Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 2016
27 tornado warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 27
- Busiest month
- October8 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- November 30, 20168 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 55 min |
| Feb 3, 2:55 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 8:09 AM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 36 min |
| Feb 24, 3:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 4:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon, Marlboro | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 5:44 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 3:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Dillon | 13 min |
| Sep 2, 6:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Jasper | 31 min |
| Sep 2, 12:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 23 min |
| Sep 2, 3:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry | 12 min |
| Oct 7, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 16 min |
| Oct 7, 3:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CHS | Beaufort, Jasper | 12 min |
| Oct 7, 10:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown | 16 min |
| Oct 8, 12:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Georgetown, Williamsburg | 31 min |
| Oct 8, 1:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 24 min |
| Oct 8, 1:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence, Marion | 28 min |
| Oct 8, 2:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 26 min |
| Oct 8, 3:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Horry, Marion | 27 min |
| Nov 30, 4:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville | 48 min |
| Nov 30, 4:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 36 min |
| Nov 30, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 5:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester, Union | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 37 min |
| Nov 30, 6:26 PM EST | Tornado Warning | GSP | York | 34 min |
| Nov 30, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 17 min |
| Nov 30, 6:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Georgetown County4
- Horry County4
- Marion County4
- Dillon County3
- Williamsburg County3
- Jasper County3
- Richland County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Lee County2
- Sumter County2
- Beaufort County2
- Florence County2
- Greenville County2
- Spartanburg County2
- Chester County2
- York County2
- Lancaster County2
- Lexington County1
- Kershaw County1
- Oconee County1
- Marlboro County1
- Anderson County1
- Laurens County1
- Cherokee County1
- Union County1
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. Rebuilt daily.