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Lake Wind Advisory 41, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this lake wind advisory at Dec 7, 2011, 3:50 PM EST for Berkeley County, South Carolina. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 7, 2011, 3:50 PM EST (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2011, 3:49 AM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
County Berkeley County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this lake wind advisory 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 lake wind advisory went out at Dec 7, 3:45 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 7, 3:45 PM EST, 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 7, 11:54 AM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1154 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042-043-047>049-051-081000- 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-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-COASTAL JASPER- 1154 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SCZ044-045-050-052-081000- DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-TIDAL BERKELEY- 1154 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ330-350-352-354-081000- 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- 1154 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. AMZ374-081000- WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 1154 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011 ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. GALE WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 7, 2:12 PM EST, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
212 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011
GAZ088-100-101-SCZ040-042-072000-
ALLENDALE-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-HAMPTON-SCREVEN-
212 PM EST WED DEC 7 2011
...SHOWERS PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF
SCREVEN...BULLOCH...ALLENDALE...EFFINGHAM AND HAMPTON COUNTIES
THROUGH 300 PM EST...
AT 205 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SHOWERS PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
MILES NORTHWEST OF MILLETT TO KENNEDY POND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
TO...BROOKLET...BURTONS FERRY LANDING...CLYO...GEORGIA SOUTHERN...
GUYTON...HILLTONIA...NEWINGTON...SPRINGFIELD...STATESBORO...
STILLWELL...STILSON...SYLVANIA...ALLENDALE...BARTON...ESTILL...
FAIRFAX...HAMPTON...MARTIN...MILLETT...SCOTIA...SYCAMORE AND
ULMER...
PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALTHOUGH NO LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING...THESE SHOWERS ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS WHICH MAY BLOW OVER TENTS...OUTDOOR
FURNITURE...AND HANGING OBJECTS. IF TIME PERMITS SECURE VULNERABLE
OBJECTS AND GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3294 8174 3304 8157 3310 8162 3316 8154
3311 8136 3312 8119 3303 8108 3262 8118
3256 8128 3254 8128 3252 8123 3248 8122
3230 8126 3230 8187
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 267DEG 31KT 3319 8155 3235 8177
JAQSpecial weather statement, Dec 7, 2:44 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 3:38 AM EST | Gale Warning | CHS | 24 hr | |
| Dec 7, 2:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 48 min |
| Dec 7, 2:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Effingham | 46 min |
| Dec 7, 4:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 2 hr | |
| Dec 7, 11:17 AM EST | Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley, Dorchester | 5 hr |
| Dec 7, 3:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Beaufort, Colleton, Dorchester | 43 min |
| Dec 7, 4:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Berkeley, Charleston | 44 min |
| Dec 7, 4:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 39 min |
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Lake Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2011Every lake wind advisory in 2011
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.