Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2006
64 tornado warnings in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 64
- Busiest month
- April17 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 26, 200612 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 1:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 16 min |
| Jan 13, 5:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 13 min |
| Jan 13, 7:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell | 27 min |
| Jan 13, 8:14 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 31 min |
| Jan 13, 8:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 26 min |
| Jan 13, 9:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 29 min |
| Jan 17, 7:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Laurens | 32 min |
| Feb 4, 11:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Richland | 27 min |
| Apr 8, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 22 min |
| Apr 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 46 min |
| Apr 21, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson | 48 min |
| Apr 21, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 14 min |
| Apr 22, 6:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 34 min |
| Apr 26, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland, Sumter | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 3:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 15 min |
| Apr 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 13 min |
| Apr 26, 3:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 3:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 3:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 4:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lee | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 24 min |
| May 7, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 32 min |
| May 7, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 29 min |
| May 7, 1:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 26 min |
| May 7, 2:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 44 min |
| May 14, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 44 min |
| May 14, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton | 47 min |
| May 14, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 18 min |
| May 14, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Dorchester | 65 min |
| May 14, 8:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton | 25 min |
| May 14, 8:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 36 min |
| May 14, 9:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 63 min |
| May 20, 6:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 59 min |
| May 20, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 35 min |
| May 20, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 34 min |
| May 27, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 1:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 2:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 41 min |
| Jun 13, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 6:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 10:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 35 min |
| Jun 13, 10:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Hampton | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 10:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 11:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 11:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 12:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 55 min |
| Jun 14, 12:58 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Berkeley | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 1:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 2:00 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Williamsburg | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 5:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 25 min |
| Oct 8, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 33 min |
| Oct 8, 9:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 32 min |
| Oct 8, 11:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston | 62 min |
| Nov 15, 9:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Union | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 1:11 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 34 min |
| Dec 25, 8:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester | 31 min |
| Dec 25, 10:58 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Allendale | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Charleston County14
- Berkeley County11
- Colleton County5
- Clarendon County4
- Williamsburg County4
- Allendale County4
- Beaufort County4
- Jasper County3
- Richland County3
- Orangeburg County3
- Dorchester County3
- Bamberg County2
- Fairfield County2
- Kershaw County2
- Lexington County1
- Barnwell County1
- Laurens County1
- Horry County1
- Anderson County1
- Spartanburg County1
- Newberry County1
- Calhoun County1
- Sumter County1
- Florence County1
- Lee County1
- Hampton County1
- Union County1
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.