Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1998, 3:36 PM EST for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 3, 1998, 3:36 PM EST (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1998, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burke County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 11:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1412 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
795 WUUS1 KCAE 032033 RRA SVRCAE GAC033-032100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 336 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 400 PM EST * NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN MOVING INTO SOUTHERN BURKE COUNTY WEST OF MIDVILLE. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MIDVILLE AT 345 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. MWC/CTC
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, Apr 3, 11:52 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-032330- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1152 AM EST FRI APR 3 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 ...MODERATE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL MOVE OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THIS AIRMASS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH, FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE GREATEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM ABOUT 400 PM TO 1100 PM. THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BEGIN OVER THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND SHIFT TO THE MIDLANDS BY THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND TO THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS BY LATER THIS EVENING. 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. IN ADDITION...ALL LOCAL AND STATE SLED TERMINAL OPERATORS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO UTILIZE THEIR PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTING SYSTEM TO RELAY WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PROMPT RELAY OF REAL-TIME REPORTS COULD SUBSTANTIALLY AID THE WARNING PROCESS AND SENSITIZE OTHERS TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER. LCV
Special weather statement, Apr 3, 11:52 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-032330- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1152 AM EST FRI APR 3 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 ...MODERATE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL MOVE OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THIS AIRMASS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND UPPER-LEVEL DISTURBANCE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH, FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING, BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER. ISOLATED TORNADOES ALSO APPEAR POSSIBLE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE GREATEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM ABOUT 400 PM TO 1100 PM. THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BEGIN OVER THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND SHIFT TO THE MIDLANDS BY THE EARLY EVENING HOURS AND TO THE NORTHERN MIDLANDS BY LATER THIS EVENING. 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. IN ADDITION...ALL LOCAL AND STATE SLED TERMINAL OPERATORS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO UTILIZE THEIR PRELIMINARY STORM REPORTING SYSTEM TO RELAY WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. PROMPT RELAY OF REAL-TIME REPORTS COULD SUBSTANTIALLY AID THE WARNING PROCESS AND SENSITIZE OTHERS TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER. LCV
Nearby
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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.