Alert archive / South Carolina / 2012
Weather alerts in South Carolina, December 2012
105 weather alerts in December 2012, 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 December 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 105
- Warnings
- 23
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 56
- Busiest day
- December 26, 201233 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3, 2:50 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 7 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:50 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 3, 3:51 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Marion, Marlboro and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 3, 9:42 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 10 hr |
| Dec 4, 2:33 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg | 4 hr |
| Dec 5, 3:20 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 42 hr | |
| Dec 8, 2:10 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Edgefield, Fairfield and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:22 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 8 hr |
| Dec 8, 6:16 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | 12 hr | |
| Dec 8, 6:21 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 12 hr |
| Dec 8, 10:38 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 13 hr |
| Dec 9, 6:39 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 10, 12:14 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 10, 12:46 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:17 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 9 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:30 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 10, 11:09 AM EST | Marine Weather Statement | ILM | 3 hr | |
| Dec 10, 12:32 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 7 hr | |
| Dec 10, 2:05 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | 5 hr | |
| Dec 10, 5:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 43 min |
| Dec 10, 5:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 35 min |
| Dec 11, 5:19 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 61 hr | |
| Dec 12, 6:54 PM EST | Gale Warning | ILM | 15 hr | |
| Dec 12, 10:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 58 min |
| Dec 12, 10:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens, Union | 63 min |
| Dec 13, 1:26 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 9 hr | |
| Dec 13, 2:07 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 6 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:31 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 19 hr | |
| Dec 14, 12:54 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 8 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:00 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 7 hr | |
| Dec 15, 8:21 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 86 min |
| Dec 15, 10:39 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester | 11 hr |
| Dec 15, 11:55 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 16, 12:17 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | 10 hr | |
| Dec 17, 3:28 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | 6 hr | |
| Dec 17, 2:28 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allendale, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester and 3 more | 92 min |
| Dec 17, 2:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 34 min |
| Dec 17, 3:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Jasper | 63 min |
| Dec 17, 4:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 52 min |
| Dec 17, 10:36 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 24 hr | |
| Dec 18, 4:13 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 18, 4:19 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 13 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:22 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 38 hr | |
| Dec 19, 2:14 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 33 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:47 PM EST | Gale Watch | ILM | 12 hr | |
| Dec 20, 3:44 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 56 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:44 AM EST | Gale Warning | ILM | 38 hr | |
| Dec 20, 4:45 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 11 hr |
| Dec 20, 4:01 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 27 hr |
| Dec 20, 6:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield, Fairfield, Lancaster, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda | 83 min |
| Dec 20, 7:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale, Hampton, Jasper | 58 min |
| Dec 20, 8:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper | 60 min |
| Dec 20, 11:20 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 20, 11:20 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 20 hr |
| Dec 21, 12:16 AM EST | High Wind Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 6 hr |
| Dec 21, 5:43 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 24 hr | |
| Dec 21, 7:08 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 11 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:23 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 10 hr |
| Dec 24, 7:15 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:04 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Chesterfield, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 25, 2:40 AM EST | Gale Watch | ILM | 13 hr | |
| Dec 25, 3:04 PM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 27 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:28 PM EST | Gale Warning | ILM | 36 hr | |
| Dec 25, 4:16 PM EST | Wind Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 32 hr |
| Dec 25, 10:27 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | 14 hr | |
| Dec 26, 2:58 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 26, 5:50 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Greenville | 3 hr |
| Dec 26, 6:20 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Berkeley, Charleston, Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg | 85 min |
| Dec 26, 7:14 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry, Saluda | 61 min |
| Dec 26, 7:41 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Richland | 49 min |
| Dec 26, 8:07 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bamberg, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 16 more | 83 min |
| Dec 26, 8:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester, York | 3 hr |
| Dec 26, 8:29 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 61 min | |
| Dec 26, 8:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 48 min |
| Dec 26, 8:58 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union, York | 2 hr |
| Dec 26, 9:05 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 49 min | |
| Dec 26, 9:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 61 min |
| Dec 26, 9:44 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 46 min | |
| Dec 26, 10:03 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 57 min | |
| Dec 26, 10:08 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 26, 10:16 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lee | 14 min |
| Dec 26, 10:27 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 33 min | |
| Dec 26, 10:34 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 41 min |
| Dec 26, 10:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 48 min |
| Dec 26, 10:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 28 min |
| Dec 26, 10:59 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 31 min | |
| Dec 26, 11:01 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 44 min | |
| Dec 26, 11:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 27 min |
| Dec 26, 11:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Marion | 60 min |
| Dec 26, 11:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 39 min |
| Dec 26, 11:42 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 48 min | |
| Dec 26, 12:14 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 61 min | |
| Dec 26, 12:21 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 33 min | |
| Dec 26, 12:35 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 40 min | |
| Dec 26, 1:14 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 46 min | |
| Dec 26, 2:14 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 42 min | |
| Dec 26, 2:20 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Georgetown, Horry | 85 min |
| Dec 26, 11:56 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 27, 12:40 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 7 hr |
| Dec 27, 2:40 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 10 hr | |
| Dec 28, 9:04 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 18 hr |
| Dec 28, 3:13 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 47 hr | |
| Dec 29, 3:43 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 27 hr |
| Dec 29, 7:54 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 17 hr |
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 | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Special Weather Statement | 16 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 1 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 1 |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 11 |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 18 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 6 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 3 |
| Special Marine Warning | 13 |
| Gale Watch | 2 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 8 |
| Marine Weather Statement | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Berkeley County21
- Richland County17
- Calhoun County15
- Lexington County15
- Saluda County15
- Dorchester County14
- Chesterfield County14
- Clarendon County14
- Edgefield County14
- Fairfield County14
- Kershaw County14
- Lee County14
- Newberry County14
- Sumter County14
- Colleton County13
- Aiken County13
- McCormick County13
- Bamberg County12
- Georgetown County12
- Hampton County11
- Barnwell County11
- Horry County11
- Allendale County9
- Florence County8
- Marion County8
- Williamsburg County8
- Charleston County8
- Dillon County7
- Darlington County6
- Marlboro County6
- Greenwood County6
- Laurens County6
- Union County6
- York County6
- Jasper County6
- Abbeville County5
- Cherokee County5
- Chester County5
- Beaufort County5
- Anderson County4
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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.