded in or across Florence County from 1953 to 2020, 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 Florence County

The Storm Prediction Center records 38 tornadoes whose paths touched Florence County, South Carolina between 1953 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 9 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 12 March 1967. The most recent was on 17 September 2020.

  • 38tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 37injuries
  • 475per 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 Florence County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01129%
F1 / EF11847%
F2 / EF2924%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Florence County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in 1960s.1950s11960s121970s11980s41990s102000s62010s22020s2

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

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s12
1970s1
1980s4
1990s10
2000s6
2010s2
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in Sep.Jan1Feb0Mar4Apr4May4Jun5Jul5Aug3Sep9Oct0Nov2Dec1
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar4
Apr4
May4
Jun5
Jul5
Aug3
Sep9
Oct0
Nov2
Dec1

Records for Florence County

  • Strongest: South Carolina tornado12 March 1967, F2, 11.7 miles long
  • Longest path: South Carolina tornado10 June 1998, F1, 20 miles long
  • Most recent: South Carolina tornado17 September 2020, EF0, 2.2 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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