Alert archive / South Carolina / 2012
Weather alerts in South Carolina, September 2012
160 weather alerts in September 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 September 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 160
- Warnings
- 23
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 17
- Busiest day
- September 3, 201228 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 45 min |
| Sep 2, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 40 min |
| Sep 2, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw | 39 min |
| Sep 2, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 9:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 28 min | |
| Sep 3, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 25 min |
| Sep 3, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 30 min |
| Sep 3, 1:52 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Berkeley, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 16 more | 53 min |
| Sep 3, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 55 min |
| Sep 3, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 33 min |
| Sep 3, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 45 min |
| Sep 3, 2:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Orangeburg | 112 min |
| Sep 3, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg, Union | 41 min |
| Sep 3, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 32 min |
| Sep 3, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Union | 42 min |
| Sep 3, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington | 58 min |
| Sep 3, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester, York | 43 min |
| Sep 3, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg | 56 min |
| Sep 3, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens | 55 min |
| Sep 3, 4:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 50 min |
| Sep 3, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 40 min |
| Sep 3, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 55 min |
| Sep 3, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 48 min |
| Sep 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Laurens | 44 min |
| Sep 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Florence, Williamsburg | 96 min |
| Sep 3, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | York | 118 min |
| Sep 3, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Pickens, Spartanburg | 52 min |
| Sep 3, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield, Newberry, Saluda | 53 min |
| Sep 4, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 49 min |
| Sep 4, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 52 min |
| Sep 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | Cherokee | 110 min |
| Sep 6, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 66 min |
| Sep 6, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 62 min |
| Sep 6, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 41 min |
| Sep 6, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 47 min |
| Sep 6, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 38 min |
| Sep 6, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 41 min |
| Sep 6, 11:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Sumter | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 12:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 60 min |
| Sep 7, 1:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon, Sumter | 63 min |
| Sep 7, 1:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 2:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 54 min |
| Sep 7, 2:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 53 min |
| Sep 7, 5:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Orangeburg | 57 min |
| Sep 7, 5:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Orangeburg | 52 min |
| Sep 7, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 56 min |
| Sep 7, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 50 min |
| Sep 7, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 4:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 85 min |
| Sep 7, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 33 min |
| Sep 8, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 1:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chester and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 47 min |
| Sep 8, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 3:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee | 65 min |
| Sep 8, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 44 min |
| Sep 8, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 44 min |
| Sep 8, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Marlboro | 83 min |
| Sep 8, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 58 min |
| Sep 8, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, York | 40 min |
| Sep 8, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 51 min |
| Sep 8, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 57 min |
| Sep 8, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 57 min |
| Sep 8, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 37 min |
| Sep 8, 5:37 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 17 hr | |
| Sep 8, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Dorchester | 62 min |
| Sep 8, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Marion | 61 min |
| Sep 8, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 60 min |
| Sep 8, 7:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion, Marlboro | 112 min |
| Sep 8, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marion | 52 min |
| Sep 8, 9:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion | 88 min |
| Sep 8, 9:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 67 min |
| Sep 16, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 30 min |
| Sep 17, 3:39 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 50 hr | |
| Sep 17, 4:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | GSP | 7 hr | |
| Sep 17, 5:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield, Lancaster | 114 min |
| Sep 17, 5:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Lancaster | 110 min |
| Sep 17, 7:23 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Lancaster | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 7:53 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 3 hr |
| Sep 17, 8:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | GSP | York | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 9:07 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lancaster | 113 min |
| Sep 17, 11:46 AM EDT | Flood Watch | GSP | 30 hr | |
| Sep 17, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville | 37 min |
| Sep 17, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 17, 8:14 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 17, 10:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, McCormick, Oconee, Pickens | 84 min |
| Sep 18, 12:23 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Edgefield and 13 more | 97 min |
| Sep 18, 8:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken, Lexington | 52 min |
| Sep 18, 8:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 42 min |
| Sep 18, 8:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence | 23 min |
| Sep 18, 9:39 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper | 66 min |
| Sep 18, 10:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 56 min |
| Sep 18, 10:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 48 min |
| Sep 18, 11:04 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry | 86 min |
| Sep 18, 11:19 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Marlboro | 86 min |
| Sep 18, 11:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 37 min |
| Sep 18, 11:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda | 80 min |
| Sep 18, 11:35 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 24 more | 85 min |
| Sep 18, 11:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 36 min |
| Sep 18, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun | 62 min |
| Sep 18, 11:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Sep 18, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon, Sumter | 59 min |
| Sep 18, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 28 min |
| Sep 18, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 36 min |
| Sep 18, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 30 min |
| Sep 18, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 63 min |
| Sep 18, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry | 62 min |
| Sep 27, 6:23 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Lexington and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 27, 7:01 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Hampton | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 34 min |
| Sep 28, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 34 min |
| Sep 28, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 24 min |
| Sep 29, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 94 min |
| Sep 29, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Barnwell | 66 min |
| Sep 29, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 57 min |
| Sep 29, 4:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 23 min |
| Sep 29, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 35 min |
| Sep 29, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 39 min |
| Sep 29, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 34 min |
| Sep 29, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 29 min |
| Sep 29, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 30 min |
| Sep 29, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 37 min |
| Sep 29, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 38 min |
| Sep 29, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 35 min |
| Sep 29, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 61 min |
| Sep 29, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 27 min |
| Sep 29, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 51 min |
| Sep 29, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 63 min |
| Sep 29, 5:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 41 min |
| Sep 29, 5:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Kershaw and 8 more | 56 min |
| Sep 29, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 53 min |
| Sep 29, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 43 min |
| Sep 29, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 35 min |
| Sep 29, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster | 51 min |
| Sep 29, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 66 min | |
| Sep 29, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 29 min |
| Sep 29, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 51 min |
| Sep 29, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw | 49 min |
| Sep 29, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington | 66 min |
| Sep 29, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 33 min |
| Sep 29, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Marlboro | 63 min |
| Sep 29, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 32 min |
| Sep 29, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 61 min |
| Sep 29, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Colleton, Hampton | 64 min |
| Sep 29, 9:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 60 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 | 17 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 10 |
| Special Weather Statement | 107 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 1 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 13 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 2 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Spartanburg County21
- Cherokee County15
- Greenville County15
- York County14
- Union County14
- Laurens County11
- Lexington County11
- Lancaster County11
- Anderson County11
- Jasper County10
- Florence County10
- Pickens County10
- Greenwood County9
- Marlboro County9
- Chester County9
- Darlington County8
- Hampton County8
- Williamsburg County8
- Abbeville County8
- Kershaw County7
- Allendale County7
- Berkeley County7
- Chesterfield County7
- Clarendon County7
- Colleton County7
- Marion County7
- Sumter County7
- Aiken County7
- Horry County7
- Calhoun County6
- Orangeburg County6
- Dillon County6
- Richland County6
- Fairfield County6
- Edgefield County6
- Oconee County6
- Newberry County5
- Saluda County5
- Georgetown County5
- Charleston County5
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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.