Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 2:39 PM EDT for Barnwell County, South Carolina. It was in force for 36 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, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1998, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barnwell County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:58 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Blackville, SC | Police report tree down on car. Many other large branches down in area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
171 WUUS1 KCAE 031840 RRA SVRCAE SCC011-031915- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 239 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN BARNWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 235PM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF BARNWELL. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... BLACKVILLE AT 300 PM RCJ
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, 3 hours 14 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, 3 hours 14 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
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.