Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings / 2021
Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, August 2021
30 tornado warnings in August 2021. 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 August 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 30
- Busiest day
- August 17, 202128 tornado 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 17, 11:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee | 13 min |
| Aug 17, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Oconee, Pickens | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 12:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Edgefield | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 12:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Pickens | 23 min |
| Aug 17, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 1:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Saluda | 17 min |
| Aug 17, 1:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Saluda | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 2:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 37 min |
| Aug 17, 2:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 33 min |
| Aug 17, 2:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 2:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville | 18 min |
| Aug 17, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Saluda | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Pickens | 52 min |
| Aug 17, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Greenwood, Laurens | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Anderson, Greenville, Spartanburg | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 5:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Chester, York | 38 min |
| Aug 17, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 5:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Greenwood, Laurens | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 6:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg, Union | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union, York | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington, Saluda | 32 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Spartanburg County8
- Laurens County7
- Greenville County6
- Pickens County4
- Saluda County4
- Lexington County4
- Greenwood County4
- Edgefield County3
- Anderson County3
- Union County3
- Cherokee County3
- Oconee County2
- Aiken County2
- Orangeburg County2
- Abbeville County2
- York County2
- McCormick County1
- Barnwell County1
- Fairfield County1
- Newberry County1
- Richland County1
- Calhoun County1
- Chester 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.