NOUS42 KCAE 170600 PNSCAE GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ016-018-020>022-025>031-035-037-038-041-115-116-135>137- 171800- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Columbia SC 200 AM EDT Tue Mar 17 2026 ...HIGHEST WIND REPORTS FROM 3/16... Location Speed Time/Date Provider ...Georgia... ...Burke County... Midville 40 MPH 0615 PM 03/16 MESOWEST ...McDuffie County... Dearing 33 MPH 0600 PM 03/16 MESOWEST Thomson-McDuffie Co Apt 32 MPH 0515 PM 03/16 AWOS ...Richmond County... Augusta Bush Field Apt 43 MPH 0813 AM 03/16 ASOS Augusta EMA 39 MPH 0800 PM 03/16 MESOWEST Augusta Daniel Field Apt 39 MPH 0814 PM 03/16 ASOS ...South Carolina... ...Aiken County... ETV Aiken 34 MPH 1110 PM 03/16 MESOWEST ...Barnwell County... Williston 32 MPH 0400 PM 03/16 CWOP ...Chesterfield County... Cheraw Municipal Apt 40 MPH 0535 PM 03/16 AWOS Carolina Sandhills NWR 38 MPH 0914 PM 03/16 RAWS ...Clarendon County... Santee Cooper Regional Apt 39 MPH 0535 PM 03/16 AWOS ...Edgefield County... North Augusta 33 MPH 0809 PM 03/16 CWOP ...Fairfield County... Fairfield Co Apt Winnsboro 40 MPH 0935 PM 03/16 AWOS ...Kershaw County... Camden Woodward Field 43 MPH 0435 PM 03/16 AWOS Lake Wateree Dam 39 MPH 0750 PM 03/16 NDBC ...Lancaster County... Lancaster 42 MPH 0400 PM 03/16 DAVIS Lancaster McWhirter Field 38 MPH 0655 PM 03/16 AWOS ...Lexington County... Columbia Metro Airport 48 MPH 0719 PM 03/16 ASOS Gilbert 32 MPH 1025 PM 03/16 DAVIS ...McCormick County... Clarks Hill-Sc 31 MPH 0800 PM 03/16 MESOWEST ...Newberry County... Newberry Co Apt 45 MPH 0615 PM 03/16 AWOS Newberry (WxSTEM) 41 MPH 0250 PM 03/16 MESOWEST ...Orangeburg County... Orangeburg Airport 46 MPH 0740 PM 03/16 ASOS Orangeburg 37 MPH 0401 PM 03/16 CWOP Springfield 35 MPH 0400 PM 03/16 CWOP ...Richland County... Columbia Hamilton-Owens Apt 49 MPH 0403 PM 03/16 ASOS 2.0 SE Columbia (WxSTEM) 45 MPH 0730 PM 03/16 MESOWEST McEntire JNG 43 MPH 0426 PM 03/16 ASOS Flotilla Is. Lake Murray 40 MPH 0620 PM 03/16 NDBC I-20 at I-77 Columbia (SCDOT 37 MPH 0759 PM 03/16 MESOWEST SCDNR Range Garners Ferry 33 MPH 0450 PM 03/16 MESOWEST Sandhills Fire Station 33 MPH 0406 PM 03/16 MESOWEST I-77 at Shop Rd Columbia (SC 33 MPH 0415 PM 03/16 MESOWEST McCrady TC Ft Jackson 33 MPH 0733 PM 03/16 RAWS Peak 32 MPH 0930 PM 03/16 CWOP ABC-TV Columbia 31 MPH 1030 PM 03/16 MESOWEST ...Saluda County... Saluda 39 MPH 0701 PM 03/16 CWOP ...Sumter County... Shaw AFB Sumter 48 MPH 0453 PM 03/16 ASOS 2.1 S Mulberry (WxSTEM) 39 MPH 0500 PM 03/16 MESOWEST 1.2 SE Sumter (WxSTEM) 30 MPH 0800 PM 03/16 MESOWEST Sumter Municipal Apt 30 MPH 0515 PM 03/16 AWOS && **METADATA** :3/16/2026,0615 PM, GA, Burke, Midville, , , 32.8756, -82.2161, PKGUST, 40, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0515 PM, GA, McDuffie, Thomson-McDuffie Co Apt, , , 33.5333, -82.5167, PKGUST, 32, mph, AWOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0600 PM, GA, McDuffie, Dearing, , , 33.365, -82.403, PKGUST, 33, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0800 PM, GA, Richmond, Augusta EMA, , , 33.4258, -82.056, PKGUST, 39, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0814 PM, GA, Richmond, Augusta Daniel Field Apt, , , 33.4667, -82.0333, PKGUST, 39, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0813 AM, GA, Richmond, Augusta Bush Field Apt, , , 33.3667, -81.9667, PKGUST, 43, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,1110 PM, SC, Aiken, ETV Aiken, , , 33.5661, -81.73, PKGUST, 34, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0400 PM, SC, Barnwell, Williston, , , 33.387, -81.4245, PKGUST, 32, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0914 PM, SC, Chesterfield, Carolina Sandhills NWR, , , 34.6619, -80.2742, PKGUST, 38, mph, RAWS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0535 PM, SC, Chesterfield, Cheraw Municipal Apt, , , 34.7167, -79.95, PKGUST, 40, mph, AWOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0535 PM, SC, Clarendon, Santee Cooper Regional Apt, , , 33.5833, -80.2167, PKGUST, 