Alert archive / South Carolina
Weather alerts in South Carolina, 1987
76 weather alerts in 1987, 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 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 76
- Warnings
- 76
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- May23 alerts
- Busiest day
- May 4, 198715 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Darlington | 54 min |
| Apr 16, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 56 min |
| Apr 16, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee | 59 min |
| Apr 23, 7:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 13 hr |
| Apr 23, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 55 min |
| May 1, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 25 min |
| May 1, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 60 min |
| May 1, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 56 min |
| May 1, 9:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 54 min |
| May 2, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 44 min |
| May 2, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 67 min |
| May 4, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 57 min |
| May 4, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 64 min |
| May 4, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Laurens | 66 min |
| May 4, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 61 min |
| May 4, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 58 min |
| May 4, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 58 min |
| May 4, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 64 min |
| May 4, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 57 min |
| May 4, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 66 min |
| May 4, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 60 min |
| May 4, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee | 66 min |
| May 4, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 56 min |
| May 4, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 66 min |
| May 4, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 64 min |
| May 4, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 66 min |
| May 19, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 58 min |
| May 29, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 37 min |
| Jun 1, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry | 42 min |
| Jun 2, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 66 min |
| Jun 3, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | York | 67 min |
| Jun 3, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 62 min |
| Jun 4, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 65 min |
| Jun 18, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Allendale | 15 min |
| Jun 18, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 55 min |
| Jun 20, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 71 min |
| Jun 24, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg | 61 min |
| Jun 24, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 4:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken, Barnwell | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Allendale | 55 min |
| Jul 12, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 59 min |
| Jul 15, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Horry | 60 min |
| Jul 25, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 55 min |
| Jul 25, 8:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 67 min |
| Jul 27, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Williamsburg | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 65 min |
| Jul 28, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 38 min |
| Jul 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 55 min |
| Jul 29, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 58 min |
| Jul 30, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 62 min |
| Aug 6, 12:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Marlboro | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 65 min |
| Aug 6, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 64 min |
| Aug 6, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | York | 60 min |
| Aug 8, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Darlington, Lee | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 65 min |
| Aug 23, 11:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw | 55 min |
| Aug 29, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 60 min |
| Aug 29, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Florence | 53 min |
| Aug 29, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Williamsburg | 68 min |
| Aug 29, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 56 min |
| Aug 29, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 56 min |
| Aug 30, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 69 min |
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 | 74 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Berkeley County7
- Laurens County6
- Spartanburg County6
- Chesterfield County5
- Greenville County5
- Pickens County5
- Richland County5
- Clarendon County5
- Charleston County5
- Calhoun County4
- Orangeburg County4
- Lexington County4
- Lee County3
- Anderson County3
- Kershaw County3
- Fairfield County3
- Darlington County2
- Cherokee County2
- Greenwood County2
- Newberry County2
- York County2
- Allendale County2
- Williamsburg County2
- Abbeville County1
- Saluda County1
- Union County1
- Sumter County1
- Aiken County1
- Barnwell County1
- Horry County1
- Marlboro County1
- Colleton County1
- Dorchester County1
- Beaufort County1
- Florence County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.