Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 1998, 10:19 PM EST for Lexington County, South Carolina. It was in force for 56 min. 4 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
- Apr 3, 1998, 10:19 PM EST (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1998, 11:15 PM EST
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lexington County, SC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 10:30 PM EST | Hail 1 | Cayce, SC | Spotter reports 1inch hail in Cayce. |
| Apr 3, 10:30 PM EST | Hail 1.25 | Congaree, SC | SKYWARN spotter reports 1.25 inch hail in South Congaree. |
| Apr 3, 10:35 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Gilbert, SC | Spotter reports dime size hail. |
| Apr 3, 10:35 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Gilbert, SC | Minor wind damage to Town Hall. Permanent sign and awning destroyed. |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 10:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 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
- 868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 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 040317 RRA TORCAE SCC063-040415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1019 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LEXINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1115 PM EST * NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR GILBERT IN LEXINGTON COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANVGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH. MWC/CTC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 9:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | McCormick | 18 min |
| Apr 3, 9:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Edgefield, Saluda | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 10:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lexington, Newberry | 67 min |
| Apr 3, 10:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 11:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 11:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 11:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 11:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 35 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.