Alert archive / South Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this wind advisory at Mar 30, 2014, 2:41 AM EDT for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2014, 2:41 AM EDT (06:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2014, 1:16 PM EDT
- 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 06:47 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, 6.7 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
- 172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
572 WWUS72 KCAE 300641 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 241 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY TODAY AND FROST ADVISORY TONIGHT... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN STRONG LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST AND A PRESSURE RIDGE IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE RIDGE MOVES CLOSER TO OUR AREA AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. A PERIOD OF CALM WINDS WILL OCCUR TOWARD SUNRISE MONDAY AND IT WILL LIKELY BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR AREAS OF FROST... ESPECIALLY IN THE NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 301845- /O.CAN.KCAE.LW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-140331T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.WI.Y.0002.140330T0641Z-140331T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.FR.Y.0001.140331T1000Z-140331T1200Z/ 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 241 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. A FROST ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THE FROST ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 AM MONDAY. * TIMING...IT WILL BE WINDY THROUGH 800 PM. AREAS OF FROST WILL OCCUR TOWARD SUNRISE MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...READINGS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE 30S AND AREAS OF FROST WILL OCCUR TOWARD SUNRISE MONDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE COULD ALSO BE BLOWN OVER. THE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN A FEW WEAK TREES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF AT LEAST 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST MAY OCCUR. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
1 follow-up statement
175 WWUS72 KCAE 301716 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 116 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON AND FROST ADVISORY TONIGHT... .THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN STRONG LOW PRESSURE NEAR THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC COAST AND A PRESSURE RIDGE IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WILL RESULT IN BREEZY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT AS THE RIDGE MOVES CLOSER TO OUR AREA AND THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. A PERIOD OF CALM WINDS WILL OCCUR TOWARD SUNRISE MONDAY AND IT WILL LIKELY BECOME COLD ENOUGH FOR AREAS OF FROST...ESPECIALLY ALONG LOW LYING AREAS...STREAMS... RIVER VALLEYS AND NORMALLY COLDER LOCATIONS. GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 310115- /O.CAN.KCAE.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140331T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.LW.Y.0011.140330T1716Z-140330T2300Z/ /O.CON.KCAE.FR.Y.0001.140331T1000Z-140331T1200Z/ 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 116 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...IT WILL BE VERY BREEZY THROUGH 700 PM. AREAS OF FROST WILL OCCUR TOWARD SUNRISE MONDAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...READINGS WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE 30S AND AREAS OF FROST WILL OCCUR TOWARD SUNRISE MONDAY. * IMPACTS...SOME OF THE WIND GUSTS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN ALREADY WEAKENED LIMBS AND BRANCHES FROM THIS WINTERS ICE STORM. FROST TOWARD SUNRISE MAY DAMAGE TENDER VEGETATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST MAY OCCUR. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2:41 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:16 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 6 hr |
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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.