Alert archive / South Carolina / 2003
Weather alerts in South Carolina, August 2003
105 weather alerts in August 2003, 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 August 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 105
- Warnings
- 90
- Watches
- 4
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- August 16, 200317 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 64 min |
| Aug 1, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 50 min | |
| Aug 3, 8:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 10:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 59 min | |
| Aug 4, 6:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 61 min | |
| Aug 4, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Oconee | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 98 min |
| Aug 4, 9:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 9:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Oconee | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 10:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 117 min |
| Aug 4, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:35 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Cherokee and 18 more | 115 min |
| Aug 5, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 38 min |
| Aug 5, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 43 min |
| Aug 5, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, York | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 6:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chester and 24 more | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 8:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Union | 117 min |
| Aug 5, 8:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Union | 117 min |
| Aug 5, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 10:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Laurens | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 11:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 118 min |
| Aug 6, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 61 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 40 min |
| Aug 6, 6:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lexington | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 7:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Allendale | 94 min |
| Aug 7, 12:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 54 min |
| Aug 7, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 109 min | |
| Aug 9, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 66 min |
| Aug 9, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 54 min |
| Aug 9, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 49 min |
| Aug 9, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 12:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Aiken | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 1:39 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Oconee, Pickens | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 6:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 5:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenwood | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 39 min |
| Aug 16, 5:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Jasper | 86 min |
| Aug 16, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 7:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Hampton | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Union, York | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 6:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg | 59 min |
| Aug 17, 6:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Union, York | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 64 min |
| Aug 17, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 7:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Pickens | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 59 min |
| Aug 17, 9:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 1:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun and 17 more | 116 min |
| Aug 18, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 53 min | |
| Aug 18, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon | 43 min |
| Aug 18, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 44 min | |
| Aug 18, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 84 min | |
| Aug 18, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 92 min | |
| Aug 18, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Aug 18, 10:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 110 min |
| Aug 18, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 8:37 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 23 min | |
| Aug 22, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 1:54 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 2:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Charleston and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 38 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 | 59 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 11 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 20 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 11 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greenville County17
- Pickens County15
- Spartanburg County14
- Union County10
- Oconee County9
- Cherokee County9
- Lexington County9
- Anderson County8
- Clarendon County7
- Laurens County7
- Abbeville County6
- Greenwood County6
- Richland County6
- Aiken County5
- Calhoun County5
- Darlington County5
- Edgefield County5
- Lee County5
- McCormick County5
- Saluda County5
- Sumter County5
- York County5
- Bamberg County4
- Chesterfield County4
- Kershaw County4
- Newberry County4
- Orangeburg County4
- Florence County4
- Jasper County4
- Dillon County4
- Charleston County4
- Berkeley County3
- Barnwell County3
- Chester County3
- Fairfield County3
- Lancaster County3
- Marlboro County3
- Allendale County3
- Hampton County3
- Dorchester County3
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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.