Alert archive / South Carolina / Lake Wind Advisories in 2006
Lake Wind Advisory 15, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this lake wind advisory at Apr 3, 2006, 3:31 AM EDT for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Apr 3, 2006, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2006, 3:31 AM EDT (07:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 3, 2006, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2006, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
All 21 counties
Burke County, GA, Columbia County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Chesterfield County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 286 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2598 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this lake wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake wind advisory went out at Apr 3, 2:46 AM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:46 AM EDT, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 246 AM EDT MON APR 3 2006 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)... THERE IS CURRENTLY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA TODAY. A MODERATE RISK EXISTS JUST OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. SHAPING UP TO BE A RATHER INTERESTING DAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. CURRENTLY...WARM FRONT MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA. DEWPOINTS NEAR AUGUSTA NEAR 60...WITH DEWPOINTS ACROSS CHARLOTTE IN THE UPPER 40S. WARM FRONT SHOULD BE NORTH OF THE STATE LATER THIS MORNING. THATS WHEN THINGS BEGIN TO GET INTERESTING. ALOFT...NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH WILL BE SWINGING ACROSS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. STRONG UPPER LEVEL JET COUPLET WILL ALSO BE MOVING THROUGH...WITH ONE JET LIFTING UP THE EAST COAST...AND A SECOND STRONGER JET DIVING SOUTH ACROSS TENNESSEE. GOOD UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE WILL BE IN PLACE. AT MID LEVELS...STRONG DISTURBANCE AT 500 MB WILL BE ROTATING THROUGH. CLOSER TO THE SURFACE...STRONG 850 JET OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST OF 40 KNOTS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH. COUPLED WITH SOUTHWESTERLY SURFACE WINDS...THESE SHOULD HELP TO ADVECT SOME LOW AND MID LEVEL GULF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. STRONG COLD FRONT POISED TO BE MOVING OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND APPROACHING THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. CONVECTION SHOULD BE ONGOING IN ADVANCE OF THIS FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS. MORNING SEVERE WEATHER PARAMETER ANALYSIS IS SHOWING PLENTY OF INSTABILITY AND SHEAR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. LIMITING FACTOR MAY BE THE AMOUNT OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AVAILABLE. THIS SHOULD MEAN LESS COVERAGE. HOWEVER...ANY STORMS THAT DO GET ORGANIZED WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BECOME SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND POSSIBLY EVEN AN ISOLATED TORNADO NOT BEING OUT OF THE QUESTION. ALSO AT THE SURFACE...EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD ALSO REMAIN STRONG SHORTLY AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 KNOTS...AND GUSTS TO 30 BEING POSSIBLE...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR ALL AREA LAKES FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... FRONT IS EAST OF THE REGION BY TUESDAY...WITH DRY WEATHER EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIP SHOULD NOT OCCUR UNTIL THE WEEKEND ROLLS AROUND. NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. && .AVIATION... SOME MID TO UPPER LEVEL CLOUDINESS STREAMING OVER THE REGION CURRENTLY. LOW LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP THIS MORNING...AND SHOULD PREVENT ANY FOG PROBLEMS. A FEW SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY JUST NORTH OF OUR FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING. EXPECT BREEZY CONDITIONS TODAY. SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY EXPECTED IN DAYTIME HEATING WITH STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND COLD FRONT COMING IN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. LIMITED MOISTURE WILL LIMIT AREAL COVERAGE...BUT WHAT DOES DEVELOP COULD BE SEVERE. && .CAE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SC...LAKE WIND ADVISORY ALL ZONES 10 AM UNTIL 10 PM. GA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY ALL ZONES 10 AM UNTIL 10 PM. && 73/73/31
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 5:05 AM EDT, 22 hours 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 16 min |
| Apr 3, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 61 min |
| Apr 3, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield | 65 min |
| Apr 3, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry, Saluda | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richland | 49 min |
| Apr 3, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Kershaw, Lancaster | 58 min |
| Apr 3, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 54 min |
| Apr 3, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon, Sumter | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Sumter | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 23 min |
| Apr 3, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McDuffie | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Richmond | 43 min |
Nearby
Lake Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2006Lake Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2006Every lake wind advisory in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.