Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 289, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 23, 1998York County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1998, 5:06 PM EDT for York County, South Carolina. It was in force for 49 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
Jul 23, 1998, 5:06 PM EDT (21:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1998, 5:55 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County York County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 23, 5:50 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Rock Hill, SC

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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPPolk, Rutherford44 min
Jul 23, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenwood33 min
Jul 23, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCherokee44 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.