Weather alerts in South Carolina, May 2003

202 weather alerts in May 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 May 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 202
Warnings: 163
Watches: 13
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 6, 200350 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, 11:22 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg	113 min
May 2, 2:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens and 2 more	2 hr
May 2, 2:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Laurens, Newberry and 5 more	5 hr
May 2, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	54 min
May 2, 3:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville	55 min
May 2, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Pickens	54 min
May 2, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	80 min
May 2, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	54 min
May 2, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	63 min
May 2, 4:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon and 11 more	113 min
May 2, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, Union	79 min
May 2, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield and 17 more	5 hr
May 2, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	33 min
May 2, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	73 min
May 2, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	75 min
May 2, 5:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	40 min
May 2, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	39 min
May 2, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	39 min
May 2, 5:43 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	McCormick	92 min
May 2, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	49 min
May 2, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	42 min
May 2, 6:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw	54 min
May 2, 6:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington	53 min
May 2, 7:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon, Florence, Marion	53 min
May 2, 7:17 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield and 17 more	88 min
May 2, 7:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	71 min
May 2, 7:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg	3 hr
May 2, 8:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	42 min
May 2, 9:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Barnwell	50 min
May 2, 10:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale	45 min
May 2, 10:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Hampton	33 min
May 2, 11:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton	29 min
May 2, 11:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun	36 min
May 2, 11:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	24 min
May 2, 11:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		111 min
May 2, 11:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		111 min
May 2, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon	49 min
May 2, 11:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	40 min
May 3, 12:04 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		56 min
May 3, 1:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		55 min
May 3, 2:57 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Greenville and 8 more	3 hr
May 3, 3:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Lancaster, Pickens and 3 more	5 hr
May 3, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville	49 min
May 3, 5:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	66 min
May 3, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville	45 min
May 3, 5:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		58 min
May 3, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	38 min
May 3, 5:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Oconee	33 min
May 3, 6:15 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon and 14 more	2 hr
May 3, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Pickens	54 min
May 3, 6:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	67 min
May 3, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Barnwell, Calhoun, Cherokee and 28 more	4 hr
May 3, 9:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marlboro	82 min
May 3, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon	45 min
May 3, 10:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	50 min
May 3, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	46 min
May 3, 10:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon	59 min
May 3, 10:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	46 min
May 3, 10:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Chester	41 min
May 3, 11:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	92 min
May 3, 11:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lancaster	59 min
May 4, 12:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	36 min
May 4, 2:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence	53 min
May 5, 7:15 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Oconee	3 hr
May 5, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Sumter	48 min
May 5, 11:05 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Berkeley, Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 17 more	3 hr
May 5, 11:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	41 min
May 6, 12:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	42 min
May 6, 1:23 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Edgefield	22 min
May 6, 1:32 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Saluda	28 min
May 6, 1:55 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun and 24 more	6 hr
May 6, 2:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda	4 hr
May 6, 2:09 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Lexington	36 min
May 6, 2:26 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Aiken	49 min
May 6, 2:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	43 min
May 6, 2:53 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield and 22 more	2 hr
May 6, 2:57 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	York	3 hr
May 6, 6:23 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Dillon, Florence, Sumter	2 hr
May 6, 1:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick	7 hr
May 6, 2:18 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 27 more	117 min
May 6, 2:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	29 min
May 6, 2:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville	55 min
May 6, 2:40 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun and 20 more	5 hr
May 6, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	50 min
May 6, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenwood	52 min
May 6, 3:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	McCormick	27 min
May 6, 3:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens, Spartanburg	39 min
May 6, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, Saluda	45 min
May 6, 3:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	40 min
May 6, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester	53 min
May 6, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	48 min
May 6, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Lexington	49 min
May 6, 4:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield	46 min
May 6, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	25 min
May 6, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	46 min
May 6, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	42 min
May 6, 4:41 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell and 23 more	2 hr
May 6, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee, Sumter	46 min
May 6, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence	68 min
May 6, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun	46 min
May 6, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	27 min
May 6, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	55 min
May 6, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	58 min
May 6, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	52 min
