Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2002
10 tornado watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 10
- Busiest month
- November7 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- November 11, 20026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Greenville, Pickens, Spartanburg, York | 5 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 5, 10:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allendale, Beaufort, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton, Jasper | 6 hr |
| Nov 10, 11:05 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 1:10 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, York | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 11, 6:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee | 4 hr |
| Nov 11, 10:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Horry, Marion, Williamsburg | 5 hr |
| Dec 24, 9:20 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Jasper | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherokee County3
- Greenville County3
- Pickens County3
- York County3
- Marion County3
- Spartanburg County2
- Darlington County2
- Dillon County2
- Florence County2
- Horry County2
- Marlboro County2
- Sumter County2
- Williamsburg County2
- Allendale County2
- Beaufort County2
- Jasper County2
- Abbeville County2
- Anderson County2
- Laurens County2
- Oconee County2
- Union County2
- Edgefield County2
- Fairfield County2
- Lancaster County2
- Saluda County2
- Georgetown County1
- Colleton County1
- Dorchester County1
- Hampton County1
- Chester County1
- Greenwood County1
- McCormick County1
- Newberry County1
- Aiken County1
- Bamberg County1
- Barnwell County1
- Calhoun County1
- Chesterfield County1
- Clarendon County1
- Kershaw 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.