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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Columbia, SC

June 16, 1998Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1998, 5:57 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1998, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1998, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Orangeburg County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 16, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1998-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 444 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1998-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
444 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1495 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

402 
WUUS1 KCAE 162200 RRA
SVRCAE
SCC075-162300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
557 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT 

* AT 557 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL 
  SIZE HAIL...OVER WINDSOR IN EASTERN AIKEN COUNTY...MOVING 
  EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SPRINGFIELD AT 625 PM
  NORWAY AT 640 PM

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... 
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR 
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. 

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

Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
444 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

445 PM     ALCOLU                    SC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   CLARENDON                      CLARENDON COUNTY SHERIFF
                                          REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL IN
                                          TOWN OF ALCOLU.

HG
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:09 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
509 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

452 PM     EVANS                     GA   .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   COLUMBIA                       SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL IN TOWN OF
                                          EVANS.

HG
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:11 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
511 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

458 PM     AUGUSTA                   GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   RICHMOND                       SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
                                          GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT THE
                                          AUGUSTA MALL.

512 PM     1 NE NORTH AUGUSTA        SC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   AIKEN                          SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
                                          GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL JUST
                                          NORTHEAST OF NORTH
                                          AUGUSTA.

HG
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:20 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
520 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

510 PM     10 SW EDGEFIELD           SC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   EDGEFIELD                      EDGEFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF
                                          REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL AT
                                          INTERSECTION OF ROUTES 230
                                          AND 143.

HG
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:23 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
523 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

520 PM     NORTH AUGUSTA             SC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   AIKEN                          SPOTTER REPORTS DIME SIZE
                                          HAIL IN NORTH AUGUSTA.

500 PM     AUGUSTA                   GA   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   RICHMOND                       SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
                                          GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL ON
                                          CRAWFORD AVENUE IN
                                          AUGUSTA.

HG
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:47 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
547 PM EDT TUE JUN 16 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

545 PM     AIKEN                     SC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/16/98   AIKEN                          IN DOWNTOWN AIKEN. FROM
                                          COUNTY SHERIFF

BLP

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 3:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAENewberry, Saluda49 min
Jun 16, 3:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAENewberry, Saluda45 min
Jun 16, 4:01 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELexington, Richland44 min
Jun 16, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEClarendon63 min
Jun 16, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEEdgefield35 min
Jun 16, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken60 min
Jun 16, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEBarnwell36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.