Alert archive / South Carolina / Berkeley County

Weather alerts in Berkeley County, South Carolina, 2009

242 weather alerts in 2009, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Berkeley County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
242
Warnings
74
Watches
27
Advisories
99
Busiest month
June54 alerts
Busiest day
June 11, 200910 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

0 of 1 tornado warnings covering Berkeley County in 2009 had a tornado report inside them; 0 of 1 tornado reports fell inside a warning.

Berkeley County, 2009

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings10100%10%
Severe thunderstorm warnings583048%2685%22 min
Flash flood warnings7443%3100%59 min

Each office's whole area, 2009

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Charleston, SC: tornado warnings27485%978%10 min
NWS Charleston, SC: severe thunderstorm warnings30516247%32184%20 min
NWS Charleston, SC: flash flood warnings201430%4391%59 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 3, 4:29 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS3 hr
Jan 3, 10:01 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS13 hr
Jan 4, 11:30 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS11 hr
Jan 6, 3:16 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS64 hr
Jan 7, 3:40 AM ESTWind AdvisoryCHS15 hr
Jan 7, 4:29 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Jan 10, 4:09 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS18 hr
Jan 13, 3:40 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS24 hr
Jan 15, 4:03 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryCHS29 hr
Jan 18, 9:25 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS11 hr
Jan 19, 1:57 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCHS30 hr
Jan 19, 4:33 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS23 hr
Jan 26, 3:38 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS18 hr
Jan 27, 4:37 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS14 hr
Jan 27, 4:37 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS27 hr
Jan 30, 4:26 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS25 hr
Feb 2, 3:49 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS3 days
Feb 4, 3:43 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryCHS18 hr
Feb 10, 12:23 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS9 hr
Feb 10, 4:00 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS48 hr
Feb 11, 8:18 PM ESTWind AdvisoryCHS7 hr
Feb 17, 3:28 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS60 hr
Feb 18, 8:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Feb 18, 11:55 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Feb 21, 4:00 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS42 hr
Feb 21, 1:29 PM ESTFire Weather WatchCHS10 hr
Feb 21, 11:50 PM ESTRed Flag WarningCHS18 hr
Mar 1, 4:36 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS34 hr
Mar 1, 6:17 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Mar 1, 7:57 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS2 hr
Mar 1, 10:31 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS44 min
Mar 1, 10:49 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS116 min
Mar 1, 3:58 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryCHS5 hr
Mar 3, 12:31 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCHS8 days
Mar 10, 11:02 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS11 hr
Mar 14, 3:36 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS19 hr
Mar 15, 3:59 PM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS17 hr
Mar 20, 1:14 AM EDTDense Smoke AdvisoryCHS7 hr
Mar 26, 10:20 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS12 hr
Mar 28, 4:01 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS52 hr
Mar 28, 11:51 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Mar 28, 12:47 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Mar 28, 3:19 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Mar 28, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS65 min
Mar 28, 6:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS110 min
Mar 29, 12:48 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Mar 30, 9:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCHS12 days
Apr 2, 11:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS89 min
Apr 2, 1:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS90 min
Apr 2, 4:11 PM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS28 hr
Apr 3, 4:47 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Apr 5, 5:07 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS36 hr
Apr 6, 7:07 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 6, 10:33 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Apr 6, 4:02 PM EDTFreeze WatchCHS24 hr
Apr 6, 5:28 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningCHS8 hr
Apr 7, 1:43 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS28 hr
Apr 7, 4:20 AM EDTFreeze WarningCHS28 hr
Apr 9, 3:38 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS7 hr
Apr 9, 4:34 PM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS36 hr
Apr 10, 11:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 11, 1:48 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
Apr 13, 4:29 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS12 hr
Apr 13, 10:54 PM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS4 hr
Apr 14, 11:22 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Apr 20, 4:02 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS16 hr
Apr 20, 2:52 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Apr 20, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS50 min
Apr 20, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 20, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS35 min
Apr 20, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS45 min
Apr 20, 4:55 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Apr 20, 7:36 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Apr 22, 3:06 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS19 hr
May 4, 2:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
May 4, 6:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC60 min
May 4, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS44 min
May 4, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS62 min
May 4, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC3 hr
May 4, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS39 min
May 4, 8:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS24 min
May 5, 9:43 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
May 5, 10:18 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 5, 2:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
May 5, 5:37 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
May 7, 5:17 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
May 7, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS27 min
May 8, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
May 10, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS26 min
May 10, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS50 min
May 10, 4:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS54 min
May 10, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS44 min
May 10, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS51 min
May 11, 9:23 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
May 14, 12:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS2 hr
May 14, 12:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS2 hr
May 14, 1:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHS100 min
May 15, 11:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS103 min
May 15, 1:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS2 hr
May 15, 3:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHS71 min
May 17, 3:27 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS5 days
May 17, 3:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchCHS13 hr
May 24, 7:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS119 min
May 24, 9:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS79 min
May 24, 1:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS60 min
May 26, 5:44 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS4 hr
May 29, 2:22 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC23 min
May 29, 2:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
May 29, 4:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS64 min
May 29, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS58 min
May 29, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS61 min
May 29, 6:01 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Jun 5, 3:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS71 min
Jun 8, 4:51 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS4 hr
Jun 9, 5:27 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS4 hr
