Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 202, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 1998, 6:27 PM EDT for McDuffie County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 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
- Sep 8, 1998, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 1998, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 6:29 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Dearing, GA | EPD reported trees down in Dearing. |
| Sep 8, 6:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Hephzibah, GA | Utility company reported large branches, powerlines, and one tree 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 nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
036 WUUS1 KCAE 082229 RRA SVRCAE GAC189-245-082300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 627 PM EDT TUE SEP 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MCDUFFIE COUNTY IN GEORGIA WESTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 623 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SOUTHEAST OF THOMSON. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FORT GORDON AT 640 PM THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH. INTENSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE AS MUCH DAMAGE AS SOME TORNADOES. LM/DAE
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, Sep 8, 3:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
331 PM EDT TUE SEP 08 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
330 PM CITY OF NEWBERRY SC WIND DAMAGE
09/08/98 NEWBERRY TREE DOWN AND NUMEROUS
POWER OUTAGES
TALocal storm report, Sep 8, 4:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
425 PM EDT TUE SEP 08 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
415 PM NE COLUMBIA SC WIND DAMAGE
09/08/98 RICHLAND RICHLAND CO SHERIFF RPTS
NUMEROUS TREES
DOWN/STRUCTUAL DAMAGE
TALocal storm report, Sep 8, 4:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
446 PM EDT TUE SEP 08 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
440 PM 15 W SUMTER SC .75 INCH HAIL
09/08/98 SUMTER WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED
PENNY SIZE HAIL ON HWY 378
JUST EAST OF THE WATEREE
RIVER.
LCVLocal storm report, Sep 8, 5:36 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
536 PM EDT TUE SEP 08 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
530 PM 4 MILES NW MANNING SC WIND DAMAGE
09/08/98 CLARENDON CLARENDON EPD REPORTS
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
BETWEEN MANNING AND
PAXVILLE
DAESpecial weather statement, Sep 8, 6:13 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SCZ015-016-022-029-031-082313- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 613 PM EDT TUE SEP 8 1998 THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED IN THE WATCH AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE COLUMBIA COUNTY WARNING AREA: CHESTERFIELD KERSHAW LANCASTER LEE SUMTER LM
Special weather statement, Sep 8, 6:13 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SCZ015-016-022-029-031-082313- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 613 PM EDT TUE SEP 8 1998 THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED IN THE WATCH AREA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE COLUMBIA COUNTY WARNING AREA: CHESTERFIELD KERSHAW LANCASTER LEE SUMTER LM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia | 28 min |
| Sep 8, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia | 43 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.