Alert archive / Georgia / Freeze Warnings in 2007
Freeze Warning 3, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this freeze warning at Mar 17, 2007, 4:32 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 18, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 17, 2007, 4:32 AM EDT (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2007, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2007, 9:33 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Bulloch County, GA, Candler County, GA, Effingham County, GA, Evans County, GA, Jenkins County, GA, Long County, GA, Screven County, GA, Tattnall County, GA, Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -95 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 170832 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 432 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 SCZ045-172100- /O.UPG.KCHS.FZ.A.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.LW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-070317T2200Z/ BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 432 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF BERKELEY COUNTY...WITH A LIGHT FREEZE LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. THEREFORE...A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL OR DAMAGE FREEZE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. ON LAKE MOULTRIE...MOSTLY NORTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ON THE OPEN LAKE WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND CLOSER TO SHORE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. VERY ROUGH CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON THE OPEN LAKE WATERS. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WAVES UP TO 2 OR 3 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE LAKE. 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. $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>044-047>051- 172100- /O.UPG.KCHS.FZ.A.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER 432 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A LIGHT FREEZE IS LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. FREEZING CONDITIONS WILL EVEN BE POSSIBLE WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. HOWEVER... SHORELINE COMMUNITIES...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT AND DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD ABOVE FREEZING TONIGHT. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL OR DAMAGE FREEZE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KCHS 171119 CCA NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 716 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 SCZ045-180000- /O.UPG.KCHS.FZ.A.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ /O.COR.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ /O.COR.KCHS.LW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-070317T2200Z/ BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 716 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 CORRECTED HEADLINE ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF BERKELEY COUNTY...WITH A LIGHT FREEZE LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. THEREFORE...A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL OR DAMAGE FREEZE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. ON LAKE MOULTRIE...MOSTLY NORTHWEST WINDS OF AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED ON THE OPEN LAKE WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND CLOSER TO SHORE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. VERY ROUGH CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON THE OPEN LAKE WATERS. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WAVES UP TO 2 OR 3 FEET POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE LAKE. 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. $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>044-047>051- 180000- /O.UPG.KCHS.FZ.A.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER 716 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A LIGHT FREEZE IS LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. FREEZING CONDITIONS WILL EVEN BE POSSIBLE WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. HOWEVER... SHORELINE COMMUNITIES...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT AND DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD ABOVE FREEZING TONIGHT. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL OR DAMAGE FREEZE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$
000 WWUS72 KCHS 171923 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 323 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 SCZ045-180400- /O.NEW.KCHS.FZ.A.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KCHS.LW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-070318T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 323 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LAKE MOULTRIE. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF BERKELEY COUNTY...WITH A LIGHT FREEZE LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. THEREFORE...A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES AS COLD...OR EVEN COLDER...THAN TONIGHT ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. A HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE IN RURAL LOCATIONS. IF FREEZING CONDITIONS STILL APPEAR LIKELY LATE TONIGHT...A FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION FROM THE COLD. 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. ON LAKE MOULTRIE...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SUNSET BEFORE QUICKLY DIMINISHING. MARINERS SHOULD USE CAUTION ON THE LAKE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>044-047>051- 180400- /O.NEW.KCHS.FZ.A.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER 323 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS... TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A LIGHT FREEZE IS LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. FREEZING CONDITIONS WILL EVEN BE POSSIBLE WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. HOWEVER...SHORELINE COMMUNITIES...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT AND DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD ABOVE FREEZING TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES AS COLD...OR EVEN COLDER...THAN TONIGHT ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. A HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR INLAND AREAS AND RURAL LOCATIONS. IF FREEZING CONDITIONS STILL APPEAR LIKELY LATE TONIGHT...A FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION FROM THE COLD. 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. $$ GAZ117-119-180400- /O.NEW.KCHS.FZ.A.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND 323 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. COOL HIGH PRESSURE ALONG WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO QUICKLY DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST. AT THIS TIME...A LIGHT FREEZE APPEARS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF COASTAL BRYAN AND COASTAL CHATHAM COUNTIES. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT IF CONDITIONS STILL SEEM FAVORABLE FOR A FREEZE IN THESE AREAS. $$ JRL
