Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1997, 7:37 PM EDT for Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 68 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
- Apr 22, 1997, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 1997, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saluda County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:57 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Ridge Spg, 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 935 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
641 WUUS1 KCAE 222339 SVRCAE SCC081-230045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 737 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CAROLINA ...SALUDA COUNTY AT 732 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EDGEFIELD COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SALUDA COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM. THIS INTENSE STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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. ...CORRECTION STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS SALUDA THROUGH 845 PM... AWP
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
Local storm report, Apr 22, 5:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
500 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
455 PM: JENKINSVILLE SC .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 FAIRFIELD SPOTTER REPORT
TTHLocal storm report, Apr 22, 5:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
517 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
510 PM WINNSBORO SC .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 FAIRFIELD SPOTTER #266 TONY HILL
510 PM WINNSBORO SC 1.50 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 FAIRFIELD 911 OPERATOR
515 PM WINNSBFORO SC 1.75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 FAIRFIELD POST OFFICE
HGLocal storm report, Apr 22, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
548 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
547 PM HEATH SPRINGS AND KERSHAW SC .75 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 LANCASTER POLICE DEPT REPORT - ALSO
HOUSE ON FIRE DUE TO
LIGHTNING
TTHLocal storm report, Apr 22, 7:19 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
719 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
703 PM SW LINCOLN COUNTY GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 LINCOLN COOP OBSERVER REPORT
TTHLocal storm report, Apr 22, 7:37 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
737 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
725 PM PLUM BRANCH SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/22/97 MCCORMICK COUNTY SHERRIF REPORT
TTHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 14 min |
| Apr 22, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 62 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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.