Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 23, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1998, 6:48 PM 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
- Jun 14, 1998, 6:48 PM EDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1998, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lexington County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 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, 7:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Lexington, SC | NWS employee reported 3/4 inch hail on highway 378. |
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, 10.8 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
- 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.
000 TTAA00 KCAE 142252 COR TORCAE SCC063-142330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 648 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LEXINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 730 PM EDT * WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR THE SALUDA AND LEXINGTON COUNTY LINE ACROSS WESTERN LAKE MURRAY. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE MURRY...NORTH OF HWY 378. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LEXINGTON AT 715 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, 6:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington | 24 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.