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Lake Wind Advisory 7, NWS Columbia, SC

March 11, 202618 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this lake wind advisory at Mar 11, 2026, 1:43 PM EDT for 18 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 12, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2026, 1:43 PM EDT (17:43 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 12, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 10 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 17:42 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 Mar 11, 6:41 AM EDT, 7 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 6:41 AM EDT, 7 hours 2 minutes before

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.