Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Columbia, SC

April 8, 1998Saluda County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 9:18 PM EDT for Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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, 9:18 PM EDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 8, 1998, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Saluda County, SC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 8, 9:40 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Saluda, SC	SKYWARN 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 8, 7:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 942 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 320 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAE 090116 RRA
SVRCAE
SCC081-090200-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SALUDA COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN GREENWOOD WAS MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH 
  AND WILL MOVE INTO SALUDA COUNTY AT 930.  THIS STORM HAS BEEN 
  PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MAYSON AT 925
  SALUDA AT 935
  SALUDA TRAFFIC CIRCLE AT 945

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES 
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO 
RAPIDLY* CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

AMATEUR RADIO AND OTHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THIS 
STORM AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE OFFICE.

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 8, 3:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
351 PM EDT WED APR 08 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

315 PM     APPLING GA                GA   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   COLUMBIA                       COLUMBIA COUNTY EMA

TA

Local storm report, Apr 8, 4:13 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
413 PM EDT WED APR 08 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

400 PM     TOWN OF EDGEFIELD         SC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   EDGEFIELD                      EDGEFIELD CO EPD

330 PM     COLUMBIA CO ALONG I-20    GA   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   COLUMBIA CO                    COLUMBIA CO SHERIFF

TA

Local storm report, Apr 8, 4:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
446 PM EDT WED APR 08 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

340 PM     CLARKS HILL               SC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   MCCORMICK                      DIME SIZE HAIL COVERED THE
                                          GROUND

LCV

Local storm report, Apr 8, 4:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
450 PM EDT WED APR 08 1998

TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           .....COUNTY LOCATION.....

410 PM     JOHNSTON                  SC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/08/98   SALUDA                         SKYWARN SPOTTER

DAE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 9:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	37 min
Apr 8, 10:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richland	12 min
Apr 8, 10:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield	37 min
Apr 8, 11:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Richland	34 min
Apr 8, 11:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	39 min
Apr 9, 12:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington	26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1998 Every 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.