Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 21, 1998Greenville County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1998, 5:58 PM EDT for Greenville County, South Carolina. It was in force for 42 min. 2 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: May 21, 1998, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 1998, 6:40 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Whole counties

County Greenville County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 21, 6:00 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Tigerville, SC
May 21, 6:15 PM EDT	Hail 1	Greer, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 6:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Spartanburg	48 min
May 21, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Carolina, 1998 Every 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.