Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Watches in 2026
Tornado Watch 50
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 12, 2026, 7:14 AM EDT for 29 counties in Georgia; 31 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2026, 7:14 AM EDT (11:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2026, 12:08 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 60 counties
Appling County, GA, Atkinson County, GA, Bacon County, GA, Brantley County, GA, Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Candler County, GA, Chatham County, GA, Clinch County, GA, Coffee County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Echols County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Glynn County, GA, Jeff Davis County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Liberty County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, Long County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Pierce County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Ware County, GA, Wayne County, GA, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chester County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 40%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 20%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 10%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 5%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 30%
Warnings issued inside it
29 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 7:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Ware | 53 min |
| Mar 12, 7:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Coffee | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 8:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 8:24 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis, Pierce and 2 more | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 8:26 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clinch | 19 min |
| Mar 12, 8:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 8:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 60 min |
| Mar 12, 8:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Jenkins, Long, Screven and 1 more | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 8:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke, McDuffie, Richmond | 50 min |
| Mar 12, 8:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Atkinson, Clinch, Echols, Pierce, Ware | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 8:58 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia, Richmond | 47 min |
| Mar 12, 9:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Appling, Brantley, Pierce, Ware, Wayne | 43 min |
| Mar 12, 9:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Tattnall | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 9:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union, York | 52 min |
| Mar 12, 9:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols | 35 min |
| Mar 12, 9:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington, Saluda | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 9:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 9:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jenkins, Screven | 41 min |
| Mar 12, 9:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Clinch, Echols, Ware | 26 min |
| Mar 12, 9:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 9:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Fairfield, Kershaw and 4 more | 49 min |
| Mar 12, 9:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 17 min |
| Mar 12, 9:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 23 min |
| Mar 12, 10:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Charlton, Ware | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 10:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 38 min |
| Mar 12, 10:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 32 min |
| Mar 12, 10:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster and 4 more | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 10:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 44 min |
| Mar 12, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Sumter | 45 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 12:04 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Calhoun, Chattahoochee and 42 more | 26 min |
| Mar 12, 12:31 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 79 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:57 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harris, Muscogee | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 4:26 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Butts, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Clayton and 39 more | 94 min |
| Mar 12, 6:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley and 51 more | 85 min |
| Mar 12, 8:50 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke and 22 more | 85 min |
| Mar 12, 9:52 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston and 20 more | 83 min |
| Mar 12, 10:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 12, 12:32 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Horry | 118 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.