Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Goose Creek, SC

What the records show for Goose Creek

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Goose Creek

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Goose Creek: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Goose Creek

The strongest 12 of 88, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Weather by month in Goose Creek

Averages for 1991–2020 at Charleston International Airport, SC (40 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Charleston, SC, from NOAA Tides & Currents. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.

South Carolina weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Goose Creek

• August 13, 2010: heavy rain event 3 miles from the centre of Goose Creek — 1 killed, $10,000 damage.

  NWS: “Local media reported a 73 year old woman drowned after she drove off a parking lot into a retention pond. Witnesses say she could not see the sharp drop-off from the parking lot to the retention pond due to heavy rain at the time.”

• July 26, 2010: lightning strike in Goose Creek — 2 injured.

  NWS: “Law enforcement reported that lightning struck, knocking over 2 males, ages 17 and 21, sending one to the hospital. They were outside playing football at the time of the lightning strike.”

• June 27, 2013: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Goose Creek — 1 injured, $500 damage.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.

Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings

Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

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