Alert archive / South Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2006
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this wind advisory at Jan 18, 2006, 3:26 AM EST for 5 counties in South Carolina; Jenkins County, Screven County, Georgia. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2006, 3:26 AM EST (08:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2006, 3:26 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Jenkins County, GA, Screven County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 94 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 378 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KCHS 180826 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 326 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 .GUSTY WEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS ON AREA BRIDGES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. SCZ045-182100- /O.CAN.KCHS.LW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-060118T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0002.060118T0826Z-060118T2100Z/ BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 326 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST EARLY THIS MORNING AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. A FEW HIGHER GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS ON AREA ROADWAYS TODAY. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SO THAT THEY DO NOT BLOW AWAY. THIS INCLUDES THINGS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND LIGHT SIGNS. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE AFTERNOON. MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...HOWEVER A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE MAY BE NEEDED INTO EARLY EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$ GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042>044-047>051-182100- /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0002.060118T0826Z-060118T2100Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER 326 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST EARLY THIS MORNING AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. A FEW HIGHER GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS ON AREA ROADWAYS TODAY. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SO THAT THEY DO NOT BLOW AWAY. THIS INCLUDES THINGS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS...LAWN FURNITURE...AND LIGHT SIGNS. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE AFTERNOON. MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$ 24
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KCHS 181655 AAA NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1155 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-182100- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060118T2100Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER- BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER 1155 AM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... WEST WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE GUSTY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 35 MPH. GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ON ELEVATED SURFACES...SUCH AS ATOP BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS ON AREA ROADWAYS TODAY. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA BY LATE AFTERNOON. MUCH LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$ JRL
000 WWUS72 KCHS 182026 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 326 PM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WINDS TO CONTINUE TO REMAIN GUSTY THIS EVENING... SCZ045-190300- /O.CAN.KCHS.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060118T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.LW.Y.0006.060118T2026Z-060119T0300Z/ BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 326 PM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SUCH WINDS ARE BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA BUT WELL WITHIN LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON THE OPEN LAKE WATERS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$ GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042>044-047>051-182130- /O.CAN.KCHS.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060118T2100Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER 326 PM EST WED JAN 18 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING...WHICH IS BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ RJB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 3:26 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 3 hr |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2006Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2006Every wind advisory in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.