39, mph, AWOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0809 PM, SC, Edgefield, North Augusta, , , 33.6048, -81.9218, PKGUST, 33, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0935 PM, SC, Fairfield, Fairfield Co Apt Winnsboro, , , 34.3167, -81.1167, PKGUST, 40, mph, AWOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0750 PM, SC, Kershaw, Lake Wateree Dam, , , 34.335, -80.702, PKGUST, 39, mph, NDBC, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0435 PM, SC, Kershaw, Camden Woodward Field, , , 34.2833, -80.5667, PKGUST, 43, mph, AWOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0655 PM, SC, Lancaster, Lancaster McWhirter Field, , , 34.7167, -80.85, PKGUST, 38, mph, AWOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0400 PM, SC, Lancaster, Lancaster, , , 34.8415, -80.8659, PKGUST, 42, mph, DAVIS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,1025 PM, SC, Lexington, Gilbert, , , 33.9633, -81.3572, PKGUST, 32, mph, DAVIS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0719 PM, SC, Lexington, Columbia Metro Airport, , , 33.9333, -81.1167, PKGUST, 48, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0800 PM, SC, McCormick, Clarks Hill-Sc, , , 33.6599, -82.1944, PKGUST, 31, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0250 PM, SC, Newberry, Newberry (WxSTEM), , , 34.2774, -81.6199, PKGUST, 41, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0615 PM, SC, Newberry, Newberry Co Apt, , , 34.3167, -81.6333, PKGUST, 45, mph, AWOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0400 PM, SC, Orangeburg, Springfield, , , 33.479, -81.2434, PKGUST, 35, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0401 PM, SC, Orangeburg, Orangeburg, , , 33.4666, -80.8827, PKGUST, 37, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0740 PM, SC, Orangeburg, Orangeburg Airport, , , 33.4667, -80.85, PKGUST, 46, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,1030 PM, SC, Richland, ABC-TV Columbia, , , 34.002, -81.0334, PKGUST, 31, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0930 PM, SC, Richland, Peak, , , 34.2207, -81.3242, PKGUST, 32, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0450 PM, SC, Richland, SCDNR Range Garners Ferry, , , 33.9358, -80.6446, PKGUST, 33, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0406 PM, SC, Richland, Sandhills Fire Station, , , 34.1098, -80.8797, PKGUST, 33, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0415 PM, SC, Richland, I-77 at Shop Rd Columbia (SCDOT), , , 33.9492, -80.9768, PKGUST, 33, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0733 PM, SC, Richland, McCrady TC Ft Jackson, , , 34.0396, -80.7394, PKGUST, 33, mph, RAWS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0759 PM, SC, Richland, I-20 at I-77 Columbia (SCDOT), , , 34.0671, -80.9228, PKGUST, 37, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0620 PM, SC, Richland, Flotilla Is. Lake Murray, , , 34.107, -81.271, PKGUST, 40, mph, NDBC, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0426 PM, SC, Richland, McEntire JNG, , , 33.9167, -80.7833, PKGUST, 43, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0730 PM, SC, Richland, 2.0 SE Columbia (WxSTEM), , , 33.9751, -81.0176, PKGUST, 45, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0403 PM, SC, Richland, Columbia Hamilton-Owens Apt, , , 33.9667, -81, PKGUST, 49, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0701 PM, SC, Saluda, Saluda, , , 34.116, -81.5952, PKGUST, 39, mph, CWOP, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0800 PM, SC, Sumter, 1.2 SE Sumter (WxSTEM), , , 33.9325, -80.3771, PKGUST, 30, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0515 PM, SC, Sumter, Sumter Municipal Apt, , , 34, -80.3667, PKGUST, 30, mph, AWOS, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0500 PM, SC, Sumter, 2.1 S Mulberry (WxSTEM), , , 33.9214, -80.3402, PKGUST, 39, mph, MESOWEST, Peak Wind Gust, :3/16/2026,0453 PM, SC, Sumter, Shaw AFB Sumter, , , 33.9667, -80.4667, PKGUST, 48, mph, ASOS, Peak Wind Gust, Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official. $$