Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 149, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 2:53 PM EDT for Lexington County, Richland County, South Carolina. It was in force for 82 min. 3 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, 2:53 PM EDT (18:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1998, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 82 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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, 3:30 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Pontiac, SC | EPD reported nickel size hail. |
| Jun 19, 3:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Ballentine, SC | EPD reported trees down throughout county. |
| Jun 19, 3:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Lexington, SC | Police reported trees down around High School. |
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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 1030 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -185 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
525 WUUS1 KCAE 191855 RRA SVRCAE SCC009-063-079-192015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 253 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BAMBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA LEXINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 250 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM YORK TO AIKEN COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... OLAR AT 325 PM GOVAN AT 325 PM CHAPIN AT 310 PM LEXINGTON AT 330 PM
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, 3 hours 4 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, 3 hours 4 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
Local storm report, Jun 19, 2:21 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
221 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
203 PM MOUNT CARMEL SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 MCCORMICK MCCORMICK COUNTY CD
REPORTS TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN IN MOUNT
CARMEL AREA OF NORTHERN
MCCORMICK COUNTY.
215 PM AUGUSTA GA WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 RICHMOND TREES DOWN IN AUGUSTA
REPORTED BY RICHMOND
COUNTY EPD.
215 PM AUGUSTA GA .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 RICHMOND RICHMOND COUNTY EPD
REPORTS NICKEL-SIZED HAIL
IN AUGUSTA.
217 PM NEW ELLENTON SC .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 AIKEN AIKEN COUNTY EPD REPORTS
NICKEL-SIZED HAIL IN NEW
ELLENTON.
220 PM LINCOLN GA WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 LINCOLN LINCOLN COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS TREES DOWN IN
LINCOLNTON.
221 PM THOMAS GA WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 MCDUFFIE MCDUFFIE COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS TREES DOWN IN
THOMSON.
CTCLocal storm report, Jun 19, 2:37 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
237 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
230 PM MCCORMICK SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 MCCORMICK MCCORMICK COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS TREES DOWN
THROUGHOUT COUNTY. ONE
CAR REPORTEDLY TRAPPED BY
FALLEN TREES.
225 PM EDGEFIELD SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 EDGEFIELD EDGEFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS TREES DOWN ON HWY
378/283 IN WESTERN PART
OF THE COUNTY.
220 PM APPLING GA .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 COLUMBIA COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS NICKEL-SIZED HAIL
IN APPLING.
CTCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 65 min |
| Jun 19, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Saluda | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 68 min |
| Jun 19, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 86 min |
| Jun 19, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 82 min |
| Jun 19, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 92 min |
| Jun 19, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 88 min |
| Jun 19, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 74 min |
| Jun 19, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 36 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.