Alert archive / South Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this wind advisory at Mar 12, 2014, 9:08 PM EDT for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2014, 9:08 PM EDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 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 01:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
790 WWUS72 KCAE 130108 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 908 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY... GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 130600- /O.CAN.KCAE.LW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140313T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.140313T0108Z-140313T0600Z/ 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 908 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...FROM 9 PM THROUGH 2 AM TONIGHT. * WINDS...WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KNOT WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SMALL TREE LIMBS COULD FALL ONTO POWER LINES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 8:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 55 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.