000 WWUS72 KCHS 172354 AAA NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 754 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 SCZ045-181100- /O.EXT.KCHS.LW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-070318T0400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.A.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 754 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF BERKELEY COUNTY...WITH A LIGHT FREEZE LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. THEREFORE...A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES AS COLD...OR EVEN COLDER...THAN TONIGHT ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. A HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE IN RURAL LOCATIONS. IF FREEZING CONDITIONS STILL APPEAR LIKELY LATE TONIGHT...A FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION FROM THE COLD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. ON LAKE MOULTRIE...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT. RECENT REPORTS OF 2 TO 3 FT ALONG THE SOUTHERN LAKE SHORE AND WILL CONTINUE UNTIL CONDITIONS DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MARINERS SHOULD USE CAUTION ON THE LAKE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>044-047>051- 181100- /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.A.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER 754 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS... TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A LIGHT FREEZE IS LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. FREEZING CONDITIONS WILL EVEN BE POSSIBLE WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. HOWEVER...SHORELINE COMMUNITIES...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT AND DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD ABOVE FREEZING TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES AS COLD...OR EVEN COLDER...THAN TONIGHT ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. A HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR INLAND AREAS AND RURAL LOCATIONS. IF FREEZING CONDITIONS STILL APPEAR LIKELY LATE TONIGHT...A FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION FROM THE COLD. 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. $$ GAZ117-119-181100- /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.A.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND 754 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. COOL HIGH PRESSURE ALONG WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO QUICKLY DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST. AT THIS TIME...A LIGHT FREEZE APPEARS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF WILMINGTON ISLAND...SKIDAWAY ISLAND AND OSSABAW ISLAND. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT IF CONDITIONS STILL SEEM FAVORABLE FOR A FREEZE IN THESE AREAS. $$
000 WWUS72 KCHS 180326 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1126 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 SCZ045-181000- /O.CAN.KCHS.LW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-070318T0400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.A.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 1126 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS AFTER MIDNIGHT...TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF BERKELEY COUNTY...WITH A LIGHT FREEZE LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. THEREFORE...A FREEZE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES AS COLD...OR EVEN COLDER...THAN TONIGHT ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. A HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE IN RURAL LOCATIONS. IF FREEZING CONDITIONS STILL APPEAR LIKELY LATE TONIGHT...A FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION FROM THE COLD. 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. ON LAKE MOULTRIE...WINDS HAVE DECREASED INTO THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT...THE LAKE WIND ADVSIORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL FREEZE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>044-047>051- 181000- /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.070318T0400Z-070318T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.A.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER 1126 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT SUNDAY. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. DUE TO CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS... TEMPERATURES TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. A LIGHT FREEZE IS LIKELY IN MANY AREAS. FREEZING CONDITIONS WILL EVEN BE POSSIBLE WITHIN A FEW MILES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. HOWEVER...SHORELINE COMMUNITIES...DOWNTOWN CHARLESTON...DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT AND DOWNTOWN SAVANNAH ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD ABOVE FREEZING TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES AS COLD...OR EVEN COLDER...THAN TONIGHT ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. A HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR INLAND AREAS AND RURAL LOCATIONS. IF FREEZING CONDITIONS STILL APPEAR LIKELY LATE TONIGHT...A FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT. NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION FROM THE COLD. 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. $$ GAZ117-119-181000- /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.A.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND 1126 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. COOL HIGH PRESSURE ALONG WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO QUICKLY DROP INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S SUNDAY NIGHT ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST. AT THIS TIME...A LIGHT FREEZE APPEARS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEST OF WILMINGTON ISLAND... SKIDAWAY ISLAND AND OSSABAW ISLAND. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB- FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FREEZE WARNING WILL BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT IF CONDITIONS STILL SEEM FAVORABLE FOR A FREEZE IN THESE AREAS. $$
