Alert archive / South Carolina
Red Flag Warnings in South Carolina
86 red flag warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 86
- Busiest year
- 200715 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 5over 18 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Colleton County28
- Dorchester County28
- Allendale County27
- Hampton County27
- Berkeley County26
- Anderson County20
- Aiken County19
- Bamberg County19
- Barnwell County19
- Calhoun County19
- Chesterfield County19
- Edgefield County19
- Fairfield County19
- Kershaw County19
- Lexington County19
- McCormick County19
- Newberry County19
- Richland County19
- Saluda County19
- Cherokee County19
- Clarendon County18
- Lee County18
- Sumter County18
- York County18
- Dillon County17
- Marlboro County17
- Abbeville County17
- Chester County17
- Greenwood County17
- Laurens County17
- Union County17
- Marion County16
- Darlington County15
- Florence County15
- Williamsburg County14
- Georgetown County10
- Horry County9
- Lancaster County7
- Greenville County6
- Oconee County6
3 more counties
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2:34 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:27 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Greenwood and 6 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:33 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more | 33 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:44 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 32 hr |
| Jan 11, 2:34 PM EST | Red Flag Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester | 4 hr |
Nearby
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.