Alert archive / South Carolina / Tornado Watches in 1999
Tornado Watch 97
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Mar 14, 1999, 3:00 PM EST for 8 counties in Georgia; 28 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 1999, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 1999, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties
Bryan County, GA, Bulloch County, GA, Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Screven County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Allendale County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Beaufort County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Hampton County, SC, Horry County, SC, Jasper County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 3:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield | 49 min |
| Mar 14, 4:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Early and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:00 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 37 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 1999Tornado Watches in Georgia, 1999Every tornado watch in 1999
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.