Alert archive / South Carolina
Weather alerts in South Carolina, 1986
97 weather alerts in 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 97
- Warnings
- 97
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- July26 alerts
- Busiest day
- July 15, 19867 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 7:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 45 min |
| Mar 13, 3:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 57 min |
| Mar 13, 4:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg | 35 min |
| Mar 13, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 57 min |
| Mar 13, 3:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 56 min |
| Mar 13, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Marlboro | 56 min |
| Mar 19, 11:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 60 min |
| Apr 8, 9:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 60 min |
| May 7, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 57 min |
| May 7, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 57 min |
| May 7, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 64 min |
| May 7, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 57 min |
| May 8, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Allendale | 44 min |
| May 20, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Dorchester | 61 min |
| May 20, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Williamsburg | 63 min |
| May 20, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Williamsburg | 63 min |
| May 25, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Horry | 57 min |
| May 25, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Marlboro | 55 min |
| May 25, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Dillon | 60 min |
| May 25, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Florence | 67 min |
| May 25, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 56 min |
| May 26, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 64 min |
| May 26, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken | 57 min |
| May 26, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 67 min |
| May 26, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 64 min |
| May 26, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 59 min |
| May 27, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee | 55 min |
| May 27, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Florence | 63 min |
| May 30, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Florence | 68 min |
| Jun 1, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 11:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 119 min |
| Jun 11, 12:08 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 112 min |
| Jun 11, 1:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 64 min |
| Jun 18, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 39 min |
| Jun 18, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 1:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barnwell | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 71 min |
| Jun 20, 9:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 61 min |
| Jun 20, 9:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 65 min |
| Jun 20, 10:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 10:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Marion | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 65 min |
| Jun 24, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 59 min |
| Jun 24, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 4:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 56 min |
| Jun 26, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 49 min |
| Jun 27, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 47 min |
| Jul 2, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 56 min |
| Jul 2, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Florence, Marion | 59 min |
| Jul 2, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Dillon | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Marlboro | 70 min |
| Jul 14, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Florence | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 60 min |
| Jul 14, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 9:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 67 min |
| Jul 15, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 58 min |
| Jul 15, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Darlington, Florence | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 64 min |
| Jul 22, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 63 min |
| Jul 22, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 61 min |
| Jul 26, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 52 min |
| Jul 27, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 55 min |
| Jul 27, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 69 min |
| Jul 27, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 55 min |
| Jul 28, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Williamsburg | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 61 min |
| Aug 1, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 84 min |
| Aug 1, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Williamsburg | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 60 min |
| Aug 1, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton, Jasper | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken, Barnwell | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barnwell | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Darlington, Marlboro | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 1:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Horry | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee | 55 min |
| Aug 8, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken | 68 min |
| Aug 8, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 61 min |
| Oct 14, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland, Sumter | 65 min |
| Oct 25, 7:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 4 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 90 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greenville County13
- Spartanburg County6
- Florence County6
- Laurens County5
- Berkeley County5
- Charleston County5
- Richland County4
- Marlboro County4
- Orangeburg County4
- Dorchester County4
- Williamsburg County4
- Lee County4
- Sumter County4
- Chesterfield County4
- Oconee County3
- Anderson County3
- Aiken County3
- Greenwood County3
- Barnwell County3
- Calhoun County3
- Fairfield County3
- Pickens County2
- Newberry County2
- Horry County2
- Dillon County2
- Colleton County2
- Beaufort County2
- Marion County2
- Cherokee County2
- Darlington County2
- Kershaw County1
- Saluda County1
- Allendale County1
- Abbeville County1
- Bamberg County1
- Union County1
- Lexington County1
- Hampton County1
- Jasper County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.