Friday, Oct 9: South Carolina has thunderstorms in the outlook but no severe risk. Saturday: Slight Risk. Sunday: Marginal Risk.
The Storm Prediction Center's outlook for South Carolina over the next three days, the SevereWX forecast for each South Carolina city we cover, and what a typical severe weather year looks like here.
South Carolina averages 24.8 tornadoes a year (1996–2025), about 2.9 of them rated EF2 or stronger.
44% of them touch down between March and May, and April alone accounts for 21%. The busiest year on record in that span was 2004, with 85.
Storm reports average about 109 for large hail a year (3.6 of them 2 inches or larger) and 516 for damaging wind (2016–2025).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Tornadoes are counted in the state where they began. One storm can produce many reports. spc.noaa.gov