Alert archive / South Carolina / 2021
Weather alerts in South Carolina, February 2021
94 weather alerts in February 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 February 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 94
- Warnings
- 31
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 46
- Busiest day
- February 16, 202122 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 1, 3:15 AM EST | Gale Watch | CHS | 9 hr | |
| Feb 1, 4:23 AM EST | Wind Advisory | GSP | 57 hr | |
| Feb 1, 8:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CHS | Hampton, Jasper | 41 days |
| Feb 1, 12:33 PM EST | Gale Warning | CHS | 25 hr | |
| Feb 2, 1:06 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 24 hr | |
| Feb 3, 8:45 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 32 days |
| Feb 4, 3:11 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 42 hr | |
| Feb 4, 9:25 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Georgetown, Williamsburg | 39 days |
| Feb 5, 11:49 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | 16 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:47 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 24 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:58 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | 32 hr | |
| Feb 6, 3:58 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Cherokee | 32 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:08 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg | 4 hr |
| Feb 7, 6:44 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 3 days |
| Feb 7, 10:37 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 4 hr | |
| Feb 8, 5:08 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 5 hr | |
| Feb 10, 12:39 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 12 hr | |
| Feb 11, 12:12 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 39 hr | |
| Feb 11, 2:57 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale | 7 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:18 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Barnwell, Edgefield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:43 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Abbeville, Cherokee, Chester, Greenwood, Laurens, Union and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 11, 5:40 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:28 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 16 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:37 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken | 2 hr |
| Feb 11, 8:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Spartanburg | 94 min |
| Feb 11, 10:35 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:53 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington, McCormick and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:53 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 21 days |
| Feb 13, 9:15 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Horry | 28 days |
| Feb 14, 4:04 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 6 hr |
| Feb 14, 9:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 21 days |
| Feb 14, 9:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 21 days |
| Feb 14, 9:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 21 days |
| Feb 14, 9:51 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Marlboro | 7 days |
| Feb 14, 9:51 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 8 days |
| Feb 14, 8:58 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Dillon, Horry, Marion | 21 days |
| Feb 14, 9:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 24 days |
| Feb 15, 3:25 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 36 hr | |
| Feb 15, 5:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Laurens, Pickens | 33 min |
| Feb 15, 5:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 6:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | York | 34 min |
| Feb 15, 7:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 29 min |
| Feb 15, 7:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood | 29 min |
| Feb 15, 7:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Jasper | 26 min |
| Feb 15, 7:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Hampton, Jasper | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 7:39 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 87 min | |
| Feb 15, 8:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | GSP | Chester | 24 min |
| Feb 15, 8:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 41 min |
| Feb 15, 8:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 110 min |
| Feb 15, 8:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Marlboro | 47 min |
| Feb 15, 8:59 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 61 min | |
| Feb 15, 9:33 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 57 min | |
| Feb 15, 9:39 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 110 min | |
| Feb 15, 9:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 10:15 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Feb 15, 10:32 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 21 min | |
| Feb 15, 11:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 17 min |
| Feb 16, 12:07 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 33 min | |
| Feb 16, 3:24 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 5 hr | |
| Feb 16, 10:31 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 9 days |
| Feb 16, 11:39 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 21 days |
| Feb 16, 11:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ILM | Florence | 21 days |
| Feb 16, 2:48 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GSP | 13 hr | |
| Feb 17, 4:15 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | GSP | Cherokee, York | 30 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:01 PM EST | Flash Flood Watch | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 11 more | 41 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:07 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | CAE | Lancaster | 13 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:25 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 26 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:16 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:37 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 41 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:38 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 4 hr | |
| Feb 18, 7:15 AM EST | Flash Flood Watch | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 20 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:48 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 34 hr |
| Feb 18, 10:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CHS | Allendale | 21 days |
| Feb 18, 11:00 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry, Marion | 2 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:58 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Orangeburg | 3 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:23 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 3 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Allendale, Colleton, Hampton | 110 min |
| Feb 18, 5:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 3 hr |
| Feb 18, 5:17 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Dorchester | 118 min |
| Feb 18, 5:44 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 2 hr |
| Feb 18, 6:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Marion, Williamsburg | 82 min |
| Feb 18, 7:03 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 35 hr |
| Feb 19, 12:28 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Horry | 109 min |
| Feb 19, 3:45 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro | 2 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:16 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 46 hr | |
| Feb 22, 1:41 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 4 hr | |
| Feb 22, 8:43 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:27 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:07 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 7:01 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 116 min |
| Feb 27, 11:30 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | GSP | Anderson, Cherokee, York | 9 hr |
| Feb 28, 1:54 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 17 hr | |
| Feb 28, 1:09 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 5 hr | |
| Feb 28, 3:18 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 24 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 | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 10 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 19 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 3 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 12 |
| River Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 13 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 1 |
| Special Marine Warning | 7 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 5 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 11 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Horry County11
- Marion County8
- Georgetown County8
- Williamsburg County8
- Richland County8
- Lexington County7
- Kershaw County6
- Darlington County6
- Florence County6
- Calhoun County6
- Hampton County5
- Cherokee County5
- Colleton County5
- Dorchester County5
- Allendale County5
- Aiken County5
- Edgefield County5
- Lancaster County5
- McCormick County5
- Marlboro County5
- Dillon County5
- Jasper County4
- Berkeley County4
- Barnwell County4
- Fairfield County4
- York County4
- Bamberg County4
- Chesterfield County4
- Clarendon County4
- Anderson County3
- Pickens County3
- Spartanburg County3
- Newberry County3
- Saluda County3
- Abbeville County3
- Lee County3
- Sumter County3
- Greenville County2
- Charleston County2
- Chester 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.