Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1998, 4:09 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 36 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 19, 1998, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1998, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 20:12 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, 4:24 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Santee, SC | Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail. |
| Jun 19, 4:35 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Eutawville, SC | EPD 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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.
- 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.
005 WUUS1 KCAE 192012 RRA SVRCAE SCC075-192045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 409 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 407 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ORANGEBURG COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EUTAWVILLE AT 430 PM HOLLY HILL AT 435 PM IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
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, 4 hours 20 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, 1 hour 48 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, 1 hour 32 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.
CTCLocal storm report, Jun 19, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
257 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
240 PM NEWBERRY SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 NEWBERRY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
THROUGHOUT NEWBERRY
COUNTY.
255 PM BLACKVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 BARNWELL BARNWELL COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS TREES DOWN AND
NICKEL-SIZED HAIL IN
BLACKVILLE.
247 PM SALUSA SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 SALUDA SALUDA COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS TREES DOWN
THROUGHOUT SALUDA COUNTY
255 PM 10W WINNSBORO SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 FAIRFIELD FAIRFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS TREES DOWN ON HWY
34 WEST OF WINNSBORO.
CTCLocal storm report, Jun 19, 3:35 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
335 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
230 PM DEVILS CREEK BRANCH GA WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 LINCOLN LINCOLN COUNTY REPORTS
TREES DOWN IN DEVILS CREEK
BRANCH AREA.
320 PM PONTIAC SC .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 RICHLAND RICHLAND COUNTY EPD
REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL
IN PONTIAC.
330 PM 8W ORANGEBURG SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG COUNTY EPD
REPORTS A SHED DESTROYED 8
MILES WEST OF
ORANGEBURG.
312 PM AUGUSTA GA .88 INCH HAIL
06/19/98 RICHMOND AUGUSTA POLICE REPORTS
NICKEL-SIZED HAIL IN
AUGUSTA.
315 PM AIKEN SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 AIKEN AIKEN COUNTY EPD REPORTS
TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT
COUNTY.
320 PM GOUGH GA WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 BURKE BURKE COUNTY EPD REPORTS
TREES DOWN ON HWY 305
SOUTH OF GOUGH.
322 PM DENMARK SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 BAMBERG BAMBERG SHERIFF REPORTS
TREES DOWN NEAR DENMARK.
328 PM NORWAY SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 ORANGEBURG ORANGEBURG EPD REPORTS
TREES DOWN ON HWY 321 NEAR
NORWAY.
330 PM KERSHAW SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 LANCASTER LANCASTER COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS TREES DOWN IN
KERSHAW.
332 PM LUGOFF SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 KERSHAW KERSHAW SHERIFF REPORTS
TREES DOWN IN LUGOFF.
CTCLocal storm report, Jun 19, 4:00 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
400 PM EDT FRI JUN 19 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
326 PM COLUMBIA SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 RICHLAND STATE CLIMATE CENTER
REPORTS 55 MPH WIND GUST.
353 PM ST. MATTHEWS SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 CALHOUN CALHOUN COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTS NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN ACROSS CALHOUNCOUNTY.
345 PM LEXINGTON SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 LEXINGTON LEXINGTON POLICE REPORT
TREES DOWN NEAR LEXINGTON
HIGH SCHOOL.
315 PM HEATH SPRINGS SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 LANCASTER LANCASTER SHERIFF REPORTS
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
IN HEATH SPRINGS.
255 PM BLACKVILLE SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 BARNWELL BARNWELL EPD REPORTS ROOFS
OFF MOBILE HOMES AND TREES
DOWN NEAR BLACKVILLE.
342 PM MCBEE SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 CHESTERFIELD MCBEE POST OFFICE REPORTS
LARGE BRANCHES AND POWER
LINES DOWN IN MCBEE.
315 PM SALUDA SC WIND DAMAGE
06/19/98 SALUDA 5 PINE TREES DOWN, ONE ON
HOUSE IN SALUDA.
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, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 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 |
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.