Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1998, 5:26 PM EDT for Fairfield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 6, 1998, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1998, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fairfield County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:42 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Winnsboro, SC | Highway Patrol reported trees down. |
| Jun 6, 5:57 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Winnsboro, SC | Sheriff reported trees down on highways 215 and 34. |
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 nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 062126 RRA SVRCAE SCC039-062215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 526 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 615 PM EDT * AT 520 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CARLISLE IN SOUTHEAST UNION COUNTY ...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE BETWEEN BLACKSTOCK AND WINNSBORO AT 550 PM NEAR WOODWARD AND WHITE OAK. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH. INTENSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE AS MUCH DAMAGE AS SOME TORNADOES. RCC
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, Jun 6, 11:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035-036- 037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-062200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1155 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 1998 THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA: AIKEN BAMBERG BARNWELL CALHOUN CHESTERFIELD CLARENDON EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD KERSHAW LANCASTER LEE LEXINGTON MCCORMICK NEWBERRY ORANGEBURG RICHLAND SALUDA SUMTER THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN GEORGIA: BURKE COLUMBIA LINCOLN MCDUFFIE RICHMOND ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY IN THE SOUTH WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... A WEAK SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IN THE EXTREME NORTH PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD CLOUDS OVER MOST OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE OVER THE STATE AS WELL. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL OCCUR IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE MIDDLE 80S. THIS WILL ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE COLUMBIA METRO AREA WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MAINLY AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF COLUMBIA. THE THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED SOUTH OF AN AUGUSTA-COLUMBIA-SUMTER LINE. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH AND WINDS GUSTS OF 50 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL WEAKEN BY THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES DROP. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND KEEP POSTED ON WEATHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES... OR WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO REMAIN ALERT AND MAKE PRELIMINARY PLANS TO DEAL WITH SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD IT OCCUR. SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS...INCLUDING AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS... SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. TTH
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 11:55 AM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035-036- 037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-062200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1155 AM EDT SAT JUN 6 1998 THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA: AIKEN BAMBERG BARNWELL CALHOUN CHESTERFIELD CLARENDON EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD KERSHAW LANCASTER LEE LEXINGTON MCCORMICK NEWBERRY ORANGEBURG RICHLAND SALUDA SUMTER THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN GEORGIA: BURKE COLUMBIA LINCOLN MCDUFFIE RICHMOND ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAINLY IN THE SOUTH WITH ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL... A WEAK SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT IN THE EXTREME NORTH PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD CLOUDS OVER MOST OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE OVER THE STATE AS WELL. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL OCCUR IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF SOUTH CAROLINA ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO RISE INTO THE MIDDLE 80S. THIS WILL ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE COLUMBIA METRO AREA WHILE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP MAINLY AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF COLUMBIA. THE THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED SOUTH OF AN AUGUSTA-COLUMBIA-SUMTER LINE. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH AND WINDS GUSTS OF 50 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL WEAKEN BY THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES DROP. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND KEEP POSTED ON WEATHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES... OR WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO REMAIN ALERT AND MAKE PRELIMINARY PLANS TO DEAL WITH SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD IT OCCUR. SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS...INCLUDING AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS... SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. TTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.