Weather alerts in South Carolina, December 2018

167 weather alerts in December 2018, 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 167
Warnings: 52
Watches: 14
Advisories: 65
Busiest day: December 28, 201824 alerts

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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 1, 3:16 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		42 hr
Dec 1, 7:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville, Oconee, Pickens	59 min
Dec 2, 12:06 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		54 min
Dec 2, 12:55 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		95 min
Dec 2, 2:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	30 min
Dec 2, 3:00 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg	30 min
Dec 2, 3:30 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee, Spartanburg	30 min
Dec 2, 4:53 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	37 min
Dec 2, 5:25 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	35 min
Dec 2, 6:48 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper	3 hr
Dec 2, 7:37 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Jasper	2 hr
Dec 2, 9:17 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Richland	5 days
Dec 2, 9:44 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and 1 more	2 hr
Dec 2, 10:00 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Beaufort, Jasper	8 hr
Dec 2, 12:32 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Beaufort, Jasper	88 min
Dec 2, 2:42 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield	33 min
Dec 2, 2:51 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	70 hr
Dec 2, 2:52 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Hampton	23 min
Dec 2, 2:53 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Richland	64 hr
Dec 2, 4:34 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		56 min
Dec 2, 8:04 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		56 min
Dec 2, 8:59 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		61 min
Dec 2, 9:51 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		54 min
Dec 2, 9:59 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		49 min
Dec 4, 3:20 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		48 hr
Dec 6, 9:51 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	48 hr
Dec 6, 10:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Richland	70 hr
Dec 6, 10:11 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Richland	3 days
Dec 6, 4:05 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	GSP	Cherokee, York	24 hr
Dec 7, 4:20 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Laurens, Union, York	3 days
Dec 7, 5:40 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAE		4 hr
Dec 7, 9:51 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	CAE	Chesterfield	26 hr
Dec 7, 3:23 PM EST	Gale Watch	CHS		3 hr
Dec 7, 3:23 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		30 hr
Dec 7, 6:27 PM EST	Gale Watch	CHS		24 hr
Dec 7, 6:27 PM EST	Gale Warning	CHS		45 hr
Dec 7, 8:49 PM EST	Winter Storm Watch	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens, Union	14 hr
Dec 8, 5:20 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	CAE		33 hr
Dec 8, 10:07 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Florence, Marion	58 days
Dec 8, 10:07 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	32 days
Dec 8, 10:54 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more	3 days
Dec 8, 11:37 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CAE	Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Newberry	48 hr
Dec 8, 3:00 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more	20 hr
Dec 8, 3:30 PM EST	Wind Advisory	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	27 hr
Dec 8, 3:42 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	27 hr
Dec 8, 4:03 PM EST	Coastal Flood Watch	CHS		12 hr
Dec 8, 6:21 PM EST	Wind Advisory	CHS		19 hr
Dec 8, 8:39 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	60 hr
Dec 9, 3:08 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg, York	5 hr
Dec 9, 3:23 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Richland	31 days
Dec 9, 3:23 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Richland	32 days
Dec 9, 3:43 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		65 hr
Dec 9, 3:54 AM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	CHS		8 hr
Dec 9, 3:54 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	CHS		8 hr
Dec 9, 5:27 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	6 hr
Dec 9, 8:18 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg, York	5 hr
Dec 9, 9:32 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	4 days
Dec 9, 9:43 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Dillon, Horry, Marion	37 days
Dec 9, 12:17 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Newberry, Union	55 hr
Dec 9, 12:53 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		5 hr
Dec 9, 6:15 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenwood	2 hr
Dec 9, 10:08 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Greenwood, Newberry, Saluda	4 days
Dec 10, 7:51 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Marlboro	34 hr
Dec 11, 11:46 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	3 days
Dec 11, 3:11 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	GSP	Cherokee	21 hr
Dec 12, 8:03 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Florence	7 days
Dec 12, 8:03 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Williamsburg	14 days
Dec 13, 3:55 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more	53 hr
Dec 13, 4:07 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		71 hr
Dec 13, 10:26 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	12 days
Dec 14, 2:42 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	CAE	Chesterfield, Clarendon, Lee, Sumter	10 hr
Dec 14, 3:23 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	CHS	Berkeley, Dorchester	27 hr
Dec 14, 5:48 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Charleston	87 min
Dec 14, 7:33 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	CHS	Charleston	4 hr
Dec 14, 9:18 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester	117 min
Dec 14, 11:57 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg	3 hr
Dec 14, 2:20 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Horry	3 hr
Dec 14, 2:44 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CHS	Dorchester	5 days
Dec 14, 2:57 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	9 hr
Dec 14, 5:13 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Horry	3 hr
Dec 14, 8:12 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Horry	3 hr
Dec 14, 9:28 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Horry	29 days
Dec 14, 11:16 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILM	Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg	3 hr
Dec 15, 12:07 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	14 hr
Dec 15, 7:23 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Orangeburg	30 hr
Dec 15, 9:55 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CHS	Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester	12 days
Dec 15, 3:34 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Marlboro	4 days
