Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1998, 9:53 PM EDT for Edgefield County, South Carolina. It was in force for 67 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 7, 1998, 9:53 PM EDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 1998, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edgefield County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 10:05 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Edgefield, SC | Sheriff reported nickel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 7, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 207 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
- 909 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 990 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
258 WUUS1 KCAE 080155 RRA SVRCAE SCC037-080300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 953 PM EDT THU MAY 7 1998 XHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1100 PM EDT * WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO EDGEFIELD COUNTY. THE STORM WAS OVER EASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY BETWEEN APPLING AND EVANS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SAVANNAH RIVER BY 10 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. LVCC
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 7, 7:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
730 PM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
720 PM 25N EDGEFIELD SC TORNADO
05/07/98 EDGEFIELD SPOTTER AND FIRE DEPT
REPORTS TORNADO ON THE
GROUND NEAR HIGHWAY 283 25
MILES NORTH OF TOWN OF
EDGEFIELD
TTHLocal storm report, May 7, 7:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
755 PM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
745 PM LINCOLNTON GA TORNADO
05/07/98 LINCOLN POLICE REPORTS DAMAGE FROM
TORNADO IN TOWN OF
LINCOLNTON AT 745 PM
TTHLocal storm report, May 7, 8:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
814 PM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
812 PM 12N NORTH AUGUSTA SC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 EDGEFIELD HAM OPERATOR REPORTS GOLF
BALL SIZED HAIL IN
SOUTHERN EDGEFIELD COUNTY
12 MILES NORTH OF TOWN OF
NORTH AUGUSTA
TTHLocal storm report, May 7, 8:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
818 PM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
815 PM JOHNSTON SC WIND DAMAGE
05/07/98 EDGEFIELD WIND DAMAGE..TREES
DOWN..TORNADO
DAMAGE..HIGHWAY 220 AND
JACK ROAD-HORSE STREET
NEAR JOHNSTON
TTHLocal storm report, May 7, 8:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
824 PM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
820 PM RIDGE SPRING SC TORNADO
05/07/98 SALUDA SALUDA CO SHERIFF REPORTS
TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN
THE COMMUNITY OF WARD NEAR
RIDGE SPRING ALONG WITH
1/4 INCH HAIL
TTHLocal storm report, May 7, 8:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
835 PM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
743 PM JOHNSTON SC WIND DAMAGE
05/07/98 EDGEFIELD TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 25
NEAR TOWN OF JOHNSTON
750 PM CLARKS HILL SC TORNADO
05/07/98 MCCORMICK HAM OPERATOR REPORTS
TORNADO ON GROUND AT
CLARKS HILL NEAR FT GORDON
RECREATION AREA-DEBRIS IN
AIR-MOVING TOWARD
MCCORMICK
824 PM RIDGE SPRING SC WIND DAMAGE
05/07/98 SALUDA WIND DAMAGE-18 INCH
DIAMTER PINE TREES
BROKEN-5 MILES SOUTH OF
RIDGE SPRING ON US HIGHWAY
1
825 PM SOUTH OF EDGEFIELD SC TORNADO
05/07/98 EDGEFIELD EDGEFIELD CO SHERIFF DEPT
REPORTS SEVERAL TORNADO
TOUCHDOWNS IN SOUTHERN
EDGEFIELD CO NEAR THE
AIKEN CO LINE AT 825 PM
832 PM AIKEN SC TORNADO
05/07/98 AIKEN COUNTY LINE RD FIRE DEPT
REPORTS TORNADO ON THE
GROUND ON HWY 25 NEAR
AIKEN AT 832 PM
810 PM LAKE THURMOND SC .88 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 MCCORMICK PUBLIC REPORTS NICKEL
SIZED HAIL AND WATERSPOUT
OVER LAKE THURMOND AT 810
PM
834 PM EDGEFIELD SC WIND DAMAGE
05/07/98 EDGEFIELD HAM OPERATOR REPORTS WIND
DAMAGE ON GARRET ROAD IN
TOWN OF EDGEFIELD-TREES ON
HOUSE-PEOPLE TRAPPED
INSIDE
844 PM VACLUSE SC TORNADO
05/07/98 AIKEN PUBLIC REPORTS TORNADO ON
GROUND NEAR I-20 AND HWY
144 SOUTHWEST OF VACLUSE
845 PM AIKEN SC WIND DAMAGE
05/07/98 AIKEN HAM OPERATOR REPORTS TREES
DOWN ON I-20 EAST OF THE
SOUTH EDISTO RIVER AT 25
MILE MARKER ON I-20
847 PM AIKEN SC .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 AIKEN HAM OPERATOR REPORTS 3/4
INCH HAIL NEAR I-20 AND
HWY 19 NORTH OF TOWN OF
AIKEN
900 PM EDGEFIELD SC WIND DAMAGE
05/07/98 EDGEFIELD HAM OPERATOR REPORTS TREES
DOWN ON MOBILE HOMES IN
SEVERAL TRAILER PARKS WITH
PEOPLE TRAPPED INSIDE-ON
HWY 25
925 PM AMITY GA .88 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 LINCOLN LINCOLN CO SHERIFF DEPT
REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL
IN COMMUNITY OF AMITY IN
SOUTHWEST LINCILN CO
TTHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 85 min |
| May 7, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Edgefield | 53 min |
| May 7, 8:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken | 53 min |
| May 7, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 65 min |
| May 7, 11:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | McCormick | 31 min |
| May 8, 12:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 47 min |
| May 8, 2:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 45 min |
| May 8, 2:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 42 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.