Alert archive / South Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 281
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 3, 1998, 11:15 PM EDT for Chatham County, Effingham County, McIntosh County, Georgia; 7 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 1998, 11:15 PM EDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 1998, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Chatham County, GA, Effingham County, GA, McIntosh County, GA, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:15 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.
Warnings issued inside it
4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 11:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Chatham, Effingham | 34 min |
| May 3, 11:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Jasper | 59 min |
| May 3, 11:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Beaufort | 59 min |
| May 4, 12:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Charleston, Colleton | 61 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brooks and 42 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 2:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Brantley, Bryan and 29 more | 5 hr |
| May 4, 12:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Brantley, Bryan and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 4, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Lee, Marion and 1 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Carolina, 1998Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 1998Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.