Alert archive / South Carolina

Weather alerts in South Carolina, 2021

2,291 weather alerts in 2021, 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
2,291
Warnings
545
Watches
72
Advisories
545
Busiest month
August421 alerts
Busiest day
August 17, 202158 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

2,291 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

ProductAlerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning231
Tornado Warning67
Severe Thunderstorm Watch4
Tornado Watch10
Mesoscale Discussion54
Special Weather Statement1,027
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning2
Flash Flood Warning21
River Flood Warning62
Flash Flood Watch23
Areal Flood Advisory242
River Flood Advisory10
Winter
Winter Storm Warning1
Winter Storm Watch2
Winter Weather Advisory4
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning2
Excessive Heat Watch1
Heat Advisory8
Cold
Freeze Warning16
Freeze Watch12
Frost Advisory21
Wind and dust
Lake Wind Advisory28
Wind Advisory4
Fire
Red Flag Warning6
Fire Weather Watch6
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory66
Freezing Fog Advisory1
Tropical
Tropical Storm Warning3
Tropical Storm Watch2
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning4
Coastal Flood Watch4
Coastal Flood Advisory64
High Surf Advisory4
Beach Hazards Statement26
Coastal Flood Statement6
Rip Current Statement16
Marine
Gale Warning13
Special Marine Warning116
Storm Warning1
Gale Watch8
Marine Dense Fog Advisory15
Small Craft Advisory78

By county

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

6 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. August 17, 202158alerts
  2. May 3, 202151alerts
  3. May 4, 202151alerts
  4. March 26, 202149alerts
  5. July 8, 202148alerts
  6. June 15, 202139alerts
  7. March 31, 202138alerts
  8. August 31, 202137alerts
  9. September 8, 202136alerts
  10. August 11, 202135alerts
  11. March 18, 202134alerts
  12. June 7, 202134alerts

Nearby

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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. Rebuilt daily.