Alert archive / South Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this wind advisory at Feb 2, 2015, 11:26 AM EST for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 2, 2015, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2015, 11:26 AM EST (16:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2015, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2015, 4:55 PM EST
- 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 16:28 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
- 583 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 358 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
174 WWUS72 KCAE 021626 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1126 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY... GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 030200- /O.CAN.KCAE.LW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150203T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.150202T1700Z-150203T0200Z/ 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 1126 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 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 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST WINDS AT 25 MPH TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY DOWN TREES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION ON THE ROADWAYS. 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. BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$
1 follow-up statement
072 WWUS72 KCAE 022155 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 455 PM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY... GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041- 030300- /O.CAN.KCAE.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150203T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KCAE.LW.Y.0006.150202T2155Z-150203T0300Z/ LINCOLN-MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD- MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA-LEXINGTON- RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN-SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...THOMSON...MARTINEZ... EVANS...AUGUSTA...HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...LANCASTER...ELGIN... CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY...WINNSBORO...CAMDEN... LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING... WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE...LEXINGTON...RED BANK...COLUMBIA... BISHOPVILLE...SAVANNAH RIVER SITE...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA... SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG... ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING...SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 455 PM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW THE GENERAL WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA OF SUSTAINED WINDS 27 TO 34 KNOTS OR GUSTS 40 TO 49 KNOTS. HOWEVER...GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING ESPECIALLY ON AREA LAKES PROMPTING THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KNOTS LATE. * IMPACTS...AREAS LAKES WILL BE DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS AND PERSONAL WATERCRAFT WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 4:55 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 10 more | 5 hr |
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.