Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 88, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 8:57 AM EDT for Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 33 min. 7 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
- Jun 2, 1998, 8:57 AM EDT (12:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 9:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lexington County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:15 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Lexington, SC | Sheriff reported dime size hail. |
| Jun 2, 9:15 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Irmo, SC | Public and police reported 3/4 inch hail from Irmo to Lexington along highway 6. |
| Jun 2, 9:15 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Irmo, SC | Strong straightline winds took down trees and powerlines between Irmo and Lexington. |
| Jun 2, 9:20 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Lexington, SC | SKYWARN spotter reported 3/4 inch hail on highway 378. |
| Jun 2, 9:20 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Lexington, SC | SKYWARN spotters reported trees down...some on houses. |
| Jun 2, 9:25 AM EDT | Hail 1 | Lexington, SC | SKYWARN spotters reported 1 inch hail. |
| Jun 2, 9:28 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Gilbert, SC | Two large steel bilboards torn apart by intense winds along I-20. |
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 12:00Z, 1.0 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
- 716 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
194 WUUS1 KCAE 021300 RRA SVRCAE SCC063-021330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 857 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LEXINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 930 AM EDT * AT 855 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...OVER LAKE MURRAY NEAR THE NEWBERRY COUNTY AND LEXINGTON COUNTY LINE. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... IRMO AT 910 AM LEXINGTON AT 915 AM THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH. INTENSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CAUSE AS MUCH DAMAGE AS SOME TORNADOES.
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, Jun 2, 5:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-021730- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 551 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 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 ...ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTOMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT OVER SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH OF THE STATE FOR THE AFTERNOON. A WARM... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION. THEREFORE ...ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. YET ONLY ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO REMAIN ALERT AND MAKE PRELIMINARY PLANS TO DEAL WITH SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD IT OCCUR. MORRISON
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:51 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
SCZ015-016-018-020-021-022-025-026-027-028-029-030-031-035- 036-037-038-041-GAZ040-063-064-065-077-021730- THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 551 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 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 ...ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTOMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT OVER SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING WILL SLOWLY MOVE NORTH OF THE STATE FOR THE AFTERNOON. A WARM... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION. THEREFORE ...ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. YET ONLY ISOLATED STORMS ARE EXPECTED. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS OFFICIALS ARE REQUESTED TO REMAIN ALERT AND MAKE PRELIMINARY PLANS TO DEAL WITH SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD IT OCCUR. MORRISON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 45 min |
| Jun 2, 11:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Saluda | 31 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.