Alert archive / South Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2007
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this wind advisory at Dec 15, 2007, 11:07 AM EST for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 16, 2007, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2007, 11:07 AM EST (16:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2007, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2007, 7:00 PM EST
- 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 16:07 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 12:00Z, 4.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KCAE 151607 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1107 AM EST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...A WIND ADVISORY IS EN EFFECT FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA FROM 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY EVENING... .A WIND ADVISORY IS EN EFFECT FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA OF GEORGIA FROM 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY EVENING. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 160015- /O.NEW.KCAE.WI.Y.0003.071216T1200Z-071217T0000Z/ 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 1107 AM EST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RAPIDLY CROSS THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE STRONG WHICH WILL CAUSE WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE DAY WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KCAE 152103 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 403 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007 .A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 7 PM SUNDAY EVENING. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 161000- /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0003.071216T1200Z-071217T0000Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 403 PM EST SAT DEC 15 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY MORNING TO 7 PM SUNDAY EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RAPIDLY CROSS THE AREA AROUND DAYBREAK ON SUNDAY. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE STRONG...WHICH WILL CAUSE WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE DAY. GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. $$
000 WWUS72 KCAE 160918 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 418 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 162115- /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0003.071216T1200Z-071217T0000Z/ 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 418 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RAPIDLY CROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE STRONG. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING. A FEW GUSTS TO NEAR 40 WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. $$
000 WWUS72 KCAE 162046 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 346 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 170000- /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071217T0000Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 346 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. CURRENT WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH BY 7 PM. $$
000 WWUS72 KCAE 170005 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 705 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 171100- /O.EXP.KCAE.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-071217T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.LW.Y.0045.071217T0005Z-071217T1100Z/ 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 705 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY. ALTHOUGH WINDS ACROSS THE REGION WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT...SURFACE WINDS ACROSS AREA LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT ON AREA LAKES. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$
Nearby
Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2007Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2007Every 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.