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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Columbia, SC

April 8, 1998Columbia County, Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 3:28 PM EDT for Columbia County, Georgia. It was in force for 32 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
Apr 8, 1998, 3:28 PM EDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 8, 1998, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Columbia County, GA

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 8, 3:30 PM EDTHail 0.75Appling, GASheriff reports 3/4 inch hail on I-20.

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1998-04-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 348 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA at 12:00Z on 1998-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
348 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

835 
WUUS1 KCAE 081927 RRA
SVRCAE
GAC073-082015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
328 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN GEORGIA

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT 

* AT 320 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR 
  APPLING  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 
  IN THE TOWN OF APPLING.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  JUST NORTH OF EVANS AT 340 PM

LM

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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 8, 11:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035-
036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-080300-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1125 AM EDT WED APR 8 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

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
MOVE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST
LATE TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS IS ALREADY UNSTABLE AND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE
TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA INTO TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE CENTRAL
SAVANNAH RIVER AREA WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS WHILE SPREADING NORTH THIS
AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
RAINFALL OF 1/2 INCH...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES.

ALL INTERESTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND
KEEP POSTED LATER WEATHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS WHICH MAY
BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO REMAIN ALERT AND
MAKE PLANS TO DEAL WITH SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD IT OCCUR. SEVERE WEATHER
SPOTTERS...INCLUDING AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

LM
Special weather statement, Apr 8, 11:25 AM EDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035-
036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-080300-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1125 AM EDT WED APR 8 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

...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND
MOVE NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST
LATE TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS IS ALREADY UNSTABLE AND MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE
TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA INTO TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE CENTRAL
SAVANNAH RIVER AREA WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS WHILE SPREADING NORTH THIS
AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
RAINFALL OF 1/2 INCH...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES.

ALL INTERESTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND
KEEP POSTED LATER WEATHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES...OR WARNINGS WHICH MAY
BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO REMAIN ALERT AND
MAKE PLANS TO DEAL WITH SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD IT OCCUR. SEVERE WEATHER
SPOTTERS...INCLUDING AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS...SHOULD MONITOR THE
WEATHER SITUATION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

LM

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.