Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

May 21, 1998Cherokee County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 1998, 7:12 PM EDT for Cherokee County, South Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
May 21, 1998, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 1998, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area
Whole counties

County Cherokee County, SC

The radar

The Greer radar (KGSP), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 21, 6:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

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
May 21, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPGreenville42 min
May 21, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPSpartanburg48 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.