Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 9:30 AM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 45 min. 3 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, 9:30 AM EDT (13:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 10:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orangeburg County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 9:45 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | North, SC | Police reported trees and powerlines down. |
| Jun 2, 9:50 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | North, SC | SKYWARN spotter reported trees down on highway 178. |
| Jun 2, 10:07 AM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Norway, SC | County EPD reported trees and powerlines down along highway 321. |
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
389 WUUS1 KCAE 021334 RRA SVRCAE SCC075-021415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 930 AM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WESTERN ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1015 AM EDT * AT 930 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN PELION AND THE ORANGEBURG COUNTY LINE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WOODFORD AT 940 AM NORTH AT 945 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. HG
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 39 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 39 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
Local storm report, Jun 2, 9:26 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
926 AM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
06/02/98
915 AM IRMO-LEXINGTON SC 0.75 INCH HAIL-WIND DAMAGE
LEXINGTON CO PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZED
AND TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 6
BETWEEN IRMO AND LEXINGTON
915 AM LEXINGTON-SALUDA SC SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
LEXINGTON CO DIME SIZED HAIL US 378
BEWTEEN LEXINGTON AND
SALUDA
920 AM LEXINGTON-LEXINGTON SC TREES ON HOUSE US 378 NEAR
LEXINGTON
TTHLocal storm report, Jun 2, 9:26 AM EDT, 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC
926 AM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
06/02/98
915 AM IRMO-LEXINGTON SC 0.75 INCH HAIL-WIND DAMAGE
LEXINGTON CO PUBLIC REPORTS DIME SIZED
AND TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 6
BETWEEN IRMO AND LEXINGTON
915 AM LEXINGTON-SALUDA SC SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
LEXINGTON CO DIME SIZED HAIL US 378
BEWTEEN LEXINGTON AND
SALUDA
920 AM LEXINGTON-LEXINGTON SC TREES ON HOUSE US 378 NEAR
LEXINGTON
TTHLocal storm report, Jun 2, 9:28 AM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
928 AM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
925 AM RED BANK SC 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 LEXINGTON SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR
RED BANK AND PLATT SPRINGS
ROAD IN LEXINGTON COUNTY
TTHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:57 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 11:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Saluda | 31 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.