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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this wind advisory at Sep 2, 2016, 3:54 AM EDT for 7 counties in South Carolina; Lincoln County, Georgia. It took effect at Sep 2, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 2016, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 2, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 8:52 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
Counties Lincoln County, GA, Chesterfield County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Saluda County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 990 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 784 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
573 WWUS72 KCAE 020754 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 354 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 GAZ063>065-077-SCZ027>031-035>038-041-021900- /O.CON.KCAE.HW.W.0001.160902T1200Z-160903T0600Z/ MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN- SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THOMSON...MARTINEZ...EVANS... HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...SEVEN OAKS...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE... LEXINGTON...RED BANK...OAK GROVE...COLUMBIA...BISHOPVILLE... AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON... BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...BROOKDALE...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 354 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFING AND SIDING MATERIALS... ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO PORCHES... AWNINGS... CARPORTS... AND SHEDS. MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED... ESPECIALLY IF UNANCHORED. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED... TREES MAY FALL DOWN. TRAVEL BY VEHICLE MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE TRUCKS. INCREASING DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES OR ELECTRIC WIRES OUTSIDE. SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025-026-021900- /O.NEW.KCAE.WI.Y.0003.160902T1200Z-160903T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD- KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...LANCASTER...ELGIN... LANCASTER MILL...CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY... WINNSBORO...WINNSBORO MILLS...CAMDEN...LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD... JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING 354 AM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 2 AM EDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WINDS SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DUE TO SATURATED GROUND FROM HEAVY RAINS...HIGH WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
3 follow-up statements
559 WWUS72 KCAE 021830 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 230 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 GAZ063>065-077-SCZ027>031-035>038-041-030230- /O.CON.KCAE.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160903T0600Z/ MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-AIKEN- SUMTER-BARNWELL-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THOMSON...MARTINEZ...EVANS... HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...SEVEN OAKS...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE... LEXINGTON...RED BANK...OAK GROVE...COLUMBIA...BISHOPVILLE... AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...SUMTER...BARNWELL...WILLISTON... BLACKVILLE...ORANGEBURG...BROOKDALE...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 230 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFING AND SIDING MATERIALS... ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO PORCHES... AWNINGS... CARPORTS... AND SHEDS. MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED... ESPECIALLY IF UNANCHORED. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED... TREES MAY FALL DOWN. TRAVEL BY VEHICLE MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE TRUCKS. INCREASING DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES OR ELECTRIC WIRES OUTSIDE. SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ GAZ040-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025-026-030230- /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160903T0600Z/ LINCOLN-LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-FAIRFIELD- KERSHAW-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...LANCASTER...ELGIN... LANCASTER MILL...CHERAW...PAGELAND...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY... WINNSBORO...WINNSBORO MILLS...CAMDEN...LUGOFF...EDGEFIELD... JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING 230 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WINDS SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DUE TO SATURATED GROUND FROM HEAVY RAINS...HIGH WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
117 WWUS72 KCAE 022307 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 707 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...... .AS TROPICAL STORM HERMINE MOVES NOTHEASTWARD WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. GAZ063>065-077-SCZ030-035-030015- /O.CAN.KCAE.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160903T0600Z/ MCDUFFIE-COLUMBIA-RICHMOND-BURKE-AIKEN-BARNWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THOMSON...MARTINEZ...EVANS... HEPHZIBAH...WAYNESBORO...AIKEN...NORTH AUGUSTA...BARNWELL... WILLISTON...BLACKVILLE 707 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. STRONG WINDS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ GAZ040-SCZ018-020-025-026-030015- /O.CAN.KCAE.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160903T0600Z/ LINCOLN-MCCORMICK-NEWBERRY-EDGEFIELD-SALUDA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLNTON...MCCORMICK...NEWBERRY... EDGEFIELD...JOHNSTON...SALUDA...RIDGE SPRING 707 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG WINDS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ SCZ027>029-031-036>038-041-030600- /O.CON.KCAE.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160903T0600Z/ LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-LEE-SUMTER-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-CLARENDON- BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEVEN OAKS...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE... LEXINGTON...RED BANK...OAK GROVE...COLUMBIA...BISHOPVILLE... SUMTER...ORANGEBURG...BROOKDALE...ST. MATTHEWS...MANNING... SUMMERTON...BAMBERG...DENMARK 707 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFING AND SIDING MATERIALS... ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO PORCHES... AWNINGS... CARPORTS... AND SHEDS. MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED... ESPECIALLY IF UNANCHORED. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED... TREES MAY FALL DOWN. TRAVEL BY VEHICLE MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE TRUCKS. INCREASING DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES OR ELECTRIC WIRES OUTSIDE. SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$ SCZ015-016-021-022-030600- /O.CON.KCAE.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160903T0600Z/ LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...ELGIN...LANCASTER MILL... CHERAW...PAGELAND...WINNSBORO...WINNSBORO MILLS...CAMDEN...LUGOFF 707 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...WINDS SUSTAINED 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...DUE TO SATURATED GROUND FROM HEAVY RAINS...HIGH WINDS COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREES IN SOME AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 3THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. 5 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
604 WWUS72 KCAE 030052 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 852 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... ...PORTIONS OF THE HIGH WIND WARNING ARE CANCELLED... .AS TROPICAL STORM HERMINE MOVES NORTHEASTWARD WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING FROM WEST TO EAST. SCZ027-028-036-037-041-030200- /O.CAN.KCAE.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160903T0600Z/ LEXINGTON-RICHLAND-ORANGEBURG-CALHOUN-BAMBERG- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEVEN OAKS...WEST COLUMBIA...CAYCE... LEXINGTON...RED BANK...OAK GROVE...COLUMBIA...ORANGEBURG... BROOKDALE...ST. MATTHEWS...BAMBERG...DENMARK 852 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH WIND WARNING. STRONG WINDS FROM TROPICAL STORM HERMINE HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. $$ SCZ015-016-021-022-030200- /O.CAN.KCAE.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-160903T0600Z/ LANCASTER-CHESTERFIELD-FAIRFIELD-KERSHAW- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANCASTER...ELGIN...LANCASTER MILL... CHERAW...PAGELAND...WINNSBORO...WINNSBORO MILLS...CAMDEN...LUGOFF 852 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. STRONG WINDS FROM TROPICAL STORM HERMINE HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. $$ SCZ029-031-038-030600- /O.CON.KCAE.HW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160903T0600Z/ LEE-SUMTER-CLARENDON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOPVILLE...SUMTER...MANNING... SUMMERTON 852 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE EVENING. * WINDS...TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WINDS SUSTAINED NEAR 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFING AND SIDING MATERIALS... ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO PORCHES... AWNINGS... CARPORTS... AND SHEDS. MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED... ESPECIALLY IF UNANCHORED. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. COMBINED WITH THE HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED... TREES MAY FALL DOWN. TRAVEL BY VEHICLE MAY BECOME DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY IN HIGH PROFILE TRUCKS. INCREASING DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES OR ELECTRIC WIRES OUTSIDE. SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES CAN BE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 9:05 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Lee and 3 more | 25 hr |
| Sep 2, 12:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, Newberry, Richland, Saluda and 1 more | 119 min |
| Sep 2, 11:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg | 4 hr |
| Sep 2, 12:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CAE | Lee, Sumter | 23 min |
| Sep 2, 1:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Lexington, Richland, Sumter | 111 min |
| Sep 2, 3:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Lexington and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:27 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 4 days |
| Sep 2, 5:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, Orangeburg and 2 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2016Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2016Every wind advisory in 2016
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.