Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1998, 2:33 AM EDT for Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 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 8, 1998, 2:33 AM EDT (06:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1998, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lexington County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:45 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Lexington, SC | Trees fell on a vehicle as it pulled out from under an over pass on I-20 at SC highway 34. |
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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.
613 WUUS1 KCAE 080634 RRA SVRCAE SCC063-080715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 233 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LEXINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 315 AM EDT * WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF STEEDMAN AT 230 AM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... EDMUND AT 240 AM SOUTH CONGAREE AT 250 AM TTH
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, 11:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 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
TTHLocal storm report, May 7, 11:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1153 PM EDT THU MAY 07 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
1150 PM POLLARDS CORNER GA .88 INCH HAIL
05/07/98 COLUMBIA COLUMBIA COUNTY EPD
REPORTS NICKEL SIZE HAIL
HGSpecial weather statement, May 8, 12:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
GAZ064-081214- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1214 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE STATEMENT PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN GEORGIA: COLUMBIA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY GA HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST. RCC
Special weather statement, May 8, 12:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
GAZ064-081214- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1214 AM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR THE STATEMENT PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTY IN GEORGIA: COLUMBIA THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FOR COLUMBIA COUNTY GA HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST. RCC
Local storm report, May 8, 12:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1230 AM EDT FRI MAY 08 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
1200 AM MARTINEZ GA TORNADO
05/08/98 COLUMBIA COLUMBIA COUNTY EPD
REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN
HGLocal storm report, May 8, 12:40 AM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1240 AM EDT FRI MAY 08 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
1215 AM CLARKS HILL SC WIND DAMAGE
05/08/98 MCCORMICK TREES DOWN IN CLARKS HILL.
REPORTED BY SHERIFF
DEPARTMENT.
RCCThe 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, 9:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield | 67 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 |
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.