000 WWUS72 KCHS 180801 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 401 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 GAZ117-119-180915- /O.CAN.KCHS.FZ.A.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND 401 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 ...FREEZE WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WATCH. A WEAK ONSHORE FLOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE FREEZING TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE SEVERAL MILES INLAND FROM THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS. $$ GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042>045-047-182030- /O.UPG.KCHS.FZ.A.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.FZ.W.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070318T1400Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER- BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND 401 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS HAS SETTLED ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW FREEZING EARLY THIS MORNING SHOULD BEGIN TO RISE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. A LIGHT FREEZE WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN MANY INLAND AREAS. TEMPERATURES AS COLD...OR EVEN COLDER...ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TONIGHT. DUE TO HIGHER SURFACE MOISTURE LEVELS...SCATTERED...OR EVEN WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY TONIGHT. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL FREEZE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ GAZ099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ048>051-182030- /O.UPG.KCHS.FZ.A.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.FR.Y.0003.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070318T1400Z/ CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN- INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...METTER...STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD... REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH... CHARLESTON...JASPER 401 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS HAS SETTLED ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES AROUND FREEZING WELL INLAND EARLY THIS MORNING SHOULD BEGIN TO RISE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. A LIGHT FREEZE WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN SOME FAR INLAND AREAS. TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 33 TO 36 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. DUE TO HIGHER SURFACE MOISTURE LEVELS...SCATTERED...OR EVEN WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY TONIGHT. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL FREEZE SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$
000 WWUS72 KCHS 181333 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 933 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 GAZ087-088-SCZ040-042>045-047-181500- /O.CAN.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070318T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.W.0004.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER- BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND 933 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS HAS SETTLED ACROSS THE REGION. COLD TEMPERATURES...POSSIBLY COLDER THAN THIS MORNING...ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. DUE TO HIGHER SURFACE MOISTURE LEVELS...SCATTERED...OR EVEN WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY TONIGHT. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ GAZ099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ048>051-181500- /O.CAN.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070318T1400Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FR.Y.0003.070319T0400Z-070319T1400Z/ CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN- INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...METTER...STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD... REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH... CHARLESTON...JASPER 933 AM EDT SUN MAR 18 2007 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY... ...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE FREEZE WARNING. A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT MONDAY. A MUCH COOLER AIRMASS HAS SETTLED ACROSS THE REGION. COLD TEMPERATURES...RANGING FROM 33 TO 36 DEGREES...ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. DUE TO HIGHER SURFACE MOISTURE LEVELS...SCATTERED...OR EVEN WIDESPREAD FROST IS LIKELY TONIGHT. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. $$ JRL
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this freeze warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this freeze warning went out at Mar 17, 4:00 AM EDT, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 4:00 AM EDT, 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
400 AM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007
.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
MUCH COLDER H85 AIR AND STRONG CAA ON TAP TODAY...BUT BLYR FLOW
WILL GENERALLY BE ON A DOWNSLOPE COMPONENT WHICH SHOULD ADD SEVERAL
DEGREES TO MODEL LOW LEVEL THICKNESS VALUES IN THE MID 50S. THUS
HIGHS WILL STRUGGLE TO HIT 60 DEGREES FOR NRN AREAS TODAY WITH LOWER
60S IN PARTS OF SE GEORGIA. IT WILL BE BREEZY AND MUCH DRIER TODAY
AS WELL. OTHER THAN A FEW LINGERING CLOUDS AROUND THE SAVANNAH RIVER
COUNTIES AT DAWN...SKIES SHOULD BE GENERALLY SUNNY.
MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM INVOLVES COLD NIGHTS BOTH TONIGHT AND AGAIN
SUN NIGHT. WE THINK IT IS PRUDENT TO UPGRADE OUR FREEZE WATCH TONIGHT
TO A WARNING AT THIS JUNCTURE BUT THERE REMAIN SOME DOUBT AS TO THE
FREEZING LINE ALIGNMENT AND SUBTLE METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS WHICH
COULD TILT THE FORECAST A LITTLE WARMER...ESPECIALLY CLOSER TO THE
COAST ALONG THE U.S. 17 CORRIDOR FROM CHS TO SAV AND FURTHER DOWN
INTO INLAND SE GEORGIA CLOSER TO THE ALTAMAHA.
SUN NIGHT LOOKS TO BE AN EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD RADIATIONAL SETUP AND
WITH SFC DEW POINT RECOVERIES...THERE COULD BE A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE
FROST EVENT AWAY FROM THE COAST. WE HAVE INTRODUCED PTCHY FROST BUT
LATER SHIFTS MAY NEED TO GO WITH MORE FROST COVERAGE AND ADVISORIES.
MODERATION INTO THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 ON MONDAY AS SFC HIGH PRES
OFF THE COAST INVOKES RETURN FLOW. THERE WILL PROBABLY BE SOME HIGH
CLOUDS AND MAYBE SOME AFTN CU/SC INLAND.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE CONSIDERABLY MILDER ON TUE MORNING WITH LOWS
IN THE 40S MOST AREAS. MODERATION IN DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL SEND
READINGS WELL UP INTO THE 70S FROM TUE ON. MAINTAINED A DRY FORECAST
THIS MORNING.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
RAINFALL WAS NOT VERY SUBSTANTIAL IN SE GEORGIA YSTDY...BUT 1/2 TO
1.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN MANY AREAS TO THE E OF I-95 IN SOUTH
CAROLINA. WE ARE STILL GOING TO ADVERTISE CRITICAL RH ACROSS
THE AREA THIS WEEKEND BUT WINDS TODAY WILL BE VRY CLOSE TO CRITERIA
AS WELL...ESPECIALLY IN SE GEORGIA WHERE CRITERIA IS A BIT LOWER.
