Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1988, 1:05 AM EDT for Clarendon County, South Carolina. It was in force for 55 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1988, 1:05 AM EDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1988, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clarendon County, SC
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:15 AM EDT | Hail 1.25 | Clarendon, SC |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 88 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 597 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1392 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 23, 9:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 905 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988 ..A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF AIKEN..BARNWELL AND ALLENDALE.. AT 855 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SOUTH CAROLINA MIDLANDS FROM EAST OF COLUMBIA TO NORTHERN ORGANGEBURG COUNTY. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER GEORGIA IN JENKINS AND SCREVEN COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PROaDUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 23, 9:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR FOR EXPIRATION TIME... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 905 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988 ..A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF AIKEN..BARNWELL AND ALLENDALE UNTIL 1 AM.. AT 855 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER THE SOUTH CAROLINA MIDLANDS FROM EAST OF COLUMBIA TO NORTHERN ORGANGEBURG COUNTY. OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER GEORGIA IN JENKINS AND SCRE}VEN COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
Special weather statement, May 23, 11:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA 1105 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988 ..A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF AIKEN..BARNWELL AND ALLENDALE UNTIL 1 AM.. AT 1055 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CAROLINA FROM EAST OF CAMDEN IN KERSHAW COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO EARHARDT IN BAMBERG COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL.
Special weather statement, May 24, 12:14 AM EDT, 51 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Richland | 64 min |
| May 23, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster | 53 min |
| May 23, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 26 min |
| May 23, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington | 51 min |
| May 23, 9:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 51 min |
| May 23, 10:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 40 min |
| May 23, 10:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon | 62 min |
| May 23, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lee, Sumter | 67 min |
| May 23, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 67 min |
| May 23, 10:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Darlington | 67 min |
| May 24, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Darlington | 57 min |
| May 24, 12:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Orangeburg | 57 min |
| May 24, 1:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Florence, Marlboro | 55 min |
| May 24, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | York | 66 min |
| May 24, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 63 min |
| May 24, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chester | 65 min |
| May 24, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 57 min |
| May 24, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry, Richland | 53 min |
| May 24, 4:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 60 min |
| May 24, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 29 min |
| May 24, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Orangeburg | 51 min |
| May 24, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.