Weather alerts in South Carolina, May 2002

94 weather alerts in May 2002, 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 94
Warnings: 83
Watches: 11
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 13, 200221 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 2, 9:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cherokee, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg, York	4 hr
May 3, 2:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	12 min
May 3, 3:05 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	25 min
May 3, 6:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	6 hr
May 3, 8:32 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson	43 min
May 3, 8:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	47 min
May 3, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenwood and 7 more	5 hr
May 3, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun and 11 more	4 hr
May 3, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	42 min
May 3, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	43 min
May 3, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Barnwell	39 min
May 3, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	22 min
May 3, 7:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Barnwell	28 min
May 3, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg	39 min
May 3, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	65 min
May 3, 7:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	48 min
May 3, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	54 min
May 3, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale	66 min
May 3, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg	26 min
May 3, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	51 min
May 3, 8:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton	57 min
May 3, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		65 min
May 3, 9:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	52 min
May 3, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	42 min
May 3, 9:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		91 min
May 3, 10:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		60 min
May 4, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	45 min
May 4, 8:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Dorchester	24 min
May 4, 8:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	58 min
May 4, 9:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	28 min
May 4, 11:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	36 min
May 4, 11:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	37 min
May 4, 11:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		55 min
May 9, 11:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cherokee, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg	6 hr
May 9, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	49 min
May 9, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Greenwood, Lancaster and 5 more	4 hr
May 9, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	27 min
May 9, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville	33 min
May 9, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee	38 min
May 9, 7:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	41 min
May 10, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	22 min
May 10, 2:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	48 min
May 10, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield and 21 more	4 hr
May 10, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		61 min
May 10, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield	47 min
May 10, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	43 min
May 10, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		60 min
May 10, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Marlboro	65 min
May 10, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon	40 min
May 10, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marion	50 min
May 10, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	53 min
May 10, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	31 min
May 10, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	37 min
May 10, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		2 hr
May 10, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		2 hr
May 10, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		89 min
May 10, 10:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon	42 min
May 11, 3:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenwood	42 min
May 11, 3:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Newberry	49 min
May 11, 3:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	44 min
May 11, 3:55 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	50 min
May 11, 6:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence	54 min
May 11, 7:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Newberry	37 min
May 11, 7:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	3 hr
May 13, 1:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Cherokee, Edgefield, Greenville and 10 more	5 hr
May 13, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	39 min
May 13, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Pickens	40 min
May 13, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville	27 min
May 13, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	25 min
May 13, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield and 16 more	5 hr
May 13, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	24 min
May 13, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee	34 min
May 13, 5:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	14 min
May 13, 5:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	22 min
May 13, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Newberry, Saluda	45 min
May 13, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenwood	10 min
May 13, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	38 min
May 13, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	27 min
May 13, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Edgefield, Fairfield, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry and 2 more	54 min
May 13, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	44 min
May 13, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	36 min
May 13, 6:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw	41 min
May 13, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun and 20 more	5 hr
May 13, 7:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee	34 min
May 13, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	53 min
May 13, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marion	53 min
May 13, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence	60 min
May 13, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	66 min
May 13, 10:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		115 min
May 13, 10:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	37 min
May 18, 12:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion	4 hr
May 18, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Dorchester	39 min
May 18, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	37 min
May 18, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		67 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	67
Tornado Warning	4
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	11
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	1
Marine
Special Marine Warning	11

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.