Alert archive / South Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this wind advisory at Feb 11, 2009, 11:25 AM EST for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 11, 2009, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2009, 11:25 AM EST (16:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 11, 2009, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2009, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 15 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 16:30 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, 4.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 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 111625 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1125 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 120200- /O.NEW.KCAE.WI.Y.0002.090211T1800Z-090212T0900Z/ /O.EXT.KCAE.LW.Y.0007.090212T0900Z-090212T2200Z/ 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 1125 AM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY. AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS AREA LAKES THIS AFTERNOON...OVERNIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOTS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL TURN MORE WESTERLY AND DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BEHIND THE FRONT OVERNIGHT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KCAE 120332 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1032 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 120900- /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090212T0900Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.LW.Y.0007.090212T0900Z-090212T2200Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 1032 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 5 PM EST THURSDAY. AN INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RESULT IN STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ACROSS AREA LAKES OVERNIGHT. WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KNOTS AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. WINDS WILL TURN MORE WESTERLY AND DIMINISH SOMEWHAT BEHIND THE FRONT DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
000 WWUS72 KCAE 120906 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 406 AM EST THU FEB 12 2009 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 122200- /O.EXP.KCAE.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090212T0900Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.LW.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-090212T2200Z/ 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 406 AM EST THU FEB 12 2009 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS BETWEEN 15 TO 25 KNOTS CAN BE EXPECTED ON AREA LAKES TODAY...AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND GUSTS SHOULD OCCUR THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. $$
Nearby
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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.