Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 1:19 PM EDT for Burke County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 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
- May 3, 1998, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1998, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Burke County, GA
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:06 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Waynesboro, GA | A severe thunderstorm took down several trees on highway 25. |
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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
850 WUUS1 KCAE 031723 RRA SVRCAE GAC033-031800- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 119 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BURKE COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 200 PM EDT * AT 120 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE LIKELY SEVERE MOVING INTO THE WEST PART OF BURKE COUNTY. THE MOST THREATENED AREA IS THE ROSIER AREA IN WESTERN BURKE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 40 MPH. EXPECT HAIL THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER WITH THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. AMATEUR RADIO AND OTHER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO MONITOR THIS STORM AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. RJL
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, May 3, 11:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-032315- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1125 AM EDT SUN MAY 3 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 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN GEORGIA ALONG A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IN WESTERN TENNESSEE AND IN MISSISSIPPI. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD AHEAD OF THESE WEATHER FEATURES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS EARLY AS NOON IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY TO THE WEST OF THE AUGUSTA AREA. HOWEVER...THE ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD INTO THE AUGUSTA-AIKEN AREA BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUDING AREAS WEST OF THE COLUMBIA METRO AREA BY 2 PM. BY 3 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM COLUMBIA SOUTHWARD AND EASTWARD TO AN ORANGEBURG-SUMTER-CHERAW LINE. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE 3/4 TO ONE INCH HAIL OR DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOME STORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN WIND GUSTS 40 TO 60 MPH. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND KEEP POSTED ON WEATHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES... OR WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO REMAIN ALERT AND MAKE PRELIMINARY PLANS TO DEAL WITH SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD IT OCCUR. SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS...INCLUDING AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS... SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. TTH
Special weather statement, May 3, 11:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-032315- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1125 AM EDT SUN MAY 3 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 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED IN GEORGIA ALONG A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT IN WESTERN TENNESSEE AND IN MISSISSIPPI. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EASTWARD AHEAD OF THESE WEATHER FEATURES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AS EARLY AS NOON IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA...MAINLY TO THE WEST OF THE AUGUSTA AREA. HOWEVER...THE ACTIVITY SHOULD SPREAD INTO THE AUGUSTA-AIKEN AREA BETWEEN NOON AND 1 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA INCLUDING AREAS WEST OF THE COLUMBIA METRO AREA BY 2 PM. BY 3 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM COLUMBIA SOUTHWARD AND EASTWARD TO AN ORANGEBURG-SUMTER-CHERAW LINE. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE 3/4 TO ONE INCH HAIL OR DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. SOME STORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN WIND GUSTS 40 TO 60 MPH. ALL INTERESTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND KEEP POSTED ON WEATHER STATEMENTS...WATCHES... OR WARNINGS WHICH MAY BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO REMAIN ALERT AND MAKE PRELIMINARY PLANS TO DEAL WITH SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD IT OCCUR. SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS...INCLUDING AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS... SHOULD MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION AND RELAY REPORTS PROMPTLY TO THE NEAREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. TTH
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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.