Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1998, 6:28 PM EDT for Newberry County, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was in force for 32 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
- Jun 14, 1998, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1998, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 6:50 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Prosperity, SC | COOP observer reported nickel size hail at Dreher Is. State Park. |
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, 10.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
122 WFUS1 KCAE 142232 RRA TORCAE SCC071-081-142300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 628 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN NEWBERRY COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHERN SALUDA COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR HWY 121 NEAR JUST SOUTH OF THE SALUDA RIVER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ALONG THE SALUDA AND NEWBERRY COUNTY LINE THROUGH 7 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. LCV/HG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 24 min |
| Jun 14, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lexington | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 44 min |
| Jun 14, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun | 30 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in South Carolina, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.