Alert archive / South Carolina
Winter Storm Warnings in South Carolina
71 winter storm warnings 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 71
- Busiest year
- 201014 winter storm warnings
- Average year
- 4over 16 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- York County21
- Cherokee County20
- Chester County20
- Union County20
- Chesterfield County19
- Anderson County18
- Laurens County17
- Fairfield County15
- Kershaw County14
- Newberry County14
- Abbeville County13
- Greenwood County13
- Marlboro County13
- Dillon County12
- Darlington County11
- McCormick County10
- Lee County10
- Lexington County10
- Richland County10
- Sumter County10
- Edgefield County9
- Saluda County9
- Aiken County9
- Bamberg County8
- Calhoun County8
- Clarendon County8
- Florence County8
- Marion County8
- Williamsburg County8
- Allendale County7
- Barnwell County7
- Berkeley County7
- Colleton County7
- Dorchester County7
- Hampton County7
- Georgetown County5
- Horry County5
- Lancaster County3
- Greenville County2
- Oconee County2
3 more counties
The latest winter storm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 1:22 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more | 55 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:50 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | CHS | Allendale, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton | 51 hr |
| Jan 30, 12:46 AM EST | Winter Storm Warning | ILM | Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and 2 more | 58 hr |
| Jan 29, 12:36 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | GSP | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Greenwood and 6 more | 66 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.