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Lake Wind Advisory 21, NWS Columbia, SC

April 12, 20075 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in South Carolina

NWS Columbia, SC issued this lake wind advisory at Apr 12, 2007, 3:16 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia; 16 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Apr 12, 2007, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2007, 3:16 AM EDT (07:16 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 12, 2007, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 12, 2007, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
9 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 07:17 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

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2007-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 289 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2007-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
289 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS72 KCAE 120716
NPWCAE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
316 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007

...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON ON AREA LAKES...

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-
121530-
/O.NEW.KCAE.LW.Y.0021.070412T1500Z-070413T0000Z/
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ...
EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN...
CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN...
LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING...
WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA...
BISHOPVILLE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL...
WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...
SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK
316 AM EDT THU APR 12 2007

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...

STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS
AFTERNOON...IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE
AREA AROUND DAWN. WINDS ON AREA LAKES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OUT
OF THE WEST TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS. THE
STRONG WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE NEAR SUNSET...AND DIMINISH TO
AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH LATE THIS EVENING.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

$$

HC
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS72 KCAE 121828
NPWCAE

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
228 PM EDT THU APR 12 2007


GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-
130000-
/O.CON.KCAE.LW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-070413T0000Z/
LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-
MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON-
RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-
BAMBERG-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ...
EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN...
CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN...
LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING...
WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA...
BISHOPVILLE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL...
WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...
SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK
228 PM EDT THU APR 12 2007

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

WINDS ON AREA LAKES WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE WEST AT 15 TO 25 KNOTS
WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS. THE WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE NEAR
SUNSET...AND DIMINISH TO AROUND 5 TO 10 KNOTS LATER THIS EVENING. 

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 12:34 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAENewberry, Saluda26 min
Apr 12, 1:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAENewberry30 min
Apr 12, 1:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAELancaster25 min
Apr 12, 2:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAEAiken31 min
Apr 12, 2:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCAECalhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg36 min

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2007Lake Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2007Every lake wind advisory in 2007

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.