Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 1998, 8:59 PM EDT for Barnwell County, South Carolina. It was in force for 46 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, 8:59 PM EDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 1998, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Barnwell County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:05 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, 9:08 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Barnwell, SC | Sheriff reported 1 inch hail on highway 278. |
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 00:00Z, 1.0 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1172 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
569 WUUS1 KCAE 040100 RRA SVRCAE SCC011-040145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 859 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BARNWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT900 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE SAVANNAH RIVER DOE PLANT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SNELLING AT 915 PM EDT WILLISTON AT 935 PM EDT THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE ONE INCH HAIL. RCC
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, May 3, 3:22 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
322 PM EDT SUN MAY 03 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
258 PM BLACKVILLE SC 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/03/98 BARNWELL BLACKVILLE POLICE DEPT.
REPORTED LARGE TREE DOWN
ACROSS STREET AND
SEVERAL LARGES BRANCHES
DOWN
RCJLocal storm report, May 3, 3:27 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
327 PM EDT SUN MAY 03 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
206 PM 5 N WAYNESBORO GA 60 MPH TSTM GUST
05/03/98 BURKE BURKE CO COMMUNICATIONS
REPORTED SEVERAL TREES
DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY25 NORTH
OF WAYNESBORO.
RCJSpecial weather statement, May 3, 3:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-040300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 345 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELED FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA MIDLANDS AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR AREAS OF THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNDER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE WATCH IS ALSO CANCELED FOR THE AREA UNDER THE WATCH IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER OF EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS AREA INCLUDED BAMBERG...BARNWELL AND ORANGEBURG COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND BURKE COUNTY OF GEORGIA. AGAIN THE THREAT OF SE$VERE WEATHER IS OVER FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA. TTH
Special weather statement, May 3, 3:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-040300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 345 PM EDT SUN MAY 3 1998 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELED FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA MIDLANDS AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR AREAS OF THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA UNDER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE WATCH IS ALSO CANCELED FOR THE AREA UNDER THE WATCH IN THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER OF EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA. THIS AREA INCLUDED BAMBERG...BARNWELL AND ORANGEBURG COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND BURKE COUNTY OF GEORGIA. AGAIN THE THREAT OF SE$VERE WEATHER IS OVER FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF EAST-CENTRAL GEORGIA. TTH
Special weather statement, May 3, 3:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-041000- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 350 PM 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 A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AS A TRAILING COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE FROM THE WEST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH. CURRENT DATA DOES NOT FAVOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THEREFORE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. TTH
Special weather statement, May 3, 3:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-041000- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 350 PM 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 A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AS A TRAILING COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE STATE FROM THE WEST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 MPH. CURRENT DATA DOES NOT FAVOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THEREFORE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. TTH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 58 min |
| May 4, 1:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 41 min |
| May 4, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 44 min |
| May 4, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.