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Lake Wind Advisory 9, NWS Columbia, SC

March 27, 202618 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia

NWS Columbia, SC issued this lake wind advisory at Mar 27, 2026, 2:13 AM EDT for 18 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in Georgia. It took effect at Mar 28, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 2026, 2:13 AM EDT (06:13 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 28, 2026, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 28, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 14 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 06:13 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 26, 8:23 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 8:23 PM EDT, 5 hours 50 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
Mar 27, 2:26 AM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more	11 hr
Mar 27, 1:33 PM EDT	Red Flag Warning	CAE	Aiken, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Chesterfield, Clarendon and 12 more	33 hr

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2026 Lake Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2026 Every lake wind advisory in 2026

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.