| It was a moderate-heavy thunderstorm that contained a lot of
lightning, thunder and rain. It traveled through Aiken, South Carolina
May 3, 1998 a little after 9 pm heading east-northeast. Many of the
western central South Carolina counties and eastern central Georgia
counties were in a Severe Thunderstorm watch until 2am EDT. At 9:19 pm a
tornado warning was issued for Jefferson County that was spotted by
doppler radar 6 miles southeast of Louisville and was moving east at 35
mph. Jefferson County, GA is not far away from Aiken, SC. The tornado
report was activated by the NWS Peachtree City, GA |
