Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 8, 1998, 11:27 PM EDT for Columbia County, Richmond County, Georgia. It was in force for 33 min. 4 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 8, 1998, 11:27 PM EDT (03:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 9, 1998, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Columbia County, GA, Richmond County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 11:30 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Harlem, GA | Spotter reports dime size inch hail. |
| Apr 8, 11:40 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Grovetown, GA | SKYWARN reports 1 inch hail. |
| Apr 8, 11:46 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Augusta, GA | Spotters and Sheriff report 1 inch hail. |
| Apr 8, 11:50 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Grovetown, GA | TV 12 weather reports golf ball 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
957 WUUS1 KCAE 090325 RRA SVRCAE GAC073-245-090400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1127 PM EDT WED APR 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN GEORGIA RICHMOND COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 1200 AM EDT * AT 1125 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN MCDUFFIE COUNTY MOVING EASTNORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... FORT GORDON AT 1140 PM AUGUSTA AT 1150 PM HARLEM AT 1135 PM GROVETOWN AT 1140 PM 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 9:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia | 63 min |
| Apr 8, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McDuffie | 26 min |
Nearby
Severe 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.