Alert archive / South Carolina / 2016
Weather alerts in South Carolina, March 2016
97 weather alerts in March 2016, 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 March 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 97
- Warnings
- 34
- Watches
- 3
- Advisories
- 16
- Busiest day
- March 14, 201617 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 29, 8:53 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CHS | Hampton, Jasper | 16 days |
| Mar 1, 3:19 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 31 hr | |
| Mar 1, 9:42 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick | 63 min |
| Mar 1, 10:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 11:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda | 52 min |
| Mar 1, 11:40 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon and 8 more | 65 min |
| Mar 2, 1:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro | 57 min |
| Mar 2, 2:03 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry, Marion | 57 min |
| Mar 3, 3:26 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 28 hr | |
| Mar 4, 12:17 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 58 min | |
| Mar 4, 7:15 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 5 hr | |
| Mar 8, 3:44 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 4 hr | |
| Mar 12, 7:10 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 26 min |
| Mar 13, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bamberg | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 40 min |
| Mar 13, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence, Williamsburg | 66 min |
| Mar 13, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Marion | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 49 min |
| Mar 14, 12:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 31 min |
| Mar 14, 12:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg | 97 min |
| Mar 14, 2:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield and 8 more | 84 min |
| Mar 14, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg | 46 min |
| Mar 14, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 6:25 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Chester, Lancaster, Spartanburg, York | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Newberry | 54 min |
| Mar 14, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Chester, Union, York | 44 min |
| Mar 14, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 26 min |
| Mar 14, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 50 min |
| Mar 14, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 65 min |
| Mar 14, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 35 min |
| Mar 14, 8:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 58 min |
| Mar 14, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Laurens | 42 min |
| Mar 14, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester, Union, York | 65 min |
| Mar 14, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Newberry | 78 min |
| Mar 14, 9:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Kershaw | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 45 min |
| Mar 14, 9:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington | 43 min |
| Mar 14, 10:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 27 min |
| Mar 14, 10:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington | 63 min |
| Mar 14, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro | 65 min |
| Mar 17, 10:09 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Georgetown, Williamsburg | 8 days |
| Mar 18, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 65 min |
| Mar 18, 2:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Mar 19, 3:10 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:30 AM EDT | Gale Watch | CHS | 12 hr | |
| Mar 20, 3:30 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 38 hr | |
| Mar 20, 3:48 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | 30 hr | |
| Mar 20, 2:49 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenwood, Laurens, Union and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:28 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CHS | 20 hr | |
| Mar 21, 3:25 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:42 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenwood, Laurens, Union and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 21, 4:12 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 21, 1:55 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 19 hr |
| Mar 21, 2:38 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | GSP | Chester | 18 hr |
| Mar 24, 11:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 59 min | |
| Mar 25, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 58 min | |
| Mar 25, 1:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Mar 26, 4:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 44 min | |
| Mar 26, 5:22 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Newberry | 3 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 38 min | |
| Mar 26, 5:43 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Laurens, Union, York | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 6:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 36 min | |
| Mar 26, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 9:51 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 24 min |
| Mar 26, 9:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 66 min | |
| Mar 26, 10:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 53 min |
| Mar 26, 10:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Williamsburg | 32 min |
| Mar 26, 3:08 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Hampton | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 28 min |
| Mar 26, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 5:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 95 min | |
| Mar 26, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 91 min | |
| Mar 26, 8:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 45 min | |
| Mar 27, 12:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Jasper | 81 min |
| Mar 27, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 62 min | |
| Mar 27, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 44 min | |
| Mar 27, 7:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lee | 3 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Richland, Sumter | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:23 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 68 hr | |
| Mar 31, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 5:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, Newberry, Saluda | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Union | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Newberry | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 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 | 15 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 6 |
| Special Weather Statement | 38 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 3 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 1 |
| Special Marine Warning | 14 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chester County10
- Newberry County9
- Cherokee County9
- Union County9
- York County9
- Spartanburg County8
- Kershaw County7
- Lancaster County7
- Darlington County6
- Fairfield County6
- Hampton County5
- Jasper County5
- Clarendon County5
- Dillon County5
- Florence County5
- Marion County5
- Berkeley County5
- Williamsburg County5
- Chesterfield County5
- Laurens County5
- Aiken County4
- Edgefield County4
- McCormick County4
- Lexington County4
- Allendale County4
- Bamberg County4
- Lee County4
- Richland County4
- Marlboro County4
- Anderson County4
- Pickens County4
- Greenwood County4
- Saluda County3
- Barnwell County3
- Sumter County3
- Colleton County3
- Greenville County3
- Abbeville County3
- Beaufort County3
- Calhoun County2
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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.