NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 45035MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

DORCHESTER · SC

Lightning history

NOAA records coded as Lightning in Dorchester during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports5NOAA county-coded rows
Population context3.0per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 167,201
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

5 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.5-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20191
20211
20221
20252
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$206Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,019within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2025-07-11NOAA 1,286,274Emergency Manager$20K
2025-07-11NOAA 1,286,272Emergency Manager$25K
2022-04-05NOAA 1,020,833911 Call Center$60K
2021-08-19NOAA 979,146Law Enforcement$1K
2019-07-13NOAA 844,650Broadcast Media$100K
READING THE RECORD

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