Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, August 2002
44 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2002. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 44
- Busiest day
- August 25, 200211 severe thunderstorm warnings
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Saluda | 31 min |
| Aug 1, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Union | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 2:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon | 60 min |
| Aug 17, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 63 min |
| Aug 17, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 16 min |
| Aug 18, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 7:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Allendale | 24 min |
| Aug 19, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Chester | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | York | 54 min |
| Aug 24, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 62 min |
| Aug 24, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 26 min |
| Aug 25, 1:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 31 min |
| Aug 25, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Colleton | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Marion | 67 min |
| Aug 25, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 60 min |
| Aug 25, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 6:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 57 min |
| Aug 26, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 59 min |
| Aug 26, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Pickens | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 56 min |
| Aug 26, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Anderson | 43 min |
| Aug 26, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 54 min |
| Aug 26, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Abbeville | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens | 55 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Horry County5
- Lexington County3
- Colleton County3
- Laurens County3
- Kershaw County3
- York County2
- Richland County2
- Lee County2
- Abbeville County2
- Fairfield County2
- Dorchester County2
- Williamsburg County2
- Georgetown County2
- Anderson County2
- Berkeley County1
- Aiken County1
- Saluda County1
- Union County1
- Spartanburg County1
- Dillon County1
- Bamberg County1
- Allendale County1
- Chester County1
- Marion County1
- Oconee County1
- Pickens County1
- Greenwood County1
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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.