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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Charleston, SC

April 16, 20078 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina

NWS Charleston, SC issued this wind advisory at Apr 16, 2007, 5:02 AM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Apr 16, 2007, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2007, 5:02 AM EDT (09:02 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 16, 2007, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 16, 2007, 8:00 PM 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 09:07 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, 9.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2007-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2007-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000
WWUS72 KCHS 160902
NPWCHS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
502 AM EDT MON APR 16 2007

SCZ045-161600-
/O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.070416T1400Z-070417T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KCHS.LW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-070416T1400Z/
BERKELEY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER
502 AM EDT MON APR 16 2007

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR LAKE MOULTRIE...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING.

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LINGERING NORTH OF THE REGION WILL
ALLOW STRONG WINDS TO REDEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REACH 25 TO 35 MPH.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

CONDITIONS OVER LAKE MOULTRIE WILL ALSO REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR BOATERS
TODAY...WITH WINDS REACHING 25 TO 30 KNOTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
WAVES UP TO 3 FT ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG THE EASTERN SECTIONS
OF THE LAKE.

MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE TODAY
...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.


$$

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>044-047>051-161600-
/O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.070416T1400Z-070417T0000Z/
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-INLAND JASPER-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER...
STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...
FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...
HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...
HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND...
BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER
502 AM EDT MON APR 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING. 

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LINGERING NORTH OF THE REGION WILL
ALLOW STRONG WINDS TO REDEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REACH 25 TO 35 MPH.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

$$
4 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS72 KCHS 160913
NPWCHS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
513 AM EDT MON APR 16 2007

SCZ045-161400-
/O.CON.KCHS.LW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-070416T1400Z/
/O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.070416T1400Z-070417T0000Z/
BERKELEY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER
513 AM EDT MON APR 16 2007

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING FOR LAKE MOULTRIE...
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LINGERING NORTH OF THE REGION WILL
ALLOW STRONG WINDS TO REDEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REACH 25 TO 35 MPH.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

CONDITIONS OVER LAKE MOULTRIE WILL ALSO REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR
BOATERS TODAY...WITH WINDS REACHING 25 TO 30 KNOTS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. WAVES UP TO 3 FT ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG THE
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE LAKE.

MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE TODAY ...
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.

$$

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>044-047>051-161400-
/O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.070416T1400Z-070417T0000Z/
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-INLAND JASPER-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER...
STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...
FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...
HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...
HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND...
BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER
513 AM EDT MON APR 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM
EDT THIS EVENING. 

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LINGERING NORTH OF THE REGION WILL
ALLOW STRONG WINDS TO REDEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REACH 25 TO 35 MPH.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

$$
000 
WWUS72 KCHS 161351
NPWCHS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
951 AM EDT MON APR 16 2007

SCZ045-162200-
/O.EXP.KCHS.LW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-070416T1400Z/
/O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.070416T1400Z-070417T0000Z/
BERKELEY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER
951 AM EDT MON APR 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR
LAKE MOULTRIE...

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LINGERING NORTH OF THE REGION WILL
ALLOW STRONG WINDS TO RE-DEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REACH 25 TO 35 MPH.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.

ALSO...CONDITIONS OVER LAKE MOULTRIE WILL ALSO REMAIN HAZARDOUS FOR
BOATERS TODAY...WITH WINDS REACHING 25 TO 30 KNOTS THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON. WAVES UP TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG THE
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE LAKE.

MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE TODAY ...
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.

$$

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>044-047>051-162200-
/O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.070416T1400Z-070417T0000Z/
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-INLAND JASPER-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER...
STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...
FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...
HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...
HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND...
BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER
951 AM EDT MON APR 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LINGERING NORTH OF THE REGION WILL
ALLOW STRONG WINDS TO REDEVELOP BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL REACH 25 TO 35 MPH.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.

$$
000 
WWUS72 KCHS 161957
NPWCHS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
357 PM EDT MON APR 16 2007

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-170000-
/O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070417T0000Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER...
STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...
FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...
HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...
HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...
RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...
JASPER
357 PM EDT MON APR 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LINGERING NORTH OF THE REGION ALONG
WITH DEEP VERTICAL MIXING WILL ALLOW STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH TO CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING. WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.

WINDS OF THIS STRENGTH CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY
FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.

$$
000 
WWUS72 KCHS 162359
NPWCHS

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
759 PM EDT MON APR 16 2007


GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-170100-
/O.EXP.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070417T0000Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER...
STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...
FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...
HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...
HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...
RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...
JASPER
759 PM EDT MON APR 16 2007

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

RECENT OBSERVATIONS FROM ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA INDICATE THAT WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW WIND
ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. THUS THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM.

$$

JAQ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 5:09 AM EDTRed Flag WarningCHSBulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more15 hr
Apr 15, 11:56 PM EDTLake Wind AdvisoryCHSBerkeley10 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2007Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2007Every wind advisory 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.