Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 7, 1998, 11:30 PM EDT for Columbia County, Georgia. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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
- May 7, 1998, 11:30 PM EDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1998, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbia County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 11:50 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Pollards Corner, GA | Sheriff reported nickel size hail. |
| May 8, 12:05 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Pollards Corner, GA | EOC reported trees down near Industrial Dr. |
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, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 2212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 923 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
901 WUUS1 KCAE 080331 RRA SVRCAE GAC073-080430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1130 PM EDT THU MAY 7 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... COLUMBIA COUNTY IN GEORGIA * UNTIL 1230 AM EDT * AT 1130 DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE LINCOLN COLUMBIA COUNTY LINE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND HAS PRODUCED 3/4 INCH HAIL IN LINCOLN COUNTY. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LEAH AT 1140 PHINIZY AT 1145
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, 10:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1024 PM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
940 PM LEAH NEAR HIWAY 47 GA 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 COLUMBIA SHERIFF
BLPLocal storm report, May 7, 10:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1026 PM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
940 PM NORTH SC .88 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 OORANGEBURG NORTH PD
BLPLocal storm report, May 7, 10:31 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1031 PM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
910 PM NORTH SC .88 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 ORANGEBURG NORTH PD
BLPLocal storm report, May 7, 10:36 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1036 PM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
1005 PM SOUTH EDGEFIELD COUNTY SC .88 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 EDGEFIELD SHERIFF
BLPLocal storm report, May 7, 10:39 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1039 PM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
852 PM 4 SW EDGEFIELD SC WIND DAMAGE
05/07/98 EDGEFIELD AMATEUR RADIO SPOTTER BARN
DESTROYED/TREES UPROOTED
BLPLocal storm report, May 7, 11:12 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1112 PM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
1110 PM LINCOLNTON GA .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 LINCOLN LINCOLN CO SHERRIF DEPT
REPORTS DIME SIZED HAIL
TTHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia, Lincoln | 61 min |
| May 7, 10:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lincoln | 55 min |
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.