Strong Winds Across Midlands and CSRA

Heat Across the Center of the Nation; Severe Thunderstorms Across the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley

Heat expands across the Desert Southwest, Plains, Mississippi Valley and Midwest into Monday. Fire weather concerns continue for portions of the Intermountain West. Active monsoonal moisture fuels thunderstorms over the Southwest with possible flash flooding. Tropical cyclone Fausto in the Pacific, should weaken as it approaches Hawaii; Dangerous surf, swells and rip currents are expected. Read More >

...STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA JANUARY 7TH, 2009... A BAND OF SHOWERS PRODUCED STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE MORNING...AND THEN A SECOND BAND OF SHOWERS PRODUCED STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES...POWER LINES...LIMBS DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER AREA. HERE ARE THE PEAK WIND GUSTS REPORTS. COLUMBIA METRO AIRPORT (CAE)..................49 MPH. LAKE THURMOND (CHDS1).........................49 MPH. ORANGEBURG COUNTY AIRPORT (OGB)...............49 MPH. LAKE MURRAY FLOTILLA ISLAND (LMFS1)...........49 MPH. AUGUSTA REGIONAL BUSH FIELD (AGS).............46 MPH. COLUMBIA JIM HAMILTON-L.B. OWENS AIRPORT (CUB)45 MPH. MCDUFFIE COUNTY AIRPORT (HQU).................44 MPH. AUGUSTA DANIEL FIELD (DNL)....................38 MPH. MILITARY SITES... MCENTIRE ANG (MMT)............................52 MPH. SHAW AFB (SSC)................................52 MPH. APRSWXNET (HAM RADIO OPERATORS) CW7116 (LEXINGTON, SC)........................41 MPH. KI4UEM (SPRINGFIELD, SC)......................39 MPH. CW2470 (ELGIN, SC)............................38 MPH. CW0757 (IRMO, SC).............................35 MPH. CW9832 (GRACEWOOD, GA)........................35 MPH. CW6005 (SANTEE, SC)...........................34 MPH. CW7325 (SUMTER, SC)...........................32 MPH. KE4QPN (CHERAW, SC)...........................30 MPH. RAWS SITES... SANTEE NWR (SPLS1)............................39 MPH. CONGAREE (GDNS1)..............................43 MPH. SAVRIV (SRVS1)................................36 MPH. SAVRAW (SRSS1)................................36 MPH. CAROLINA SANDHILLS (JEFS1)....................33 MPH.