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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

November 11, 20096 counties in South Carolina; Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this wind advisory at Nov 11, 2009, 10:39 AM EST for 6 counties in South Carolina; Bladen County, Columbus County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 11, 2009, 10:39 AM EST (15:39 UTC)
Expired
Nov 11, 2009, 8:36 PM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Bladen County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:40 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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 206 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2009-11-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2009-11-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
501 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 11, 7:30 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILMGeorgetown, Williamsburg78 min
Nov 11, 8:43 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningILMFlorence, Georgetown, Horry, Marion, Williamsburg78 min
Nov 11, 9:13 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningILMHorry, Marion3 hr
Nov 11, 9:50 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningILMBladen, Columbus, Pender, Robeson3 hr
Nov 11, 11:00 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender3 hr
Nov 11, 5:40 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningILMPender3 hr

Nearby

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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.