Weather alerts in South Carolina, May 2004

95 weather alerts in May 2004, 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 2004. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 95
Warnings: 77
Watches: 8
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 2, 200434 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, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		41 min
May 1, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston, Colleton	42 min
May 1, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		63 min
May 1, 7:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		64 min
May 1, 7:59 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Charleston	120 days
May 2, 12:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester and 21 more	117 min
May 2, 1:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun and 14 more	6 hr
May 2, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	York	41 min
May 2, 3:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield and 18 more	2 hr
May 2, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	42 min
May 2, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	32 min
May 2, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	45 min
May 2, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	40 min
May 2, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale	26 min
May 2, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	42 min
May 2, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw	40 min
May 2, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bamberg, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Chesterfield and 16 more	5 hr
May 2, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton	37 min
May 2, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Hampton	51 min
May 2, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Sumter	34 min
May 2, 5:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CHS	Colleton	32 min
May 2, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee	42 min
May 2, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jasper	57 min
May 2, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	34 min
May 2, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington	60 min
May 2, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw	26 min
May 2, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	50 min
May 2, 5:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		86 min
May 2, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon	33 min
May 2, 6:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jasper	42 min
May 2, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		3 hr
May 2, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester	58 min
May 2, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		3 hr
May 2, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort	58 min
May 2, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Marion	37 min
May 2, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		119 min
May 2, 7:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Charleston, Dillon, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 1 more	67 min
May 2, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	90 min
May 2, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	20 min
May 2, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	29 min
May 2, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		117 min
May 2, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		60 min
May 8, 3:51 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington and 18 more	2 hr
May 8, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence	36 min
May 9, 11:20 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Pickens	2 hr
May 9, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Pickens	52 min
May 16, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	33 min
May 17, 5:51 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		34 min
May 22, 2:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	27 min
May 22, 2:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	33 min
May 22, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville	58 min
May 22, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	33 min
May 22, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw	40 min
May 22, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw	33 min
May 22, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	28 min
May 22, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Union	66 min
May 22, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg	50 min
May 23, 12:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg	3 hr
May 23, 2:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee	41 min
May 23, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	9 min
May 23, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Dorchester	37 min
May 23, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton	38 min
May 23, 4:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	44 min
May 23, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	26 min
May 23, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	38 min
May 23, 4:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Sumter	36 min
May 23, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Sumter	33 min
May 23, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton	33 min
May 23, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	36 min
May 23, 5:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	50 min
May 23, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	37 min
May 23, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield	34 min
May 23, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jasper	40 min
May 23, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		62 min
May 26, 6:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cherokee	5 hr
May 30, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry and 5 more	5 hr
May 30, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon, Marion	49 min
May 30, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville	33 min
May 30, 8:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	44 min
May 30, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	ILM		36 min
May 31, 1:40 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Oconee, Pickens	5 hr
May 31, 4:40 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Oconee, Pickens	95 min
May 31, 5:50 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Lancaster, Laurens, Spartanburg and 2 more	5 hr
May 31, 7:56 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Chester, Fairfield, Lancaster, Laurens, Union and 1 more	2 hr
May 31, 9:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Barnwell, Calhoun, Cherokee and 21 more	5 hr
May 31, 9:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	59 min
May 31, 9:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	39 min
May 31, 10:01 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Greenwood	44 min
May 31, 11:18 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 22 more	27 min
May 31, 11:40 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston and 11 more	6 hr
May 31, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		40 min
May 31, 2:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester and 5 more	63 min
May 31, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		91 min
May 31, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		86 min
May 31, 2:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		86 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	58
Tornado Warning	2
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	7
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	10
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	1
Marine
Special Marine Warning	16

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.