Jun 9, 2:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jun 9, 10:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCHS9 days
Jun 10, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS53 min
Jun 10, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS25 min
Jun 10, 11:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS49 min
Jun 10, 11:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS25 min
Jun 10, 11:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS51 min
Jun 11, 5:58 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Jun 11, 6:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr
Jun 11, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS23 min
Jun 11, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS43 min
Jun 11, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS49 min
Jun 11, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS39 min
Jun 11, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS47 min
Jun 12, 2:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Jun 12, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 12, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS48 min
Jun 12, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS53 min
Jun 12, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS66 min
Jun 12, 8:20 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Jun 12, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS57 min
Jun 12, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS40 min
Jun 15, 1:26 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jun 15, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 15, 4:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS62 min
Jun 16, 1:39 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Jun 16, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS53 min
Jun 16, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS58 min
Jun 16, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS39 min
Jun 16, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS31 min
Jun 18, 1:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 18, 3:45 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jun 18, 6:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS67 min
Jun 18, 4:11 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryCHS27 hr
Jun 18, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 19, 3:28 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryCHS29 hr
Jun 20, 3:10 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryCHS29 hr
Jun 26, 1:17 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC58 min
Jun 26, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS60 min
Jun 26, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS25 min
Jun 27, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 27, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS58 min
Jun 27, 4:43 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Jun 27, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS61 min
Jun 27, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS62 min
Jun 27, 7:17 PM EDTTornado WarningCHS43 min
Jun 27, 7:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Jun 27, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS61 min
Jun 27, 10:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS56 min
Jun 28, 4:00 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryCHS16 hr
Jun 29, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS52 min
Jul 5, 9:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS52 min
Jul 6, 6:08 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC67 min
Jul 7, 9:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS69 min
Jul 8, 4:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchCHS39 hr
Jul 8, 6:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS81 min
Jul 8, 7:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHS118 min
Jul 8, 10:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS115 min
Jul 9, 3:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS50 min
Jul 16, 1:31 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Jul 16, 8:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS76 min
Jul 16, 9:24 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS42 min
Jul 17, 4:28 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Jul 29, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS58 min
Jul 29, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS35 min
Jul 30, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS66 min
Jul 31, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS59 min
Aug 4, 2:26 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS28 min
Aug 4, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS67 min
Aug 5, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS24 min
Aug 12, 11:25 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Aug 12, 12:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr
Aug 12, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS61 min
Aug 12, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS62 min
Aug 12, 1:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS64 min
Aug 12, 2:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS84 min
Aug 12, 4:13 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC92 min
Aug 13, 3:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchCHS36 hr
Aug 25, 3:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS93 min
Aug 25, 4:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCHS33 min
Aug 28, 1:24 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Aug 28, 5:39 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS81 min
Aug 31, 7:03 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS57 min
Aug 31, 7:43 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS62 min
Aug 31, 9:51 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS24 min
Aug 31, 9:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS116 min
Sep 23, 4:22 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS3 hr
Sep 25, 10:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS79 min
Sep 28, 10:25 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS17 hr
Oct 11, 12:49 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS4 hr
Oct 17, 4:19 AM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS41 hr
Oct 19, 3:28 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryCHS18 hr
Oct 27, 6:56 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Oct 27, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC3 hr
Oct 31, 5:19 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS4 hr
Nov 5, 11:15 PM ESTDense Smoke AdvisoryCHS9 hr
Nov 6, 2:54 AM ESTFrost AdvisoryCHS29 hr
Nov 10, 3:20 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS3 days
Nov 19, 2:29 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS4 hr
Nov 19, 10:34 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS10 hr
Nov 23, 10:45 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCHS15 days
Nov 26, 12:21 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS9 hr
Nov 26, 3:15 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS32 hr
Nov 27, 4:02 AM ESTFreeze WarningCHS29 hr
Dec 1, 4:42 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS42 hr
Dec 2, 5:55 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS3 hr
Dec 2, 6:54 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCHS3 hr
Dec 2, 2:08 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Dec 2, 5:44 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Dec 2, 7:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS59 min
Dec 2, 8:00 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCHS2 hr
Dec 2, 8:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCHS53 min
Dec 8, 3:33 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS13 hr
Dec 9, 4:57 AM ESTWind AdvisoryCHS11 hr
Dec 9, 6:11 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC4 hr
Dec 13, 9:05 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryCHS15 hr
Dec 15, 3:42 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS30 hr
Dec 17, 3:16 PM ESTFlash Flood WatchCHS30 hr
Dec 18, 4:04 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS36 hr
Dec 18, 3:55 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCHS6 hr
Dec 18, 5:32 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCHS4 hr
Dec 24, 3:01 PM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS25 hr
Dec 25, 4:41 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Dec 25, 5:01 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Dec 25, 7:27 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Dec 25, 11:39 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Dec 28, 3:12 AM ESTLake Wind AdvisoryCHS24 hr

By product

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

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

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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.