Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2012
11 tornado watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 11
- Busiest month
- February5 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- February 24, 20124 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 21, 12:28 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Edgefield and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:48 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chester and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 24, 9:17 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:04 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allendale, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 24, 1:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 29, 6:37 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg | 3 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Greenwood and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:54 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Greenwood and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 17, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 17, 2:55 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Dec 26, 10:08 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Anderson County5
- Greenville County5
- Oconee County5
- Pickens County5
- Spartanburg County5
- Abbeville County4
- Greenwood County4
- Laurens County4
- Hampton County3
- Chester County3
- Union County3
- Cherokee County3
- York County3
- Aiken County2
- Allendale County2
- Bamberg County2
- Barnwell County2
- Calhoun County2
- Edgefield County2
- Fairfield County2
- Lexington County2
- McCormick County2
- Newberry County2
- Orangeburg County2
- Richland County2
- Saluda County2
- Beaufort County2
- Berkeley County2
- Charleston County2
- Colleton County2
- Dorchester County2
- Jasper County2
- Darlington County2
- Dillon County2
- Florence County2
- Georgetown County2
- Horry County2
- Marion County2
- Marlboro County2
- Williamsburg County2
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.