Alert archive / South Carolina / 2005
Weather alerts in South Carolina, August 2005
82 weather alerts in August 2005, 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 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 82
- Warnings
- 50
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 18
- Busiest day
- August 17, 200514 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 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 63 min |
| Aug 5, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 67 min |
| Aug 5, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 22 min |
| Aug 16, 2:35 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 16 hr |
| Aug 16, 3:45 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 27 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 23 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:10 PM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | ILM | 50 min | |
| Aug 17, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 64 min | |
| Aug 17, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 4:39 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | 26 hr | |
| Aug 17, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 43 min |
| Aug 17, 4:53 PM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | ILM | 67 min | |
| Aug 17, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 6:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Charleston | 115 min |
| Aug 18, 9:12 AM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | ILM | 108 min | |
| Aug 18, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 1:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 4:55 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 27 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 7:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Oconee | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 2:34 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | Abbeville | 28 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:52 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 28 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:18 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 29 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:45 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg | 26 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 2:13 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:36 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 27 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:06 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 29 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg | 27 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 58 min | |
| Aug 21, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 24 min |
| Aug 21, 4:11 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 24 hr |
| Aug 21, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 65 min |
| Aug 21, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Orangeburg | 23 min |
| Aug 21, 5:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 4 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Aug 21, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 6:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Richland | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 3:53 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | ILM | Williamsburg | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 12:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston, Dorchester | 30 min |
| Aug 22, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 1:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Calhoun and 12 more | 113 min |
| Aug 22, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 26 min |
| Aug 22, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 53 min |
| Aug 22, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 7:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 2 hr |
| Aug 24, 3:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 3 hr |
| Aug 24, 6:23 PM EDT | Marine Weather Statement | ILM | 37 min | |
| Aug 27, 12:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 53 min | |
| Aug 28, 5:22 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg | 4 hr |
| Aug 29, 7:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Oconee | 63 min |
| Aug 29, 11:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Oconee | 115 min |
| Aug 30, 4:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:47 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 30, 5:50 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun and 22 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 8:47 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 118 min |
| Aug 30, 10:06 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson | 5 hr |
| Aug 30, 10:06 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | GSP | 5 hr | |
| Aug 30, 1:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 1:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville | 17 min |
| Aug 30, 4:37 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee | 83 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 | 38 |
| Tornado Warning | 3 |
| Tornado Watch | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 7 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 6 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 14 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 3 |
| Marine Weather Statement | 4 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Colleton County11
- Oconee County11
- Newberry County10
- Anderson County10
- Berkeley County9
- Dorchester County9
- Saluda County9
- Abbeville County8
- Pickens County8
- Allendale County8
- Hampton County8
- Aiken County8
- Bamberg County7
- Barnwell County7
- Charleston County7
- Clarendon County7
- Edgefield County7
- Greenwood County7
- Kershaw County7
- Lexington County7
- McCormick County7
- Richland County7
- Cherokee County6
- Calhoun County6
- Williamsburg County6
- Greenville County6
- York County5
- Laurens County5
- Spartanburg County5
- Union County5
- Lee County5
- Sumter County5
- Fairfield County5
- Chester County4
- Florence County4
- Marion County4
- Orangeburg County4
- Chesterfield County3
- Darlington County3
- Dillon 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.