Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1998, 7:01 PM EDT for Calhoun County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 14, 1998, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1998, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Calhoun County, SC, Richland County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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 14, 7:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Eastover, SC | Sheriff reported powerlines down. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 142305 COR SVRCAE SCC017-079-142345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 701 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN LEXINGTON...JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SANDY RUN AT 715 PM HOPKINS AT 725 PM EASTOVER AT 735 PM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OFP 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. LCV/HG
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 14, 3:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-151000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 300 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998 THE 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 OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN GEORGIA: BURKE COLUMBIA LINCOLN MCDUFFIE RICHMOND ...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DIMINISHED... A WARM FRONT EXTENDING THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AND INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST AND INTERACT WITH THE FRONT AND HELP CAUSE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT DATA SHOWS THIS UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE VERY WEAK OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA...AND THE CHANCE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES IS MUCH LESS THAN EXPECTED EARLIER. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. RJL
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-151000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 300 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998 THE 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 OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN GEORGIA: BURKE COLUMBIA LINCOLN MCDUFFIE RICHMOND ...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DIMINISHED... A WARM FRONT EXTENDING THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AND INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT. AN UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST AND INTERACT WITH THE FRONT AND HELP CAUSE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. CURRENT DATA SHOWS THIS UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BE VERY WEAK OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA...AND THE CHANCE OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES IS MUCH LESS THAN EXPECTED EARLIER. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. RJL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 24 min |
| Jun 14, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 30 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.