Tornado Warning 1, NWS Columbia, SC

Issued

May 23, 1988, 8:11 PM EDT (00:11 UTC)

Expired

May 23, 1988, 9:15 PM EDT

In force

64 min

Issued by

NWS Columbia, SC

Area

Whole counties

County Richland County, SC

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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.

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SCC079-240115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
811 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
          ...NORTHERN RICHLAND
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON OLD BUSH RIVER ROAD IN ST ANDREWS AT 805 PM
EDT. THIS STORM IS MOVING INTO THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF RICHLAND
COUNTY AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WITHIN
THE HOUR. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TOR#NADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

In the hours before

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
522 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988

...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOWER PIEDMONT
   OF SOUTH CAROLINA...

AT 518 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF SALUDA COUNTY AND
SOUTHERN NEWBERRY COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTHEAT AT ABOUT 40 MPH.

PEOPLE ACROSS THE LOWER PIEDMONT...PARTICULARLY SALUDA...NEWBERRY ...
AND FAIRFIELD COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS FOR
THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG
GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL.

KANUPP

BULLETIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
640 PM EDT MON MAY 23 1988

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 166 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
   A LARGE PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AT 635 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NEWEBERRY.. SALUDA..  WESTERN LEXINGTON AND
WESTERN CHESTER COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN LEXINGTON
COUNTY AND WESTERN CHESTER COUNTY.

ALL OF THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PEOPLE ACROSS THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER AS THESE THUNDERSTORM MOVE ACROSS
SOUTH CAROLINA. IF THREATENING WEATHER IS OVSERVED OR A WARNING
IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
KANUPP

Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 1988Every tornado warning in 1988Tornadoes in 1988

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.