Alert archive / South Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2008
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this wind advisory at Mar 7, 2008, 3:31 PM EST for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 8, 2008, 6:32 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2008, 3:31 PM EST (20:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2008, 6:32 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2008, 6:00 PM EST
- 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 20:31 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, 8.5 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 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 072031 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 331 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY... GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 080445- /O.NEW.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.080308T1400Z-080308T2300Z/ /O.EXT.KCAE.LW.Y.0011.080308T0000Z-080308T1400Z/ 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 331 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM SATURDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. WINDS TONIGHT WILL BE SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. WINDS SATURDAY WILL BE SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON AREA LAKES. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING VANS...CAMPERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. $$ JL
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KCAE 080244 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 944 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY... GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 081045- /O.CON.KCAE.LW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080308T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.080308T1400Z-080308T2300Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 944 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SATURDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST SATURDAY. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM EST SATURDAY. WINDS TONIGHT WILL BE SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. WINDS SATURDAY WILL BE SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON AREA LAKES. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING VANS...CAMPERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS... SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. $$
000 WWUS72 KCAE 080840 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 340 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 082300- /O.CON.KCAE.LW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080308T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.080308T1400Z-080308T2300Z/ 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 340 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS TODAY WILL BE SOUTHWEST TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON AREA LAKES. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING VANS...CAMPERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS... SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. $$
000 WWUS72 KCAE 081132 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 632 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 082300- /O.CAN.KCAE.LW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080308T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.080308T1132Z-080308T2300Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 632 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS TODAY WILL BE SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON AREA LAKES. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING VANS...CAMPERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS... SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. $$
000 WWUS72 KCAE 081601 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1101 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 082300- /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080308T2300Z/ 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 1101 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS TODAY WILL BE SOUTHWEST TO WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 MPH AND 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. THESE STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON AREA LAKES. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING VANS...CAMPERS...AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTSIDE...LIGHT-WEIGHT OBJECTS... SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. $$
000 WWUS72 KCAE 081932 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 232 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 090500- /O.NEW.KCAE.LW.Y.0012.080308T2300Z-080309T0500Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-080308T2300Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 232 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DIMINISH SLOWLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER ON THE AREA LAKES EXPECT WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 5 TO 10 KNOTS TOWARD MORNING. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$
Nearby
Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2008Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2008Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.