Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 2:05 PM EDT for 4 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 55 min. 5 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 19, 1998, 2:05 PM EDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1998, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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 19, 2:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Augusta, GA | EOC reported trees down. |
| Jun 19, 2:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Lincolnton, GA | Sheriff reported trees down. |
| Jun 19, 2:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Augusta, GA | EOC reported nickel size hail. |
| Jun 19, 2:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Appling, GA | Sheriff reported nickel size hail. |
| Jun 19, 2:21 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Thomson, GA | Sheriff reported trees 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1794 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
322 WUUS1 KCAE 191806 RRA SVRCAE SCC003-037-065-GAC073-181-189-245-191900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 205 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... AIKEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA MCCORMICK COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA COUNTY IN GEORGIA LINCOLN COUNTY IN GEORGIA MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN GEORGIA RICHMOND COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 116 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LM/MWC
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 19, 11:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-192337- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1149 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 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 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE VERY UNSTABLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE TODAY AND PROVIDE THE TRIGGER FOR THUNDERSTORMS. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA BY THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL. 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. IN ADDITION...ALL LOCAL AND STATE SLED TERMINAL OPER ATORS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO UTILIZE THEIR PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTING SYSTEM TO RELAY WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AWP
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 11:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-192337- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1149 AM EDT FRI JUN 19 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 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE VERY UNSTABLE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY LATE TODAY AND PROVIDE THE TRIGGER FOR THUNDERSTORMS. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA BY THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND LARGE HAIL. 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. IN ADDITION...ALL LOCAL AND STATE SLED TERMINAL OPER ATORS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO UTILIZE THEIR PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTING SYSTEM TO RELAY WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. AWP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richmond | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Burke | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.