Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2000
12 tornado watches in 2000. 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 in 2000. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- February3 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 14, 20003 tornado watches
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 10, 6:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Jasper | 6 hr |
| Feb 14, 5:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Georgetown, Horry | 5 hr |
| Feb 14, 1:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Oconee | 5 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Oconee, Pickens | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Edgefield and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 27, 4:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dillon, Florence, Horry, Marion | 5 hr |
| May 28, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dillon, Florence, Marion | 6 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 16, 11:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley and 22 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hampton County5
- Beaufort County5
- Jasper County5
- Aiken County4
- Allendale County4
- Bamberg County4
- Barnwell County4
- Calhoun County4
- Clarendon County4
- Orangeburg County4
- Sumter County4
- Horry County4
- Dillon County4
- Florence County4
- Marion County4
- Edgefield County3
- Lee County3
- Lexington County3
- Richland County3
- Saluda County3
- Georgetown County3
- Berkeley County3
- Colleton County3
- Dorchester County3
- Oconee County3
- Greenwood County2
- McCormick County2
- Charleston County2
- Chesterfield County2
- Darlington County2
- Kershaw County2
- Marlboro County2
- Williamsburg County2
- Pickens County2
- Abbeville County1
- Anderson County1
- Cherokee County1
- Chester County1
- Fairfield County1
- Greenville County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19992001
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.