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Lake Wind Advisory 20, NWS Columbia, SC

November 16, 201816 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this lake wind advisory at Nov 16, 2018, 1:04 AM EST for 16 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Nov 16, 2018, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2018, 1:04 AM EST (06:04 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 16, 2018, 4:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 16, 2018, 7:00 AM EST
In force
3 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 06:06 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 286 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2018-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2018-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
476 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
90 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Columbia, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake wind advisory went out at Nov 15, 7:05 PM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 7:05 PM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 9:12 AM EST, 15 hours 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Columbia SC
912 AM EST Thu Nov 15 2018

GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ018-022-025-027>031-035>038-041-161415-
Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Burke-McCormick-Kershaw-Edgefield-
Lexington-Richland-Lee-Aiken-Sumter-Barnwell-Orangeburg-Calhoun-
Clarendon-Bamberg-
912 AM EST Thu Nov 15 2018

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM EST FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Midlands of South Carolina
and the Central Savannah River area of Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Freeze Warning.
   River Flood Warnings.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Freeze Warning.
   River Flood Warnings.

Another freeze warning may be required for Friday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

SCZ015-016-020-021-026-161415-
Lancaster-Chesterfield-Newberry-Fairfield-Saluda-
912 AM EST Thu Nov 15 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Midlands of South Carolina
and the Central Savannah River area of Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazard.

River Flood Warnings.

Low temperatures will be around freezing tonight. The growing
season has ended and additional freeze warnings will not be issued
until the spring.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazard.

River Flood Warnings.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 2:40 PM ESTFrost AdvisoryCAEAiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Edgefield and 7 more17 hr
Nov 16, 3:37 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCAELexington, Richland18 hr

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2018Lake Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2018Every lake wind advisory in 2018

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.