Alert archive / South Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2009
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this wind advisory at Dec 9, 2009, 3:21 AM EST for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 9, 2009, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2009, 3:21 AM EST (08:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2009, 6:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2009, 6:00 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 08:23 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, 8.4 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
- 440 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 527 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 844 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 090821 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 321 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY... GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 092030- /O.CAN.KCAE.LW.Y.0027.091209T1100Z-091210T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.WI.Y.0004.091209T1100Z-091209T2300Z/ 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 321 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS AN UPGRADE TO THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON AREA LAKES. THE WINDS PLUS SATURATED SOIL MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES. && $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KCAE 090855 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 355 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY/WIND ADVISORY... GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 091700- /O.NEW.KCAE.FG.Y.0020.091209T0900Z-091209T1100Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0004.091209T1100Z-091209T2300Z/ 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 355 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. DENSE FOG ASSOCIATED WITH A WARM FRONT WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED BELOW ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE IN SOME AREAS. IF YOU HAVE TO DRIVE IN THE FOG...BE CAREFUL AND ALLOW YOURSELF EXTRA TIME. A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON AREA LAKES. THE WINDS PLUS SATURATED SOIL MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES. && $$
000 WWUS72 KCAE 091128 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 628 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY... GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 092100- /O.EXP.KCAE.FG.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-091209T1100Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-091209T2300Z/ 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 628 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON AREA LAKES. THE WINDS PLUS SATURATED SOIL MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES. && $$
000 WWUS72 KCAE 091557 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1057 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY... GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 092300- /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-091209T2300Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 1057 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL BRING WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON AREA LAKES. THE WINDS PLUS SATURATED SOIL MAY RESULT IN A FEW DOWNED TREES. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 3:55 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Dec 9, 4:09 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 5 days |
| Dec 9, 5:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 76 min |
| Dec 9, 5:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, Newberry, Saluda | 68 min |
| Dec 9, 5:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 73 min |
| Dec 9, 5:57 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Newberry | 48 min |
| Dec 9, 6:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 56 min |
| Dec 9, 6:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 66 min |
| Dec 9, 6:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Chesterfield | 41 min |
| Dec 9, 6:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Richland, Sumter | 66 min |
| Dec 9, 7:03 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg | 57 min |
| Dec 9, 7:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 23 min |
| Dec 9, 8:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Richland | 36 min |
| Dec 9, 9:36 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | CAE | Clarendon | 6 days |
| Dec 9, 11:01 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 48 hr |
| Dec 9, 11:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Greenwood, Newberry, Saluda | 48 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:32 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Richland | 3 days |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2009Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2009Every wind advisory in 2009
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.