Alert archive / South Carolina

Weather alerts in South Carolina, 2026

2,649 weather alerts in 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
2,649
Warnings
681
Watches
54
Advisories
501
Busiest month
August808 alerts
Busiest day
August 21, 2026106 alerts

Over time

By month

The alerts

2,649 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 Warning450
Tornado Warning10
Severe Thunderstorm Watch12
Tornado Watch4
Mesoscale Discussion80
Special Weather Statement1,269
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning2
Flash Flood Warning42
River Flood Warning2
Flood Watch4
Areal Flood Advisory195
Winter
Ice Storm Warning3
Winter Storm Warning4
Winter Storm Watch7
Winter Weather Advisory7
Heat
Extreme Heat Warning13
Extreme Heat Watch6
Heat Advisory85
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning4
Freeze Warning6
Extreme Cold Watch4
Freeze Watch5
Cold Weather Advisory10
Frost Advisory5
Wind and dust
High Wind Watch1
Lake Wind Advisory23
Wind Advisory7
Fire
Red Flag Warning5
Fire Weather Watch4
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory30
Dense Smoke Advisory4
Freezing Fog Advisory4
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Advisory64
High Surf Advisory3
Beach Hazards Statement47
Coastal Flood Statement2
Rip Current Statement15
Marine
Gale Warning11
Special Marine Warning129
Gale Watch7
Marine Dense Fog Advisory14
Small Craft Advisory50

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 21, 2026106alerts
  2. July 12, 202674alerts
  3. July 10, 202669alerts
  4. August 13, 202668alerts
  5. July 5, 202666alerts
  6. July 11, 202661alerts
  7. September 6, 202657alerts
  8. June 14, 202656alerts
  9. August 6, 202655alerts
  10. March 16, 202653alerts
  11. July 7, 202648alerts
  12. August 10, 202648alerts

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.