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Lake Wind Advisory 6, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this lake wind advisory at Feb 6, 2020, 3:52 AM EST for 17 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Feb 6, 2020, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2020, 3:52 AM EST (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2020, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2020, 3:39 AM EST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
All 22 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, Lancaster 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), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:56 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Feb 6, 1:56 AM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 1:56 AM EST, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 11:35 AM EST, 16 hours 17 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Columbia SC 1135 AM EST Wed Feb 5 2020 GAZ040-063>065-SCZ016-018-020>022-025>028-030-115-116-061645- Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Chesterfield-McCormick-Newberry- Fairfield-Kershaw-Edgefield-Saluda-Lexington-Richland-Aiken- Northern Lancaster-Southern Lancaster- 1135 AM EST Wed Feb 5 2020 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Midlands of South Carolina and the Central Savannah River area of Georgia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated severe thunderstorms late tonight. The main threat will be damaging winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazard. Flash Flood Watch. A strong cold front will cross the area Thursday afternoon into Thursday night. Enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms ahead of the front. Heavy rainfall with localized flooding may occur. River flooding possible over the weekend into early next week. Winds will be strong and gusty Thursday and Friday. A lake wind advisory will likely be needed. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed. GAZ077-SCZ029-031-035>038-041-061645- Burke-Lee-Sumter-Barnwell-Orangeburg-Calhoun-Clarendon-Bamberg- 1135 AM EST Wed Feb 5 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for the Midlands of South Carolina and the Central Savannah River area of Georgia. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Isolated severe thunderstorms late tonight. The main threat will be damaging winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. A strong cold front will cross the area Thursday afternoon into Thursday night. Enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms ahead of the front. Heavy rainfall and localized flooding will also be possible. River flooding possible over the weekend into early next week. Winds will be strong and gusty Thursday and Friday. A lake wind advisory will likely be needed. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Columbia, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 6:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Chesterfield, Marlboro | 21 days |
| Feb 6, 6:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 21 days |
| Feb 6, 6:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick | 69 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Newberry, Union | 4 days |
| Feb 6, 10:11 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Lexington, Richland | 5 days |
| Feb 6, 12:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Lancaster | 36 min |
| Feb 6, 1:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 44 min |
| Feb 6, 1:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | McCormick | 27 min |
| Feb 6, 1:23 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Lancaster | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:26 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | McCormick | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 39 min |
| Feb 6, 2:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Newberry | 49 min |
| Feb 6, 2:14 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Edgefield, Fairfield, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield | 32 min |
| Feb 6, 2:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda | 28 min |
| Feb 6, 2:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 42 min |
| Feb 6, 2:34 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Kershaw | 5 days |
| Feb 6, 2:34 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Greenwood, Newberry, Saluda | 8 days |
| Feb 6, 2:35 PM EST | River Flood Warning | CAE | Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster | 16 days |
| Feb 6, 2:38 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Fairfield | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | McCormick | 36 min |
| Feb 6, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Edgefield, Lexington, Newberry, Saluda | 46 min |
| Feb 6, 3:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington and 1 more | 50 min |
| Feb 6, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 3:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Lexington | 37 min |
| Feb 6, 3:54 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Calhoun, Lexington, Richland | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Aiken, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster and 5 more | 43 min |
| Feb 6, 4:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg | 38 min |
| Feb 6, 4:29 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 4:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Barnwell, Orangeburg | 51 min |
| Feb 6, 4:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Calhoun, Chesterfield, Kershaw, Lee, Richland, Sumter | 62 min |
| Feb 6, 4:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CAE | Barnwell | 23 min |
| Feb 6, 5:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Calhoun | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 5:19 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Clarendon, Lee, Orangeburg, Richland and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 6, 5:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Bamberg, Orangeburg | 41 min |
| Feb 6, 5:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Lee | 44 min |
| Feb 6, 5:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Bamberg, Calhoun, Orangeburg | 40 min |
| Feb 6, 5:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CAE | Clarendon | 58 min |
| Feb 6, 6:12 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CAE | Edgefield, McCormick, Newberry, Saluda | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond | 36 min |
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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.