Alert archive / South Carolina / Lake Wind Advisories in 2021
Lake Wind Advisory 6, NWS Columbia, SC
NWS Columbia, SC issued this lake wind advisory at May 9, 2021, 4:08 AM EDT for 5 counties in Georgia; 18 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at May 9, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 9, 2021, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2021, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 9, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Columbia, SC
All 23 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, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Sumter County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 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 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 2049 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
782 WWUS72 KCAE 090808 NPWCAE URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Columbia SC 408 AM EDT Sun May 9 2021 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ016-018-020>022-025>031-035-037-038-041-115- 116-135>137-092300- /O.NEW.KCAE.LW.Y.0006.210509T1500Z-210509T2300Z/ Lincoln-McDuffie-Columbia-Richmond-Burke-Chesterfield-McCormick- Newberry-Fairfield-Kershaw-Edgefield-Saluda-Lexington-Richland- Lee-Aiken-Sumter-Barnwell-Calhoun-Clarendon-Bamberg- Northern Lancaster-Southern Lancaster-Northwestern Orangeburg- Central Orangeburg-Southeastern Orangeburg- Including the cities of Lincolnton, Thomson, Martinez, Evans, Augusta, Hephzibah, Waynesboro, Cheraw, Pageland, Mccormick, Newberry, Winnsboro, Winnsboro Mills, Camden, Lugoff, Edgefield, Johnston, Saluda, Ridge Spring, Seven Oaks, West Columbia, Cayce, Lexington, Red Bank, Oak Grove, Columbia, Bishopville, Aiken, North Augusta, Sumter, Barnwell, Williston, Blackville, St. Matthews, Manning, Summerton, Bamberg, Denmark, Indian Land, Lancaster, Elgin, Lancaster Mill, North, Orangeburg, and Holly Hill 408 AM EDT Sun May 9 2021 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...South winds around 15 knots with gusts to 25 knots expected. * WHERE...Portions of central South Carolina and east central Georgia. * WHEN...From 11 AM this morning to 7 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Boaters on area lakes should use extra caution since strong winds and rough waves can overturn small craft. && $$
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.