Alert archive / South Carolina
Weather alerts in South Carolina, 1990
183 weather alerts in 1990, 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 1990. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 183
- Warnings
- 183
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- August40 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 17, 19909 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 10, 7:02 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 58 min |
| Feb 10, 7:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 63 min |
| Feb 10, 7:39 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 66 min |
| Feb 10, 7:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 68 min |
| Feb 10, 8:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg | 47 min |
| Feb 10, 8:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Union | 57 min |
| Feb 10, 9:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Allendale | 45 min |
| Feb 10, 9:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | York | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 11:32 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 69 min |
| Feb 16, 2:05 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee | 55 min |
| Feb 16, 2:31 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 119 min |
| Feb 22, 1:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 31 min |
| Feb 22, 1:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 8:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 63 min |
| Mar 16, 8:16 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 59 min |
| Mar 16, 8:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McCormick | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 8:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 8:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 63 min |
| Mar 16, 8:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McCormick | 61 min |
| Mar 16, 9:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 17 min |
| Mar 17, 4:47 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 118 min |
| Mar 17, 6:07 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 25 min |
| Apr 10, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 68 min |
| Apr 28, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville | 55 min |
| Apr 28, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Laurens | 69 min |
| Apr 28, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 27 min |
| Apr 28, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 67 min |
| Apr 28, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | York | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 58 min |
| Apr 28, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barnwell | 50 min |
| Apr 28, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Horry | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Horry | 58 min |
| Apr 30, 11:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Horry | 67 min |
| May 1, 12:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Horry | 61 min |
| May 1, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 64 min |
| May 1, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 38 min |
| May 1, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 28 min |
| May 2, 8:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 37 min |
| May 3, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 60 min |
| May 4, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 46 min |
| May 4, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Laurens | 39 min |
| May 4, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 64 min |
| May 4, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McCormick | 44 min |
| May 4, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 60 min |
| May 5, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 53 min |
| May 5, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Dorchester | 57 min |
| May 17, 1:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | McCormick | 65 min |
| May 17, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Edgefield, McCormick | 62 min |
| May 17, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 60 min |
| May 20, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 44 min |
| May 20, 7:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Williamsburg | 52 min |
| May 21, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 49 min |
| May 21, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | York | 50 min |
| May 21, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster, York | 60 min |
| May 21, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Lancaster | 61 min |
| May 27, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 48 min |
| May 27, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 64 min |
| May 27, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 57 min |
| May 27, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 58 min |
| May 28, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Barnwell | 26 min |
| May 28, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 59 min |
| May 28, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 63 min |
| May 28, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 69 min |
| May 28, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Union | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken | 64 min |
| Jun 3, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 58 min |
| Jun 3, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Marlboro | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Marion | 71 min |
| Jun 9, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 69 min |
| Jun 9, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens | 53 min |
| Jun 9, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chester | 61 min |
| Jun 9, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 66 min |
| Jun 9, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Richland | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 37 min |
| Jun 22, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Edgefield | 60 min |
| Jun 22, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Laurens | 52 min |
| Jun 23, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chester | 68 min |
| Jul 1, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 67 min |
| Jul 1, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 52 min |
| Jul 1, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Dillon | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Florence | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 59 min |
| Jul 1, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 59 min |
| Jul 1, 8:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 57 min |
| Jul 6, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 59 min |
| Jul 6, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 67 min |
| Jul 11, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 64 min |
| Jul 21, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Allendale | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Horry | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Allendale | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Georgetown | 62 min |
| Aug 9, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 1:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken | 52 min |
| Aug 10, 2:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Edgefield | 67 min |
| Aug 15, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Orangeburg | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 58 min |
| Aug 16, 9:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 68 min |
| Aug 16, 9:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 64 min |
| Aug 20, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 67 min |
| Aug 21, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Edgefield | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 57 min |
| Aug 21, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chester | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 5:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Laurens | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | York | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Edgefield | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 58 min |
| Aug 21, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 67 min |
| Aug 22, 12:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Edgefield | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Horry | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Georgetown | 62 min |
| Aug 29, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 64 min |
| Aug 29, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 39 min |
| Aug 29, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Darlington, Kershaw, Lee | 65 min |
| Aug 29, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 47 min |
| Aug 29, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Sumter | 55 min |
| Aug 29, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Florence | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Williamsburg | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 57 min |
| Aug 29, 10:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 56 min |
| Aug 30, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Aiken, Barnwell | 60 min |
| Aug 30, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington | 57 min |
| Aug 30, 9:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Florence | 61 min |
| Aug 31, 12:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 58 min |
| Sep 3, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 66 min |
| Sep 8, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 44 min |
| Sep 8, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster, York | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg | 52 min |
| Sep 13, 7:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Oconee | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 6:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 7:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Richland, Sumter | 3 hr |
| Oct 10, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 6 hr |
| Oct 10, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster, Richland, Sumter | 6 hr |
| Oct 10, 9:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 6 hr |
| Oct 11, 11:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee, Sumter | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 11:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 1:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 3 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter | 4 hr |
| Oct 11, 2:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 4 hr |
| Oct 11, 3:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 6:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 3 hr |
| Oct 12, 9:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 117 min |
| Oct 12, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 2 hr |
| Oct 12, 8:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 2 hr |
| Oct 22, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 5 hr |
| Oct 22, 6:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Chester, York | 4 hr |
| Oct 22, 10:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 4 hr |
| Oct 22, 11:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 3 hr |
| Oct 22, 11:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Chester, Lancaster, York | 8 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens, Union | 6 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:16 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 6 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:26 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | FFC | Aiken | 3 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 | 138 |
| Tornado Warning | 14 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 31 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Laurens County15
- Spartanburg County14
- Greenville County13
- Cherokee County13
- Pickens County11
- Richland County11
- Anderson County10
- Lexington County10
- Orangeburg County10
- Calhoun County9
- Union County8
- York County8
- Greenwood County8
- Lancaster County7
- Sumter County7
- Clarendon County7
- Oconee County6
- Kershaw County6
- Abbeville County6
- Horry County6
- Edgefield County6
- Aiken County6
- McCormick County5
- Berkeley County5
- Dorchester County5
- Chester County5
- Lee County4
- Fairfield County4
- Allendale County3
- Barnwell County3
- Bamberg County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Charleston County3
- Florence County3
- Williamsburg County2
- Colleton County2
- Georgetown County2
- Newberry County1
- Saluda County1
- Marlboro County1
4 more counties
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19891991
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.