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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Columbia, SC

September 3, 1998Orangeburg County, South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 1998, 1:36 PM EDT for Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 24 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
Sep 3, 1998, 1:36 PM EDT (17:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 1998, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Columbia, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Orangeburg County, SC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 3, 1:55 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Orangeburg, SCHighway Maintenance reported several trees down on highway 6.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 3, 9:45 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1998-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 182 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 1998-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 288 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
433 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

418 
WFUS1 KCAE 031741 RRA
TORCAE
SCC075-031800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
136 PM EDT THU SEP 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ORANGEBURG COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT 

* AT 136 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  TWO POSSIBLE TORNADOES. ONE JUST WEST OF ROWESVILLE AND THE 
  OTHER JUST SOUTHWEST OF BOWMAN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH 
  AT 45 TO 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ORANGEBURG AT 150 PM

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN 
ITS PATH. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO AND AT SCHOOL OR IN AN 
OFFICE BUILDING...GO QUICKLY TO A BASEMENT...INTERIOR HALL OR 
BATHROOM. STAY OUT OF AUDITORIUMS OR GYMNASIUMS. 

SJN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 2:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCAEOrangeburg34 min
Sep 3, 4:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCAELexington6 hr

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.