Alert archive / South Carolina / 2004
Weather alerts in South Carolina, September 2004
178 weather alerts in September 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 September 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 178
- Warnings
- 131
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- September 7, 200468 alerts
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 91 min | |
| Sep 5, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 56 min | |
| Sep 6, 12:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 32 min | |
| Sep 6, 1:21 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun and 7 more | 84 min |
| Sep 6, 4:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Jasper | 9 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 61 min | |
| Sep 6, 8:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 56 min | |
| Sep 6, 9:01 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 29 min |
| Sep 6, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 58 min | |
| Sep 6, 10:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 34 min |
| Sep 6, 11:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 41 min | |
| Sep 6, 12:28 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester and 2 more | 92 min |
| Sep 6, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 30 min | |
| Sep 6, 12:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton | 40 min |
| Sep 6, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 95 min | |
| Sep 6, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 28 min |
| Sep 6, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 30 min |
| Sep 6, 3:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 6:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 54 min | |
| Sep 6, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 35 min |
| Sep 6, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 93 min | |
| Sep 6, 7:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 6, 7:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 10 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 6, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton | 39 min |
| Sep 7, 12:30 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 2:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 2:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 3:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 3:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 3:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 39 min |
| Sep 7, 3:22 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 10 more | 83 min |
| Sep 7, 3:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 4:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell and 28 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 7, 4:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 22 min |
| Sep 7, 4:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 4:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 5:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 21 min |
| Sep 7, 5:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 22 min |
| Sep 7, 5:30 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 5:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 23 min |
| Sep 7, 6:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 38 min |
| Sep 7, 6:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 6:47 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 7:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 23 min |
| Sep 7, 7:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 7:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell and 28 more | 116 min |
| Sep 7, 7:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 21 min |
| Sep 7, 8:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Sumter | 18 min |
| Sep 7, 8:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 9:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee | 42 min |
| Sep 7, 9:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 23 min |
| Sep 7, 9:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 9:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Sumter | 50 min |
| Sep 7, 10:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 10:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 11:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 11:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | York | 66 min |
| Sep 7, 11:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 11:29 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell and 39 more | 91 min |
| Sep 7, 11:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 11:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell and 38 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 7, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 90 min | |
| Sep 7, 12:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Darlington | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 12:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 12:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 26 min |
| Sep 7, 1:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Horry | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 63 min |
| Sep 7, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Darlington | 56 min |
| Sep 7, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Darlington | 50 min |
| Sep 7, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Hampton | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 3:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 3:19 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell and 40 more | 116 min |
| Sep 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 14 min |
| Sep 7, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 38 min |
| Sep 7, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 51 min |
| Sep 7, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 20 min |
| Sep 7, 6:07 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell and 38 more | 53 min |
| Sep 7, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 19 min |
| Sep 7, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 6:40 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 7:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Spartanburg | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 7:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 8:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester | 26 min |
| Sep 7, 8:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 8:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 10:09 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 32 more | 96 min |
| Sep 7, 10:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 10:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 10:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry | 39 min |
| Sep 7, 11:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 11:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 51 min |
| Sep 7, 11:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 61 min |
| Sep 8, 12:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 34 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 12:54 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 3:38 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 34 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chesterfield, Lancaster, Marlboro | 7 hr |
| Sep 8, 8:41 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chesterfield, Lancaster, Marlboro | 2 hr |
| Sep 10, 8:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 58 min | |
| Sep 11, 12:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 55 min | |
| Sep 16, 10:45 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 10 hr |
| Sep 16, 10:58 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun and 22 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 12:20 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort and 32 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 34 min |
| Sep 16, 3:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley and 27 more | 119 min |
| Sep 16, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Saluda | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 42 min |
| Sep 16, 6:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 54 min |
| Sep 16, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 53 min |
| Sep 16, 6:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell and 36 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Barnwell, Calhoun, Cherokee and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 16, 11:42 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell and 22 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 1:51 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Cherokee, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenwood and 7 more | 84 min |
| Sep 17, 6:23 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 22 min |
| Sep 17, 9:26 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marlboro | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 10:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion, Marlboro and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 17, 12:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee | 20 min |
| Sep 17, 1:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dillon, Horry, Marion, Marlboro | 113 min |
| Sep 17, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon | 52 min |
| Sep 17, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 61 min | |
| Sep 17, 5:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 112 min | |
| Sep 17, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 94 min | |
| Sep 17, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 92 min | |
| Sep 17, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 108 min | |
| Sep 17, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 81 min | |
| Sep 26, 3:11 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Jasper | 2 hr |
| Sep 26, 9:53 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:47 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Jasper | 118 min |
| Sep 27, 5:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 38 min |
| Sep 27, 5:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Hampton | 38 min |
| Sep 27, 6:32 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Charleston | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:38 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 17 min |
| Sep 27, 10:27 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 25 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 27, 10:40 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 12:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 39 min |
| Sep 27, 1:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 1:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 25 min |
| Sep 27, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 15 min |
| Sep 27, 1:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 27 min |
| Sep 27, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 23 min |
| Sep 27, 2:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 37 min |
| Sep 27, 2:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon, Marlboro | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 2:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Saluda | 36 min |
| Sep 27, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 57 min |
| Sep 27, 3:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 55 min |
| Sep 27, 3:24 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bamberg, Berkeley, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton and 15 more | 96 min |
| Sep 27, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bamberg, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 27, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Saluda | 31 min |
| Sep 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marion | 59 min |
| Sep 27, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 33 min |
| Sep 27, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry | 36 min |
| Sep 27, 6:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg | 115 min |
| Sep 27, 6:31 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Calhoun, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington and 16 more | 119 min |
| Sep 27, 7:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood | 3 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 34 min |
| Sep 27, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 25 min |
| Sep 27, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 32 min |
| Sep 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 60 min |
| Sep 27, 9:10 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Berkeley, Charleston, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 27, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 56 min |
| Sep 28, 12:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 12:46 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown and 5 more | 89 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 | 15 |
| Tornado Warning | 88 |
| Tornado Watch | 17 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 30 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 8 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 20 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jasper County35
- Berkeley County33
- Colleton County33
- Dorchester County33
- Orangeburg County33
- Allendale County32
- Charleston County31
- Marlboro County31
- Calhoun County30
- Hampton County30
- Beaufort County30
- Florence County30
- Bamberg County29
- Clarendon County28
- Aiken County27
- Barnwell County27
- Darlington County27
- Williamsburg County26
- Lexington County26
- Marion County26
- Richland County26
- Dillon County25
- Georgetown County24
- Kershaw County24
- Lee County24
- Newberry County24
- Sumter County23
- Saluda County22
- Fairfield County21
- Chesterfield County21
- Greenwood County19
- Lancaster County18
- Chester County18
- Union County18
- Edgefield County17
- Laurens County17
- Horry County17
- Abbeville County14
- Anderson County14
- McCormick County14
Nearby
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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.