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Lake Wind Advisory 25, NWS Columbia, SC

December 21, 201811 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this lake wind advisory at Dec 21, 2018, 5:08 AM EST for 11 counties in South Carolina; 4 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Dec 21, 2018, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 21, 2018, 5:08 AM EST (10:08 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2018, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 22, 2018, 4:00 AM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Columbia, SC

Counties Burke County, GA, Columbia 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, Kershaw County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Dec 21, 4:11 AM EST, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 4:11 AM EST, 57 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 20, 10:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Chesterfield, Marlboro	5 days
Dec 20, 10:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CAE	Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster	20 days
Dec 21, 5:08 AM EST	Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 5 more	13 hr

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2018 Lake Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2018 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.