Alert archive / South Carolina
Tornado Watches in South Carolina
414 tornado watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 414
- Busiest year
- 199828 tornado watches
- Average year
- 14over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jasper County158
- Hampton County155
- Colleton County154
- Dorchester County150
- Beaufort County148
- Allendale County143
- Berkeley County143
- Charleston County143
- Bamberg County141
- Orangeburg County141
- Barnwell County136
- Horry County135
- Marion County131
- Aiken County130
- Calhoun County128
- Dillon County127
- Saluda County124
- Clarendon County123
- Florence County122
- Georgetown County122
- Edgefield County121
- Williamsburg County121
- Lexington County120
- Sumter County117
- Richland County117
- Kershaw County115
- Marlboro County113
- McCormick County112
- Newberry County112
- Darlington County109
- Fairfield County109
- Laurens County109
- Lee County109
- Chesterfield County108
- Greenwood County107
- Abbeville County106
- Union County105
- Chester County104
- Anderson County102
- Lancaster County102
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Oconee, Pickens | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 1:18 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 7 hr |
| Mar 16, 7:59 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:14 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort and 25 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
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.