WILL ALLOW DAY SHIFT AN OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW 12Z UPSTREAM SOUNDINGS
AND POSSIBLE TOUCH BASE WITH USFWS FIRE OFFICIALS ONCE MORE AS SPC
WAS UPGRADING FIRE OUTLOOK IN SE GEORGIA INTO CRITICAL DAY 1 STATUS.
&&
.LAKE WINDS...
STRONG MIXING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT TODAY WILL KEEP FAIRLY
STRONG WINDS...MAINLY AROUND 20 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS GOING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ON LAKE MOULTRIE. EXPECT WINDS TO DIMINISH BY
LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING. WILL
CONTINUE WITH LAKE WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 6 PM TODAY.
&&
.MARINE...
STRONG PRESSURE RISES BEHIND A COLD FRONT CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH LARGEST RISES ARE
ALREADY EAST OF THE AREA. THE COMBINATION OF AN ABRUPT INCREASE IN
OFFSHORE WINDS OVERNIGHT AND A EASTERLY SWELL HAS RESULTED IN A
VERY CHAOTIC SEA AS REPORTED RECENTLY BY THE CHARLESTON PILOT BOAT.
WINDS CURRENTLY NEAR 20 KNOTS IN THE 0-20 NEAR SHORE WATERS WITH
WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS IN GA WATERS 20-60 NM OFFSHORE. EXPECT WINDS TO
GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY...BUT WITH THE CHAOTIC SEA STATE HAVE
DECIDED TO EXTEND THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE 0-20 NM NEARSHORE
WATERS UNTIL 10AM. WILL CONTINUE WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON FOR CHARLESTON HARBOR AS WELL AS THE OFFSHORE GEORGIA
WATERS.
IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY WITH
DECREASING WINDS AND SEAS AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE WATERS
BY SUNDAY EVENING.
&&
.AVIATION /06Z-06Z/...
LATEST SATELLITE IMAGES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW GENERALLY 3 TO
4 THOUSAND FOOT CEILINGS AROUND THE CHARLESTON AREA AND FROM
SAVANNAH UP THE SAVANNAH RIVER TO NEAR AUGUSTA. THESE CLOUDS
CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEAST AS DOWNSLOPE WINDS CONTINUE HELP AID IN
THE DRYING OF THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. AS A
RESULT...EXPECT THE CLOUDS TO CLEAR CHARLESTON AIRPORT BY 09Z AND
THE SAVANNAH AIRPORT BY 11 OR 12Z. AFTERWARDS VFR CONDITIONS WILL
PREVAIL THROUGH AT LEAST 06Z SUNDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH THE
HEATING OF THE DAY AND COULD HAVE SOME GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS OR SO AT
CHS AND 22 KNOTS OR SO AT SAV. WINDS WILL DECREASE QUITE A BIT THIS
EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF HEATING.
&&
.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT FOR
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140.
SC...FREEZE WARNING TONIGHT FOR SCZ040-042>045-047>051.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH 6 PM EDT TODAY
SCZ045.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY AMZ330-350-352-354-374.
&&
24/MTEHazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 7:56 PM EDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 756 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040- 042>045-047>051-171000- CHARLESTON HARBOR- WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM-JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- 756 PM EDT FRI MAR 16 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA... SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT. .LAKE WINDS...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT. REFER TO THE RECREATIONAL FORECAST AND THE NON-PRECIPITATION PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .RIVER FLOODING...A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOWER SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN SOUTH CAROLINA...AND FOR THE OGEECHEE RIVER NEAR EDEN GEORGIA. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. .LAKE WINDS...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. REFER TO THE RECREATIONAL FORECAST AND THE NON-PRECIPITATION PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .RIVER FLOODING...MODERATE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE LOWER SANTEE RIVER AT JAMESTOWN...AND MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE OGEECHEE RIVER NEAR EDEN. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .FROST/FREEZE...A FREEZE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA FOR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. REFER TO THE LATEST NON-PRECIPITATION PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .FIRE WEATHER...CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. NEAR CRITICAL WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT. 33
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 10:06 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:23 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
Freeze Warnings in Georgia, 2007Freeze Warnings in South Carolina, 2007Every freeze warning in 2007
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.