Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 17, 1998, 3:08 AM EDT for Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 1998, 3:08 AM EDT (07:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 1998, 3:55 AM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Anderson County, SC
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 17, 1:30 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 368 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 10.6
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 17, 3:00 AM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 3:00 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE/SPARTANBURG, SC
300 AM EDT FRI APR 17 1998
RAH: CONT LIKELY POPS THIS AM...CHC POPS THIS AFTN...CONTD
CHC POPS THROUGH SATURDAY...LIKELY IN XTND FOR SUN. MAYBE
SOME DRIER IAR INTO EXTREME WEST TNT.
CAE/FFC: CONT CATEGORICAL POPS THIS AM...CHC POPS THIS AFTN
THROUGH SATURDAY.
TWO AREAS OF CONCERN THIS MORNING...CONVECTION MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN
TIER COUNTIES ASSD WITH SEVERE WEATHER...AND APPROACHING AREA OF
CONVECTION FROM CNTRL GA THROUGH UPST...SRN MTNS NC AND SRN AND CNTRL
PIEDMONT NC. NEXT FEW HRS APPR TO BE VERY BUSY...WITH SOME BACK
BUILDING AHEAD OF SRN END OF FRNTL BNDRY.
MDL TRENDS TNT SUGST THAT FRONT WILL PROBABLY STALL OVR SC
MIDLANDS...SUPPROTED BY CONTD NEARLY PARALLEL FLO TO FRNTL BNDRY.
MDLS EVEN SUGTS SOME SHORTWAVE RIDGING TMRW...WITH RISING HGHTS
AND PERHAPS SOME WARMER AIR TO PROVIDE A CAP OF SORTS.
WEEKEND SHUD BE UNSETTELED...ESPEICALLY SRN END CWA WHEREEVER FRONT
BECOMS STANRY. NC POTION MAY ACTUALLY GET INTO DRIER AIR WITH HI
PRES BUILDING INTO THAT AREA LATE TDY HWVR..SRN AREAS TO REMAIN
RATHER MOIST AND UNSTABLE. WILL HAVE TO KEEP A WATCH ON MOST OF CWA
THROUGH SATURDAY NITE FOR FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL RIGHT NOW...SEEMS TO
BE OCCURRING IN ONLY ISOLD PLACES CURNT RADAR TRENDS ARE ENCOURAGING
IN THAT REGARD.
AVL 68/48/63 6/3/3
CLT 72/59/70 7/3/3
GSP 71/63/72 6/3/4
BURRUSIn the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 16, 10:38 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1038 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
1033 PM NEAR MAIDEN NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 CATAWBA AT LINCOLN COUNTY LINE
CHARLOTTE AREA SKYWARN
REPORT
JONESLocal storm report, Apr 16, 10:38 PM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG SC
1038 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998
TIME (EDT) .....CITY LOCATION....... ST ...EVENT/REMARKS...
.....COUNTY LOCATION.....
1033 PM NEAR MAIDEN NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
04/16/98 CATAWBA AT LINCOLN COUNTY LINE
CHARLOTTE AREA SKYWARN
REPORT
JONESSpecial weather statement, Apr 16, 10:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-170900- SEVERE WEATHER OUTOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1058 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 5 AM AND FOR RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES IN GEORGIA UNTIL 4 AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY INCLUDES NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A STEADY STATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING AND WAS STILL CAUSING LARGE HAIL AS IT MOVED INTO THE PIEDMONT NORTH OF LINCOLNTON. SOME TORNADOES AND WIND DAMAGE MAY HAVE OCCURRED...ESPECIALLY FROM NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER TO WEST OF ASHEVILLE...BUT THE STORM CROSSED RUGGED TERRAIN AND INFORMATION HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVED OCCURRED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS TENNESSEE AND NORTH ALABAMA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THIS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION OVERNIGHT...AND PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CAREFULLY AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BECOME A REAL THREAT OVERNIGHT...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH COULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE OTHER AREAS. JONES
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 10:58 PM EDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before
GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033>037-048>059-062>072-082-SCZ001>014- 019-170900- SEVERE WEATHER OUTOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 1058 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 5 AM AND FOR RABUN AND HABERSHAM COUNTIES IN GEORGIA UNTIL 4 AM... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY INCLUDES NORTHEAST GEORGIA... ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA... A STEADY STATE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CROSSED THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING AND WAS STILL CAUSING LARGE HAIL AS IT MOVED INTO THE PIEDMONT NORTH OF LINCOLNTON. SOME TORNADOES AND WIND DAMAGE MAY HAVE OCCURRED...ESPECIALLY FROM NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER TO WEST OF ASHEVILLE...BUT THE STORM CROSSED RUGGED TERRAIN AND INFORMATION HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVED OCCURRED FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING ACROSS TENNESSEE AND NORTH ALABAMA. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THIS COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION OVERNIGHT...AND PEOPLE SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CAREFULLY AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BECOME A REAL THREAT OVERNIGHT...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH COULD BE EXPANDED TO INCLUDE OTHER AREAS. JONES
Special weather statement, Apr 17, 2:56 AM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Buncombe, Henderson | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 8:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rutherford | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 10:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 2:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Caldwell | 4 hr |
| Apr 17, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Iredell | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 28 min |
| Apr 17, 2:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Oconee | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 2:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Pickens | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 3:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Spartanburg | 46 min |
| Apr 17, 5:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson | 2 hr |
| Apr 17, 6:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Greenville, Laurens | 44 min |
| Apr 17, 6:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Laurens, Spartanburg | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 7:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | GSP | Anderson | 3 hr |
| Apr 17, 2:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Habersham | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 2:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Stephens | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.