Dec 15, 6:36 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, York	3 hr
Dec 19, 3:22 PM EST	Gale Watch	CHS		12 hr
Dec 19, 3:22 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		36 hr
Dec 19, 9:35 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	CHS	Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester	19 hr
Dec 20, 3:18 AM EST	Flash Flood Watch	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	18 hr
Dec 20, 3:22 AM EST	Gale Warning	CHS		48 hr
Dec 20, 6:35 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Charleston	55 min
Dec 20, 8:51 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	CHS		30 hr
Dec 20, 9:15 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILM	Florence	5 days
Dec 20, 12:14 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		61 min
Dec 20, 12:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	29 min
Dec 20, 12:49 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		56 min
Dec 20, 1:16 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	29 min
Dec 20, 1:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	45 min
Dec 20, 2:28 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		62 min
Dec 20, 2:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	24 min
Dec 20, 2:38 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more	37 hr
Dec 20, 2:58 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Greenwood, Newberry, Saluda	4 days
Dec 20, 3:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	42 min
Dec 20, 3:10 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		73 min
Dec 20, 3:24 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	18 hr
Dec 20, 3:24 PM EST	Wind Advisory	CHS	Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton	27 hr
Dec 20, 3:36 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	24 min
Dec 20, 4:12 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Charleston, Georgetown, Horry	3 hr
Dec 20, 4:33 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		21 min
Dec 20, 6:41 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	9 hr
Dec 20, 10:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Marlboro	5 days
Dec 20, 10:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	20 days
Dec 21, 1:30 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Laurens, Union	5 hr
Dec 21, 3:04 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more	15 hr
Dec 21, 3:20 AM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	CHS		6 hr
Dec 21, 5:08 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 5 more	23 hr
Dec 21, 5:08 AM EST	Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 5 more	13 hr
Dec 21, 7:15 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	3 hr
Dec 21, 8:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	89 min
Dec 21, 9:21 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	7 hr
Dec 21, 1:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	2 hr
Dec 21, 2:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon, Horry, Marion	61 min
Dec 21, 2:33 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dillon, Marion, Marlboro	57 min
Dec 21, 4:23 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	13 hr
Dec 21, 5:52 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	7 hr
Dec 21, 9:44 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Kershaw	4 days
Dec 21, 10:34 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		13 hr
Dec 22, 9:27 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Newberry, Union	42 hr
Dec 26, 3:00 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		3 days
Dec 26, 3:01 PM EST	Flood Watch	GSP	Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more	52 hr
Dec 26, 6:16 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	48 hr
Dec 28, 5:59 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Oconee	10 hr
Dec 28, 6:39 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	7 days
Dec 28, 11:54 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens, Union	36 min
Dec 28, 11:56 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	McCormick	49 min
Dec 28, 12:13 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenwood	32 min
Dec 28, 12:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee, Union, York	32 min
Dec 28, 12:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Saluda	42 min
Dec 28, 12:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Newberry, Saluda	33 min
Dec 28, 1:03 PM EST	Tornado Warning	CAE	Lexington, Newberry, Saluda	27 min
Dec 28, 1:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	25 min
Dec 28, 1:18 PM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	CHS		14 hr
Dec 28, 1:24 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester and 12 more	2 hr
Dec 28, 1:29 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	16 min
Dec 28, 1:44 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	31 min
Dec 28, 1:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	66 min
Dec 28, 1:59 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington, Richland	61 min
Dec 28, 3:22 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington, Marlboro	23 min
Dec 28, 3:33 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Florence	42 min
Dec 28, 3:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon	44 min
Dec 28, 4:09 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg	3 hr
Dec 28, 4:22 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	38 min
Dec 28, 5:01 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	GSP	Cherokee, York	26 hr
Dec 28, 6:20 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	CHS		55 min
Dec 28, 6:21 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	GSP	Oconee	39 hr
Dec 28, 9:14 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	GSP	Anderson, Cherokee, York	13 hr
Dec 29, 4:06 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Marlboro	3 days
Dec 29, 10:13 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CHS	Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester	21 days
Dec 29, 3:01 PM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	CHS		63 hr
Dec 29, 3:07 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CHS		16 hr
Dec 29, 8:23 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	61 hr
Dec 30, 2:54 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CHS	Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton	21 hr
Dec 30, 10:35 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more	13 hr
Dec 31, 4:26 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Marion, Marlboro and 1 more	5 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	2
Tornado Warning	1
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	6
Special Weather Statement	30
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	2
Flash Flood Warning	1
River Flood Warning	28
Flash Flood Watch	5
Flood Watch	1
Areal Flood Advisory	20
River Flood Advisory	8
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	2
Winter Storm Watch	3
Winter Weather Advisory	4
Wind and dust
Lake Wind Advisory	6
Wind Advisory	5
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	7
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning	1
Coastal Flood Watch	1
Coastal Flood Advisory	3
High Surf Advisory	1
Marine
Gale Warning	2
Special Marine Warning	13
Gale Watch	3
Marine Dense Fog Advisory	2
Small Craft Advisory	9

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.