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Lake Wind Advisory 13, NWS Columbia, SC

May 21, 202518 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this lake wind advisory at May 21, 2025, 12:44 PM EDT for 18 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2025, 12:44 PM EDT (16:44 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2025, 9:59 PM EDT
In force: 9 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 16:45 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 May 21, 12:09 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 12:09 PM EDT, 35 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
May 20, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lancaster	51 min
May 21, 2:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	McCormick	48 min
May 21, 3:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Edgefield, Newberry, Saluda	53 min
May 21, 3:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lancaster	47 min
May 21, 3:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAE	Lexington	46 min
May 21, 7:29 PM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more	25 hr
May 21, 4:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAE	Columbia, McDuffie, Richmond	45 min

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2025 Lake Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2025 Every lake wind advisory in 2025

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.