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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this wind advisory at Dec 16, 2007, 4:27 AM EST for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2007, 4:27 AM EST (09:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2007, 3:09 PM EST
- In force
- 11 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 09:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.5 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
- 461 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 435 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS72 KCHS 160927 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 427 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 SCZ045-161730- /O.CAN.KCHS.LW.Y.0042.071216T1000Z-071217T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0008.071216T0927Z-071217T0000Z/ BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 427 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN DEEPEN WELL NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. THIS PATTERN WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE MOULTRIE AND ALL OF BERKELEY COUNTY. ACROSS LAKE MOULTRIE IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS THROUGH TONIGHT. WAVES WILL ALSO BUILD TO 2 TO 3 FEET...CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR BOATERS. ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTY...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH TONIGHT...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. 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. $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-161730- /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0008.071216T0927Z-071217T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.A.0010.071217T0900Z-071217T1400Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND... HALFMOON LANDING...DARIEN 427 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN DEEPEN WELL NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. THIS PATTERN WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT LATE THIS MORNING. COOLER AIR WILL ALSO FILTER INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT TO DROP TO NEAR FREEZING LEVELS ALONG THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTLINE. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS FOR A FEW HOURS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST IN AND AROUND COMMUNITIES INCLUDING DARIEN...SHELLMAN BLUFF...SUNBURY...KELLER AND WILMINGTON ISLAND. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>044-047>051- 161730- /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0008.071216T0927Z-071217T0000Z/ 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 427 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. LOW PRESSURE WILL THEN DEEPEN WELL NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. THIS PATTERN WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT LATE THIS MORNING. 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS72 KCHS 161458 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 958 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 GAZ117-119-139-141-162300- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071217T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.A.0010.071217T0900Z-071217T1400Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND... HALFMOON LANDING...DARIEN 958 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT CROSSED THE REGION THIS MORNING. THIS PATTERN WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. COOLER AIR WILL ALSO FILTER INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...ALLOWING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT TO DROP TO NEAR FREEZING ALONG THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTLINE. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATIONS FOR A FEW HOURS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST IN AND AROUND COMMUNITIES SUCH AS DARIEN...SHELLMAN BLUFF...SUNBURY...KELLER AND WILMINGTON ISLAND. A FREEZE WATCH MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. THESE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS AND OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>051- 162300- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071217T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND 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... SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER 958 AM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT THAT CROSSED THE REGION THIS MORNING. THIS PATTERN WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR STRONG WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. 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. $$
000 WWUS72 KCHS 162009 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 309 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 GAZ117-119-139-141-162115- /O.CAN.KCHS.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071217T0000Z/ /O.UPG.KCHS.FZ.A.0010.071217T0900Z-071217T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.FZ.W.0011.071217T0900Z-071217T1400Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND... HALFMOON LANDING...DARIEN 309 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 9 AM EST MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION TONIGHT...A MUCH COLDER AIRMASS WILL SHIFT INTO THE AREA. DUE TO FAIRLY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OVERNIGHT...FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL EVEN AFFECT SOME COASTAL LOCATIONS. ALTHOUGH A FREEZE ON THE IMMEDIATE COAST IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A FEW HOURS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR IN AND AROUND DARIEN...SHELLMAN BLUFF...SUNBURY...KELLER AND WILMINGTON ISLAND. A FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL SENSITIVE VEGETATION. $$ SCZ045-162115- /O.CAN.KCHS.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071217T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.LW.Y.0043.071216T2009Z-071217T1000Z/ BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 309 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST MONDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT WILL MAINTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS ON LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS SHOULD CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH TONIGHT...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. $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>044-047>051- 162115- /O.CAN.KCHS.WI.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-071217T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER 309 PM EST SUN DEC 16 2007 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AS HIGH AS 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY EARLY. HOWEVER ADVISORY CRITERIA WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 3:09 PM EST | Freeze Warning | CHS | 18 hr | |
| Dec 16, 3:09 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 20 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.