Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Columbia, SC

Issued

Apr 4, 1989, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)

Expired

Apr 4, 1989, 8:15 PM EDT

In force

56 min

Issued by

NWS Columbia, SC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lexington County, SC, 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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SCC063-079-050015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
719 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN  SOUTH CAROLINA
          ...LEXINGTON...RICHLAND
 
AT 720 PM EDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF
RICHLAND AND LEXINGTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT
45 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG WINDS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER FOR THE NEXT
HOUR.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
520 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN GEORGIA AND MUCH
OF SOUTH CAROLINA...THIS INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH
RIVER AREA UNTIL 11 PM...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDER-
STORMS FROM NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA TO CENTRAL GEROGIA. THIS LINE
IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RESIDENTS
OF THE AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
...HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUGUSTA GA
712 PM EDT TUE APR 4 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN GEORGIA AND MUCH
OF SOUTH CAROLINA...THIS INCLUDES ALL COUNTIES IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH
RIVER AREA UNTIL 11 PM EDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN. THE AREA EXTENDED FROM NEAR DUBLIN GEORGIA
TO NEAR CHESTER SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN
SOUTH CAROLINA NEAR EDGEFIELD AND WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 50
MPH.

STORM SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED A VARIETY OF DAMAGING CONDITIONS...RANGING
FROM POWER OUTAGES AND BROKEN TREE LIMBS...ALSO A MOBILE HOME WAS TURNED
OVER IN RICHMOND COUNTY GEORGIA NEAR BUSH FIELD. DAMAGE REPORTS HAVE BEEN
RECIEVED FROM EDGEFIELD COUNTY SOUTH CAROLINA TO WESTERN BURKE COUNY
GEORGIA.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.