Weather alerts in South Carolina, May 1998

146 weather alerts in May 1998, 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 May 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 146
Warnings: 131
Watches: 15
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 4, 199833 alerts

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

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
May 1, 7:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	48 min
May 3, 2:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Colleton and 4 more	5 hr
May 3, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Barnwell	36 min
May 3, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale, Hampton	45 min
May 3, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Dorchester	47 min
May 3, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton	49 min
May 3, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Dorchester	47 min
May 3, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	61 min
May 3, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort	33 min
May 3, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Edgefield, Greenwood, McCormick, Newberry and 1 more	7 hr
May 3, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Barnwell	46 min
May 3, 9:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	48 min
May 3, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Pickens	63 min
May 3, 10:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville	61 min
May 3, 11:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	46 min
May 3, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Jasper and 1 more	4 hr
May 3, 11:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jasper	59 min
May 3, 11:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort	59 min
May 4, 12:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	31 min
May 4, 12:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston, Colleton	61 min
May 4, 12:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun and 18 more	5 hr
May 4, 1:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Sumter	58 min
May 4, 1:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale	32 min
May 4, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence	31 min
May 4, 1:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg	41 min
May 4, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon, Marion	47 min
May 4, 1:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	44 min
May 4, 1:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	47 min
May 4, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Dorchester	47 min
May 4, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon	67 min
May 4, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	60 min
May 4, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Williamsburg	65 min
May 4, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Lee, Marion and 1 more	7 hr
May 4, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	49 min
May 4, 2:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence	48 min
May 4, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton	33 min
May 4, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Dorchester	50 min
May 4, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	62 min
May 4, 3:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	46 min
May 4, 3:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Charleston	34 min
May 4, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	62 min
May 4, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	63 min
May 4, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	47 min
May 7, 11:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Barnwell, Chester, Edgefield and 15 more	5 hr
May 7, 1:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale	45 min
May 7, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale, Hampton	45 min
May 7, 3:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Hampton	48 min
May 7, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton	60 min
May 7, 4:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Colleton	46 min
May 7, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	59 min
May 7, 5:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell and 23 more	6 hr
May 7, 5:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Oconee	34 min
May 7, 5:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Charleston	45 min
May 7, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	63 min
May 7, 6:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	46 min
May 7, 6:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenwood	47 min
May 7, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	61 min
May 7, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	50 min
May 7, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield	61 min
May 7, 6:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Saluda	62 min
May 7, 7:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Edgefield	35 min
May 7, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	61 min
May 7, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	49 min
May 7, 7:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Anderson	50 min
May 7, 7:46 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Edgefield, Saluda	29 min
May 7, 7:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	McCormick	33 min
May 7, 8:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	85 min
May 7, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	64 min
May 7, 8:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Edgefield	53 min
May 7, 8:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Aiken	53 min
May 7, 9:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg	65 min
May 7, 9:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell and 29 more	5 hr
May 7, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marlboro	45 min
May 7, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield	67 min
May 7, 10:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	62 min
May 7, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	63 min
May 7, 11:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	McCormick	31 min
May 8, 12:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	47 min
May 8, 2:00 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Colleton and 4 more	6 hr
May 8, 2:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield	45 min
May 8, 2:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	42 min
May 8, 1:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort	25 min
May 10, 11:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Pickens	48 min
May 10, 1:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville	3 hr
May 10, 2:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 7 more	7 hr
May 10, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jasper	62 min
May 10, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	48 min
May 10, 4:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	26 min
May 10, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Dorchester	63 min
May 10, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort	34 min
May 10, 4:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Dorchester	46 min
May 10, 5:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Berkeley	60 min
May 10, 5:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Sumter	32 min
May 10, 5:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Charleston	61 min
May 10, 5:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Sumter	37 min
May 10, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Orangeburg	43 min
May 10, 5:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Clarendon	39 min
May 10, 6:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Berkeley	20 min
May 10, 6:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Charleston	40 min
May 10, 6:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Berkeley	61 min
May 10, 7:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	31 min
May 17, 4:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	47 min
May 17, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Sumter	33 min
May 17, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton	46 min
May 17, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun and 15 more	5 hr
May 17, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	41 min
May 17, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry, Marion	63 min
May 17, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	58 min
May 17, 8:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	32 min
May 17, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	33 min
May 17, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marion	32 min
May 17, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	64 min
May 17, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	30 min
May 17, 10:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	66 min
May 21, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville	42 min
May 21, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	48 min
May 21, 6:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anderson, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 17 more	5 hr
May 21, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee	33 min
May 21, 9:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	49 min
May 23, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	26 min
May 23, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	24 min
May 25, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cherokee, York	6 hr
May 26, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	York	4 hr
May 27, 9:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	47 min
May 27, 1:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	53 min
May 27, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington and 14 more	7 hr
May 27, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Pickens	46 min
May 27, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee	44 min
May 27, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville	33 min
May 27, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon, Marlboro	44 min
May 27, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens, Spartanburg	48 min
May 27, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	47 min
May 27, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee	48 min
May 27, 5:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	31 min
May 27, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon	35 min
May 27, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon, Marlboro	30 min
May 27, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville	27 min
May 27, 7:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	66 min
May 27, 7:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marlboro	44 min
May 27, 8:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marlboro	48 min
May 27, 8:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	47 min
May 27, 10:24 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Dillon	2 hr
May 28, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	37 min
May 29, 6:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Union	3 hr
May 30, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield	52 min
May 30, 9:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Florence	77 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	104
Tornado Warning	23
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	11
Tornado Watch	4
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	4

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.