Alert archive / South Carolina / 2005
Weather alerts in South Carolina, May 2005
130 weather alerts in May 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 May 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 130
- Warnings
- 105
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 20, 200546 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 10, 12:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 117 min |
| May 10, 1:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 61 min |
| May 10, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 50 min |
| May 10, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 43 min |
| May 10, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 45 min |
| May 10, 2:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 33 min |
| May 10, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 30 min |
| May 10, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 38 min |
| May 10, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 35 min |
| May 10, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 41 min |
| May 10, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 52 min |
| May 10, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 66 min |
| May 10, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 39 min |
| May 10, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 50 min |
| May 10, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 50 min |
| May 10, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 65 min |
| May 10, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 44 min |
| May 10, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 66 min |
| May 10, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 48 min |
| May 10, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 46 min |
| May 10, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield | 23 min |
| May 10, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster | 49 min |
| May 10, 5:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lexington | 2 hr |
| May 10, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 43 min |
| May 10, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 41 min |
| May 10, 5:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 90 min |
| May 10, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 38 min |
| May 10, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 64 min |
| May 10, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee | 46 min |
| May 10, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 43 min |
| May 10, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 51 min |
| May 10, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 30 min |
| May 10, 7:05 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun and 15 more | 55 min |
| May 10, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 49 min |
| May 12, 12:59 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Greenville, Lancaster, Marlboro and 4 more | 3 hr |
| May 13, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 46 min |
| May 13, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 35 min |
| May 13, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 32 min |
| May 15, 1:12 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 17 more | 93 min |
| May 15, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester and 23 more | 7 hr |
| May 15, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 36 min |
| May 15, 4:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester and 24 more | 84 min |
| May 15, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 32 min |
| May 15, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 26 min |
| May 15, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 27 min |
| May 15, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 30 min |
| May 15, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 37 min |
| May 15, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 35 min |
| May 15, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 60 min |
| May 15, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 52 min |
| May 15, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 48 min |
| May 15, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 40 min |
| May 15, 7:58 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Dillon and 5 more | 62 min |
| May 15, 9:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 2 hr |
| May 16, 2:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Charleston | 91 min |
| May 16, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 34 min |
| May 17, 11:10 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 24 more | 3 hr |
| May 17, 12:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton | 31 min |
| May 17, 1:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Charleston | 3 hr |
| May 17, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 37 min |
| May 17, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 23 min |
| May 17, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 41 min |
| May 17, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 46 min |
| May 17, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 40 min |
| May 17, 4:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 88 min |
| May 17, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 29 min |
| May 19, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 71 min |
| May 19, 2:44 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield and 18 more | 91 min |
| May 20, 12:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 60 min |
| May 20, 12:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg, York | 2 hr |
| May 20, 12:58 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg, York | 2 hr |
| May 20, 1:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville | 51 min |
| May 20, 1:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 54 min |
| May 20, 1:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 53 min |
| May 20, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Greenville and 8 more | 7 hr |
| May 20, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Oconee | 8 hr |
| May 20, 5:17 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Greenville | 118 min |
| May 20, 5:18 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Oconee | 57 min |
| May 20, 5:52 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Edgefield and 7 more | 53 min |
| May 20, 6:15 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson | 3 hr |
| May 20, 8:42 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Greenwood and 8 more | 93 min |
| May 20, 9:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McCormick | 7 hr |
| May 20, 1:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Colleton and 6 more | 29 min |
| May 20, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Calhoun and 9 more | 7 hr |
| May 20, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 25 min |
| May 20, 1:55 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McCormick | 65 min |
| May 20, 2:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 29 min |
| May 20, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 35 min |
| May 20, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 37 min |
| May 20, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 33 min |
| May 20, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 44 min |
| May 20, 2:43 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Calhoun and 8 more | 62 min |
| May 20, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 46 min |
| May 20, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell | 46 min |
| May 20, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 42 min |
| May 20, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell, Orangeburg | 45 min |
| May 20, 3:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 41 min |
| May 20, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 39 min |
| May 20, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 41 min |
| May 20, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 25 min |
| May 20, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Sumter | 47 min |
| May 20, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 45 min |
| May 20, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 45 min |
| May 20, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston | 54 min |
| May 20, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton | 33 min |
| May 20, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 62 min |
| May 20, 4:40 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Clarendon and 11 more | 95 min |
| May 20, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 32 min |
| May 20, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 49 min |
| May 20, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 29 min |
| May 20, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 19 min |
| May 20, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 27 min |
| May 20, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 24 min |
| May 20, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 35 min | |
| May 23, 1:16 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Clarendon, Dillon, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown and 4 more | 89 min |
| May 23, 7:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 45 min | |
| May 23, 7:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 39 min | |
| May 24, 3:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion, Marlboro | 2 hr |
| May 24, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Florence | 35 min |
| May 24, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 55 min |
| May 24, 5:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 66 min | |
| May 24, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 50 min |
| May 24, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 64 min | |
| May 28, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 92 min | |
| May 28, 7:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 57 min | |
| May 30, 4:59 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bamberg, Berkeley, Dorchester, Georgetown, Orangeburg, Williamsburg | 2 hr |
| May 30, 7:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 31 min |
| May 30, 7:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 18 min |
| May 30, 10:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 24 min | |
| May 30, 11:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 35 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 | 86 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 20 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 8 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 9 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Aiken County18
- Orangeburg County18
- Bamberg County15
- Edgefield County14
- Lexington County14
- Barnwell County14
- Saluda County13
- Williamsburg County13
- Kershaw County12
- Richland County12
- Clarendon County12
- Allendale County11
- Calhoun County11
- Sumter County11
- Horry County11
- Beaufort County11
- Fairfield County10
- Chesterfield County10
- Dorchester County10
- Florence County10
- York County9
- Lancaster County9
- Lee County9
- Berkeley County9
- Colleton County9
- Jasper County9
- Marion County9
- Newberry County8
- Greenville County8
- Laurens County7
- McCormick County7
- Union County7
- Chester County7
- Hampton County7
- Charleston County7
- Anderson County6
- Greenwood County6
- Darlington County6
- Cherokee County6
- Marlboro County6
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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.