Weather alerts in South Carolina, May 2021

174 weather alerts in May 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 May 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 174
Warnings: 71
Watches: 4
Advisories: 15
Busiest day: May 3, 202151 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
May 1, 1:41 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		14 hr
May 2, 7:47 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	24 hr
May 3, 11:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	32 min
May 3, 12:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	37 min
May 3, 1:03 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Abbeville, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenwood, Laurens and 4 more	87 min
May 3, 1:25 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester and 18 more	6 hr
May 3, 1:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville	41 min
May 3, 1:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville	49 min
May 3, 2:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	51 min
May 3, 2:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville	38 min
May 3, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	McCormick	25 min
May 3, 2:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry, Union	63 min
May 3, 2:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville	18 min
May 3, 2:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	GSP	Greenwood, Laurens	41 min
May 3, 2:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	26 min
May 3, 3:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Newberry	40 min
May 3, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenwood, Laurens	34 min
May 3, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Newberry, Saluda	51 min
May 3, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Saluda	32 min
May 3, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenwood	32 min
May 3, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Newberry	43 min
May 3, 3:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Lexington	21 min
May 3, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McCormick	39 min
May 3, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	31 min
May 3, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Richland, Sumter	27 min
May 3, 4:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda	40 min
May 3, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lee, Sumter	26 min
May 3, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Kershaw, Lexington, Richland	23 min
May 3, 4:26 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon and 11 more	94 min
May 3, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Richland	15 min
May 3, 4:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lee, Sumter	34 min
May 3, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter	31 min
May 3, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Florence	60 min
May 3, 4:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CAE	Lexington, Richland	2 hr
May 3, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon, Lee, Richland, Sumter	46 min
May 3, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon	37 min
May 3, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence, Williamsburg	21 min
May 3, 5:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marion	63 min
May 3, 5:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Williamsburg	31 min
May 3, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lee	25 min
May 3, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale	55 min
May 3, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry, Marion	40 min
May 3, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell	44 min
May 3, 6:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg	32 min
May 3, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	49 min
May 3, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	62 min
May 3, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Horry	32 min
May 3, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Orangeburg	46 min
May 3, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	65 min
May 3, 7:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	32 min
May 3, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	26 min
May 3, 7:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Dorchester	65 min
May 3, 7:59 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	24 hr
May 3, 8:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CHS	Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton	2 hr
May 3, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	38 min
May 3, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Georgetown	43 min
May 3, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		60 min
May 3, 10:00 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
May 4, 12:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	24 min
May 4, 1:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Abbeville, Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	114 min
May 4, 1:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Pickens	37 min
May 4, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	26 min
May 4, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union, York	39 min
May 4, 3:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	40 min
May 4, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens, Union	24 min
May 4, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Saluda	31 min
May 4, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	37 min
May 4, 3:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	33 min
May 4, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens	13 min
May 4, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda	45 min
May 4, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	25 min
May 4, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Richland	41 min
May 4, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Chester, York	52 min
May 4, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	McCormick	36 min
May 4, 3:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lancaster	36 min
May 4, 4:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Newberry, Saluda	45 min
May 4, 4:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	37 min
May 4, 4:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	25 min
May 4, 4:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Newberry, Richland	59 min
May 4, 4:16 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Abbeville, Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Berkeley, Calhoun and 29 more	119 min
May 4, 4:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee	53 min
May 4, 4:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	20 min
May 4, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Dorchester	28 min
May 4, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda	53 min
May 4, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland	44 min
May 4, 4:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	40 min
May 4, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 13 more	3 hr
May 4, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee	57 min
May 4, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Marlboro	52 min
May 4, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken, Barnwell, Lexington, Orangeburg	60 min
May 4, 5:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Marlboro	33 min
May 4, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg, Richland	57 min
May 4, 6:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon, Lee, Richland, Sumter	53 min
May 4, 6:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Colleton	49 min
May 4, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester	58 min
May 4, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Dillon, Florence	49 min
May 4, 6:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Dillon	30 min
May 4, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon	48 min
May 4, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Dorchester	46 min
May 4, 7:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence, Williamsburg	41 min
May 4, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley	38 min
May 4, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Berkeley, Dorchester	35 min
May 4, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Florence, Georgetown, Marion, Williamsburg	33 min
May 4, 7:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Clarendon, Dorchester, Marion, Williamsburg	61 min
May 4, 8:02 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	24 hr
May 4, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Georgetown	44 min
May 4, 8:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Horry	34 min
May 6, 3:00 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	CHS	Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton	12 hr
May 7, 3:05 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	CHS	Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton	16 hr
May 7, 3:09 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more	17 hr
May 7, 3:11 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	16 hr
May 7, 3:18 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		20 hr
May 7, 3:30 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	ILM	Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more	15 hr
May 9, 3:18 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		27 hr
May 9, 4:08 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more	15 hr
May 9, 7:42 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	24 hr
May 10, 4:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	33 min
May 11, 3:21 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		5 days
May 11, 3:36 PM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CHS	Berkeley	34 hr
May 11, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Clarendon	54 min
May 11, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Clarendon, Orangeburg	36 min
May 11, 6:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	57 min
May 11, 7:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley	47 min
May 11, 7:37 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	24 hr
May 11, 8:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	30 min
May 11, 11:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	28 min
May 12, 9:45 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		60 min
May 12, 10:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	34 min
May 12, 7:37 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	24 hr
May 13, 7:55 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	24 hr
May 18, 3:18 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		4 days
May 22, 7:30 PM EDT	Rip Current Statement	ILM	Georgetown	25 hr
May 25, 4:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield	33 min
May 25, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Fairfield	29 min
May 25, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Union	32 min
May 25, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	28 min
May 26, 3:28 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	CHS		7 hr
May 27, 8:10 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	ILM	Georgetown, Horry	48 hr
May 28, 3:02 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		13 hr
May 28, 2:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	33 min
May 28, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	31 min
May 28, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	35 min
May 28, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	32 min
May 28, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	26 min
May 28, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	24 min
May 28, 3:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Greenville	30 min
May 28, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	35 min
May 28, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	24 min
May 28, 4:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Chester	29 min
May 28, 5:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Newberry	57 min
May 28, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	27 min
May 28, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville	35 min
May 28, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Laurens	24 min
May 28, 7:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee	29 min
May 28, 8:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee	36 min
May 28, 8:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	44 min
May 28, 8:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Oconee, Pickens	51 min
May 28, 9:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg	47 min
May 28, 9:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Anderson	33 min
May 28, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Spartanburg	51 min
May 28, 10:04 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		10 hr
May 28, 10:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Laurens	41 min
May 28, 10:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Cherokee, Union	36 min
May 28, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens, Union	30 min
May 28, 10:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	26 min
May 28, 11:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	GSP	York	36 min
May 29, 12:37 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Berkeley, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Florence and 9 more	113 min
May 29, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw	29 min
May 29, 3:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Kershaw	31 min
May 29, 3:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marlboro	22 min
May 29, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Darlington	32 min
May 29, 5:28 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CHS		3 hr
May 29, 9:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CHS	Charleston	35 min
May 29, 10:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILM	Marion	53 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	58
Tornado Warning	9
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	1
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	7
Special Weather Statement	68
Flooding
Areal Flood Advisory	2
Wind and dust
Lake Wind Advisory	4
Fire
Red Flag Warning	1
Fire Weather Watch	2
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory	1
Beach Hazards Statement	8
Rip Current Statement	1
Marine
Special Marine Warning	3
Small Craft Advisory	8

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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.