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Lake Wind Advisory 23, NWS Columbia, SC

May 20, 200816 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this lake wind advisory at May 20, 2008, 3:50 AM EDT for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at May 20, 2008, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2008, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
In effect from: May 20, 2008, 9:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 20, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 11 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 07:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 20, 2:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 2:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 3:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Aiken	58 min
May 20, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Barnwell	58 min
May 20, 4:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Bamberg	56 min
May 20, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Lexington, Orangeburg	65 min
May 20, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Calhoun, Clarendon, Richland, Sumter	48 min
May 20, 5:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Bamberg, Barnwell	41 min
May 20, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Barnwell	41 min
May 20, 7:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Saluda	60 min
May 20, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Edgefield, McCormick	41 min
May 20, 7:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Newberry, Richland	41 min
May 20, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Lexington, Saluda	49 min
May 20, 3:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McDuffie	52 min
May 20, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia	35 min
May 20, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Richmond	35 min
May 20, 5:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	McDuffie	37 min
May 20, 5:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia, Richmond	42 min
May 20, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Burke, Richmond	46 min
May 20, 6:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CAE	Burke	44 min

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2008 Lake Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2008 Every lake wind advisory in 2008

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.