Alert archive / South Carolina / 2021
Weather alerts in South Carolina, December 2021
113 weather alerts in December 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 December 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 113
- Warnings
- 7
- Watches
- 2
- Advisories
- 44
- Busiest day
- December 30, 202132 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 4, 2:58 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 6 hr | |
| Dec 4, 4:53 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 6 hr |
| Dec 4, 9:37 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 12 hr | |
| Dec 5, 1:24 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 10 hr |
| Dec 5, 2:20 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 7 hr |
| Dec 5, 3:27 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 5, 9:34 PM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 13 hr | |
| Dec 6, 1:04 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 8 hr |
| Dec 6, 1:33 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 6, 2:11 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 6, 3:01 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 9 hr |
| Dec 6, 2:54 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 22 hr | |
| Dec 7, 9:12 AM EST | Coastal Flood Statement | CHS | 108 min | |
| Dec 8, 7:12 AM EST | Coastal Flood Advisory | CHS | 6 hr | |
| Dec 8, 12:40 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Dec 8, 1:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Dec 8, 1:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Dec 8, 10:10 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 8, 10:38 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Dec 8, 10:56 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 9, 5:49 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale | 3 hr |
| Dec 10, 7:35 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 10, 8:32 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 15 hr |
| Dec 11, 1:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 57 min |
| Dec 11, 2:29 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 31 min |
| Dec 11, 2:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 53 min |
| Dec 11, 3:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Spartanburg | 43 min |
| Dec 11, 3:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee | 67 min |
| Dec 11, 3:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Union | 39 min |
| Dec 11, 3:43 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 47 min |
| Dec 11, 4:13 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester, Greenwood, Union | 62 min |
| Dec 11, 4:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 59 min |
| Dec 11, 4:24 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Newberry | 36 min |
| Dec 11, 5:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry | 43 min |
| Dec 11, 5:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 35 min |
| Dec 11, 5:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lancaster | 48 min |
| Dec 11, 5:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 45 min |
| Dec 11, 5:53 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Chesterfield | 52 min |
| Dec 11, 6:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 48 min |
| Dec 11, 6:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Marlboro | 31 min |
| Dec 11, 7:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun | 35 min |
| Dec 11, 7:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 33 min |
| Dec 11, 7:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 28 min |
| Dec 11, 8:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon, Orangeburg | 44 min |
| Dec 11, 8:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Florence, Marion | 28 min |
| Dec 11, 8:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon | 24 min |
| Dec 11, 8:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Horry, Marion | 28 min |
| Dec 12, 3:15 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 11 hr | |
| Dec 16, 9:27 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Hampton | 13 hr |
| Dec 16, 9:33 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Edgefield, Fairfield and 8 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 17, 4:03 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood, Laurens | 6 hr |
| Dec 17, 9:29 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 12 hr |
| Dec 17, 9:36 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 18, 1:10 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 8 hr | |
| Dec 18, 3:21 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:29 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:19 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 4 days | |
| Dec 18, 5:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | McCormick | 23 min |
| Dec 18, 5:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenwood | 41 min |
| Dec 18, 5:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 28 min |
| Dec 18, 5:42 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Edgefield | 48 min |
| Dec 18, 6:30 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken, Lexington | 45 min |
| Dec 18, 7:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Richland | 48 min |
| Dec 18, 7:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 45 min |
| Dec 19, 1:35 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 17 hr |
| Dec 19, 1:51 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg, Sumter | 8 hr |
| Dec 22, 9:19 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 12 hr | |
| Dec 24, 2:58 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 48 hr | |
| Dec 24, 8:18 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:44 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens and 2 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 26, 9:48 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 13 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:29 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:31 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens, Union and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 27, 6:51 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 5 hr | |
| Dec 29, 9:44 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Dec 29, 10:16 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens | 7 hr |
| Dec 29, 11:21 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Pickens | 39 min |
| Dec 29, 11:48 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Oconee | 42 min |
| Dec 29, 11:56 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Dec 30, 12:00 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 45 min |
| Dec 30, 12:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Pickens | 44 min |
| Dec 30, 12:25 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Anderson | 50 min |
| Dec 30, 12:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Cherokee, Greenville, Spartanburg | 47 min |
| Dec 30, 1:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Laurens, Union | 37 min |
| Dec 30, 1:44 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester, Greenwood, Union, York | 46 min |
| Dec 30, 2:15 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McCormick, Newberry, Saluda | 90 min |
| Dec 30, 3:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken | 50 min |
| Dec 30, 10:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Aiken | 52 min |
| Dec 30, 10:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Orangeburg | 50 min |
| Dec 30, 11:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Dorchester | 27 min |
| Dec 30, 12:52 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 53 min |
| Dec 30, 1:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg | 41 min |
| Dec 30, 1:12 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, McCormick | 22 min |
| Dec 30, 2:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 30, 2:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 29 min |
| Dec 30, 3:05 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown | 25 min |
| Dec 30, 3:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 35 min |
| Dec 30, 3:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 58 min |
| Dec 30, 3:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg | 31 min |
| Dec 30, 4:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Colleton | 30 min |
| Dec 30, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 25 min |
| Dec 30, 4:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 50 min |
| Dec 30, 4:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Allendale | 48 min |
| Dec 30, 4:49 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley | 26 min |
| Dec 30, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester | 32 min |
| Dec 30, 5:40 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 35 min |
| Dec 30, 7:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Hampton | 23 min |
| Dec 31, 4:18 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenwood | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 6:51 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield, McCormick, Orangeburg | 2 hr |
| Dec 31, 9:04 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | 56 min | |
| Dec 31, 10:02 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | 58 min | |
| Dec 31, 12:08 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 15 hr | |
| Dec 31, 6:40 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Abbeville, McCormick | 95 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 | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 4 |
| Special Weather Statement | 55 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Lake Wind Advisory | 3 |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 25 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 7 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Special Marine Warning | 3 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 5 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- McCormick County14
- Orangeburg County14
- Aiken County13
- Bamberg County12
- Abbeville County12
- Anderson County12
- Greenwood County12
- Barnwell County11
- Calhoun County11
- Edgefield County11
- Lexington County11
- Richland County11
- Allendale County10
- Laurens County10
- Union County10
- Sumter County9
- Chester County9
- Georgetown County8
- Berkeley County8
- Hampton County8
- Clarendon County8
- Saluda County8
- Newberry County8
- Cherokee County8
- Horry County7
- Colleton County7
- Kershaw County7
- Fairfield County7
- York County7
- Pickens County7
- Greenville County7
- Dorchester County6
- Lancaster County6
- Chesterfield County5
- Lee County5
- Dillon County5
- Marion County5
- Oconee County5
- Spartanburg County5
- Darlington 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.