Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 165, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 24, 1998, 8:57 PM EDT for Kershaw County, South Carolina. It was in force for 48 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 24, 1998, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1998, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kershaw County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 24, 9:22 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Elgin, SC | Fire Dept. reported couple of trees down on highway 48. |
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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 2651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 24, 6:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
655 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
656 PM NEWBERRY SC .75 INCH HAIL
06/24/98 NEWBERRY SHERIFF OFFICE
LMLocal storm report, Jun 24, 7:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
732 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
700 PM 2 MILES NORTH OF NEWBERRY SC NUMEROUS AIRPLANES DAMAGED
06/24/98 NEWBERRY AT THE AIRPORT. TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN.
DAELocal storm report, Jun 24, 7:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
732 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
700 PM 2 MILES NORTH OF NEWBERRY SC NUMEROUS AIRPLANES DAMAGED
06/24/98 NEWBERRY AT THE AIRPORT. TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN.
DAELocal storm report, Jun 24, 7:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
734 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
725 PM 3 MILES EAST OF LANCASTER SC WIND DAMAGE
06/24/98 LANCASTER TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES
ON CAMP CREEK ROAD.
REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
DAELocal storm report, Jun 24, 7:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
739 PM EDT WED JUN 24 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
700 PM 2 MILES NORTH OF NEWBERRY SC NUMEROUS AIRPLANES DAMAGED
06/24/98 NEWBERRY AT THE AIRPORT. TREES AND
POWER LINES DOWN. REPORTED
DAE BY HIGHWAY PATROL.The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 50 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.