May 6, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Dorchester	33 min
May 6, 6:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Georgetown	38 min
May 6, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	58 min
May 6, 6:47 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Horry	43 min
May 6, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Dorchester	37 min
May 6, 6:58 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Dorchester	62 min
May 6, 7:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Charleston	27 min
May 6, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton	63 min
May 6, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		59 min
May 6, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	40 min
May 6, 7:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		45 min
May 6, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
May 6, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
May 6, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston, Colleton	45 min
May 6, 9:53 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		112 min
May 7, 4:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	38 min
May 7, 5:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville	51 min
May 7, 5:49 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Abbeville, Anderson, Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 24 more	2 hr
May 7, 8:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	33 min
May 7, 8:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	45 min
May 9, 3:53 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Greenville and 9 more	97 min
May 11, 4:00 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun and 16 more	2 hr
May 11, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jasper	20 min
May 11, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort	23 min
May 11, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jasper	36 min
May 11, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		96 min
May 11, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort	34 min
May 11, 9:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		88 min
May 15, 8:52 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		38 min
May 15, 10:29 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		46 min
May 15, 6:06 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Greenville and 11 more	84 min
May 15, 7:39 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Lancaster, Oconee, Pickens and 3 more	2 hr
May 15, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	55 min
May 15, 9:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Lancaster	47 min
May 15, 9:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	47 min
May 16, 3:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	50 min
May 16, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	48 min
May 16, 3:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	48 min
May 16, 4:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	65 min
May 16, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	30 min
May 16, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	35 min
May 16, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Dorchester	29 min
May 16, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg	35 min
May 16, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	34 min
May 16, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston, Colleton	29 min
May 16, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston, Colleton	44 min
May 16, 6:45 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Colleton	30 min
May 16, 7:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville	64 min
May 16, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton	32 min
May 16, 7:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		67 min
May 16, 7:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	64 min
May 16, 9:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		56 min
May 16, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	61 min
May 16, 10:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Laurens	55 min
May 17, 2:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	McCormick, Oconee	6 hr
May 17, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper	43 min
May 17, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Hampton	39 min
May 17, 4:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Hampton	87 min
May 18, 7:06 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Beaufort	114 min
May 18, 1:10 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper	6 hr
May 18, 5:57 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allendale, Hampton	63 min
May 18, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		119 min
May 18, 7:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	25 min
May 18, 9:03 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		87 min
May 18, 9:31 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		59 min
May 18, 10:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
May 22, 4:45 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville	3 hr
May 25, 12:34 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bamberg, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Chester and 24 more	2 hr
May 25, 1:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon	54 min
May 25, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Dorchester	31 min
May 25, 6:06 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Abbeville, Fairfield, Florence, Greenwood, Lancaster, Lee and 4 more	114 min
May 25, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton	38 min
May 25, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jasper	43 min
May 25, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	42 min
May 25, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	42 min
May 25, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		56 min
May 25, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		64 min
May 25, 10:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	3 hr
May 26, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		94 min
May 26, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		94 min
May 27, 1:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		96 min
May 27, 2:31 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Charleston, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg	119 min
May 29, 1:56 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Kershaw, Lancaster, Marlboro	2 hr
May 29, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Darlington, Dillon, Marlboro	5 hr
May 29, 5:53 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Darlington, Dillon, Marlboro	97 min
May 31, 12:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Lancaster, York	115 min
May 31, 2:41 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield and 20 more	2 hr
May 31, 2:55 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Florence and 10 more	5 hr
May 31, 3:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw	36 min
May 31, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington	51 min
May 31, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee	30 min
May 31, 3:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee	26 min
May 31, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence, Marlboro	57 min
May 31, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon, Marion	58 min
May 31, 4:37 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Kershaw and 5 more	113 min
May 31, 4:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, Saluda	63 min
May 31, 4:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILM	Marion	37 min
May 31, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	57 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	118
Tornado Warning	14
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	6
Tornado Watch	7
Mesoscale Discussion	26
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	6
Marine
Special Marine Warning	25

By county

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

6 more counties

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record The radar archive 2002 2004

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.