Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1998, 11:04 PM EST for Aiken County, South Carolina; Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 56 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
- Apr 3, 1998, 11:04 PM EST (04:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 4, 1998, 12:00 AM EST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 11:15 PM EST | Hail 0.88 | Beech Is, SC | SKYWARN spotter reports nickel size hail. |
| Apr 3, 11:20 PM EST | Hail 0.88 | New Ellenton, SC | SKYWARN spotter reports nickel size hail at hwys 302 and 278. |
| Apr 3, 11:20 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Augusta, GA | SKYWARN spotter reports dime size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 10:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
416 WUUS1 KCAE 040401 RRA SVRCAE SCC003-085-GAC245-040500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1104 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... AIKEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA SUMTER COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA RICHMOND COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 1200 AM EST * NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY NEAR FORT JACKSON MOVING EAST AT INTO SUMTER COUNTY. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER COLUMBIA COUNTY, GEORGIA MOVING INTO THE AUGUSTA AREA OF RICHMOND COUNTY AND INTO AIKEN COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. CTC/MWS
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, Apr 3, 10:22 PM EST, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1022 PM EST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
945 PM JUST NORTH OF EDGEFIELD SC TORNADO
04/03/98 EDGEFIELD TORNADO ON GROUND..NO
DAMAGE
TTHLocal storm report, Apr 3, 10:43 PM EST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1043 PM EST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME (EST) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
1030 PM OAK GROVE-5NW CAE SC .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 LEXINGTON
1035 PM COLUMBIA SC .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 RICHLAND ROSEWOOD DRIVE IN COLUMBIA
1030 PM CAYCE SC .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 LEXINGTON
1030 PM SOUTH CONGAREE-5SW CAE SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 LEXINGTON
1043 PM THOMSON-HARLEM GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 MCDUFFIE
1047 PM HERTFORD FARM RD-EVANS RD SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 AIKEN IN SOUTHERN AIKEN COUNTY
1047 PM MARTINEZ-EVANS AREA GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 COLUMBIA
1040 PM NORTHEAST RICHLAND CO SC .88 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 RICHLAND 13 NE CAE
1050 PM GA HWY 232-I20 GA 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 COLUMBIA HAIL COVERING GROUND
TTHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 9:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | McCormick | 18 min |
| Apr 3, 9:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Edgefield, Saluda | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 10:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 10:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 10:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 11:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 11:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 11:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 35 min |
| Apr 3, 10:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McDuffie | 47 min |
| Apr 3, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia | 64 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 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.