Alert archive / South Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2013
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this wind advisory at Jan 29, 2013, 2:35 PM EST for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Jan 30, 2013, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2013, 2:35 PM EST (19:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 30, 2013, 11:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2013, 5:30 AM EST
- In force
- 19 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 19:35 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, 7.6 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
803 WWUS72 KCAE 291935 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 235 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 300600- /O.NEW.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.130130T1600Z-130131T1100Z/ 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...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 235 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY. * TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH MAY DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION ON THE ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
281 WWUS72 KCAE 300231 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 931 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 301100- /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.130130T1600Z-130131T1100Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 931 PM EST TUE JAN 29 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH MAY DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION ON THE ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
257 WWUS72 KCAE 300907 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 407 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST WEDNESDAY AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE DAY AND PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 301800- /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.130130T1600Z-130131T1100Z/ 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...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 407 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH MAY DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION ON THE ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
201 WWUS72 KCAE 301831 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 131 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 310645- /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T1100Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 131 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH MAY DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION ON THE ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
475 WWUS72 KCAE 310603 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 103 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN AND STRONG COLD FRONT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY 6 AM. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 311100- /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T1100Z/ 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...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 103 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH 6AM THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH MAY DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION ON THE ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
300 WWUS72 KCAE 310604 AAA NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 104 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A STRONG COLD FRONT AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY 6 AM. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 311100- /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T1100Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 104 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH 6AM THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH MAY DOWN SOME TREES AND POWER LINES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION ON THE ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
408 WWUS72 KCAE 311030 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 530 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY... .A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AND WILL LAST UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 312200- /O.CAN.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130131T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.LW.Y.0002.130131T1030Z-130131T2200Z/ 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...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 530 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND CHOPPY WAVES WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 8:57 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield and 3 more | 118 min |
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.