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Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2004
118 tornado warnings in 2004. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2004. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 118
- Busiest month
- September88 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- September 7, 200448 tornado warnings
Over time
By month
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 2, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton | 32 min |
| May 31, 10:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood | 44 min |
| Jun 15, 7:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 8:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 31 min |
| Jun 15, 9:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 42 min |
| Jun 23, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 2:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee | 41 min |
| Jun 25, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 51 min |
| Jun 25, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 12:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 29 min |
| Jul 17, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 11:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Richland | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 12:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 23 min |
| Aug 12, 1:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 2:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 2:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 30 min |
| Aug 12, 10:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 35 min |
| Aug 13, 1:32 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 9:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 37 min |
| Aug 29, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 43 min |
| Sep 6, 10:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 34 min |
| Sep 6, 12:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton | 40 min |
| Sep 6, 2:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 28 min |
| Sep 6, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 30 min |
| Sep 6, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 35 min |
| Sep 6, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton | 39 min |
| Sep 7, 12:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 2:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 2:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 3:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 3:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 3:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 39 min |
| Sep 7, 3:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Dorchester | 28 min |
| Sep 7, 4:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 22 min |
| Sep 7, 4:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 4:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 5:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 21 min |
| Sep 7, 5:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 22 min |
| Sep 7, 5:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 23 min |
| Sep 7, 6:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 38 min |
| Sep 7, 6:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 7:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 23 min |
| Sep 7, 7:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 7:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 21 min |
| Sep 7, 8:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Sumter | 18 min |
| Sep 7, 8:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 9:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee | 42 min |
| Sep 7, 9:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 23 min |
| Sep 7, 9:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 9:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Sumter | 50 min |
| Sep 7, 10:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 11:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 11:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | York | 66 min |
| Sep 7, 11:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 11:39 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 12:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Darlington | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 12:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 12:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 26 min |
| Sep 7, 1:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 2:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 2:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 63 min |
| Sep 7, 3:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Darlington | 50 min |
| Sep 7, 3:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Hampton | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 3:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 14 min |
| Sep 7, 4:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 38 min |
| Sep 7, 5:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 51 min |
| Sep 7, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 6:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 43 min |
| Sep 7, 7:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 40 min |
| Sep 7, 8:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester | 26 min |
| Sep 7, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 33 min |
| Sep 7, 8:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 31 min |
| Sep 7, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 10:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry | 39 min |
| Sep 7, 11:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 11:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 51 min |
| Sep 7, 11:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 61 min |
| Sep 8, 1:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 47 min |
| Sep 16, 2:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 34 min |
| Sep 16, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Saluda | 29 min |
| Sep 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 42 min |
| Sep 16, 6:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 54 min |
| Sep 16, 6:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 53 min |
| Sep 17, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon | 52 min |
| Sep 27, 5:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 38 min |
| Sep 27, 5:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Hampton | 38 min |
| Sep 27, 10:13 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 17 min |
| Sep 27, 12:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 39 min |
| Sep 27, 1:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 1:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Darlington, Florence | 25 min |
| Sep 27, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 15 min |
| Sep 27, 1:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 27 min |
| Sep 27, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 23 min |
| Sep 27, 2:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 37 min |
| Sep 27, 2:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon, Marlboro | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 2:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Saluda | 36 min |
| Sep 27, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 57 min |
| Sep 27, 3:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 55 min |
| Sep 27, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Saluda | 31 min |
| Sep 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Marion | 59 min |
| Sep 27, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 4:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 33 min |
| Sep 27, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry | 36 min |
| Nov 24, 2:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 45 min |
| Nov 24, 2:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 43 min |
| Nov 24, 2:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 23 min |
| Dec 9, 11:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 41 min |
| Dec 10, 2:03 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 4:41 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 5:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Sumter | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Marlboro County12
- Charleston County7
- Jasper County7
- Orangeburg County7
- Beaufort County6
- Allendale County6
- Aiken County6
- Florence County6
- Colleton County5
- Richland County4
- Dillon County4
- Calhoun County4
- Sumter County4
- Newberry County4
- Anderson County3
- Berkeley County3
- Chesterfield County3
- Horry County3
- Clarendon County3
- Darlington County3
- Lexington County3
- Saluda County3
- Marion County3
- Georgetown County2
- Fairfield County2
- Dorchester County2
- Barnwell County2
- Lee County2
- Kershaw County2
- Hampton County2
- Union County2
- Oconee County2
- Greenwood County1
- Cherokee County1
- Spartanburg County1
- Lancaster County1
- York County1
- Bamberg County1
- Pickens County1
- Chester County1
1 more counties
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.