Strong Winds Across Midlands and CSRA

Severe Thunderstorm and Heavy Rainfall Potential Continues

A low pressure center tracking across the Great Lakes and its associated cold front extending across the Southern Plains will focus occasional showers and thunderstorms through tonight. A few of these thunderstorms may become severe alongside heavy rainfall that may cause flash flooding; Portions of the Southern Plains would be the greatest threat for these hazards through tonight. 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.