Alert archive / South Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2011
Wind Advisory 2, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this wind advisory at Dec 27, 2011, 4:05 AM EST for 5 counties in South Carolina; 5 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Dec 27, 2011, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2011, 4:05 AM EST (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 27, 2011, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2011, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 38 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
190 WWUS72 KILM 270905 NPWILM URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 405 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 NCZ096-099-105>110-SCZ032-033-039-053>056-271800- /O.NEW.KILM.WI.Y.0002.111227T1400Z-111227T2300Z/ BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-FLORENCE- MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...WHITEVILLE...BURGAW... SURF CITY...TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON...CAROLINA BEACH... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA...SHALLOTTE... OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND...SOUTHPORT... FLORENCE...MARION...KINGSTREE...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH... NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...GARDEN CITY...ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN... MURRELLS INLET 405 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK FROM THE LATE MORNING TO THE EARLY AFTERNOON FROM FLORENCE TO ELIZABETHTOWN...AND DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH AS THE STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES AND CROSSES THE AREA. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY BLOW DOWN WEAK LIMBS AND WEAK TREES. THE DOWNED LIMBS AND TREES MAY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND BLOW AROUND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ 29
3 follow-up statements
862 WWUS72 KILM 271743 NPWILM URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1243 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 NCZ096-099-105>110-SCZ032-033-039-053>056-272300- /O.CON.KILM.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-111227T2300Z/ BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-FLORENCE- MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN- COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...WHITEVILLE...BURGAW... SURF CITY...TOPSAIL BEACH...WILMINGTON...CAROLINA BEACH... WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...LELAND...BOLIVIA...SHALLOTTE... OCEAN ISLE BEACH...HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND...SOUTHPORT... FLORENCE...MARION...KINGSTREE...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH... NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...GARDEN CITY...ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN... MURRELLS INLET 1243 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM FLORENCE TO ELIZABETHTOWN...AND DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON FOR THE COASTAL COUNTIES AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS WILL LIKELY BLOW DOWN WEAK LIMBS AND WEAK TREES. THE DOWNED LIMBS AND TREES MAY CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO IMPACT HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND BLOW AROUND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ 40
105 WWUS72 KILM 272037 NPWILM URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 337 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 NCZ096-099-105-107-109-SCZ032-033-039-053>056-272145- /O.CAN.KILM.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-111227T2300Z/ BLADEN-COLUMBUS-INLAND PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK- FLORENCE-MARION-WILLIAMSBURG-INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY- INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELIZABETHTOWN...WHITEVILLE...BURGAW... WILMINGTON...LELAND...BOLIVIA...SHALLOTTE...FLORENCE...MARION... KINGSTREE...CONWAY...MYRTLE BEACH...NORTH MYRTLE BEACH... GARDEN CITY...ANDREWS...GEORGETOWN...MURRELLS INLET 337 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT STRONG AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. $$ NCZ106-108-110-272300- /O.CON.KILM.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-111227T2300Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SURF CITY...TOPSAIL BEACH... CAROLINA BEACH...WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...OCEAN ISLE BEACH... HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND...SOUTHPORT 337 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...WINDS HAVE ALREADY PEAKED ALONG THE COAST...BUT ISOLATED GUSTS UP TO AROUND 45 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN WEAK LIMBS AND POORLY ANCHORED TREES. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BLOW AROUND ANY LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... GUSTY WINDS CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS. && $$ 40
969 WWUS72 KILM 272303 NPWILM URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 603 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... NCZ106-108-110-280015- /O.EXP.KILM.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-111227T2300Z/ COASTAL PENDER-COASTAL NEW HANOVER-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SURF CITY...TOPSAIL BEACH... CAROLINA BEACH...WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...OCEAN ISLE BEACH... HOLDEN BEACH...OAK ISLAND...SOUTHPORT 603 PM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS WILL REMAIN BREEZY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT STRONG AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. $$ 1
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27, 3:55 AM EST | Gale Warning | ILM | 14 hr | |
| Dec 27, 11:06 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 54 min | |
| Dec 27, 11:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Florence, Marion, Marlboro, Williamsburg | 49 min |
| Dec 27, 11:51 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 39 min | |
| Dec 27, 12:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Dillon, Florence, Marion, Williamsburg | 66 min |
| Dec 27, 12:25 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 50 min | |
| Dec 27, 12:36 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | ILM | 21 hr | |
| Dec 27, 1:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Georgetown, Horry | 46 min |
| Dec 27, 1:31 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 59 min | |
| Dec 27, 12:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 24 min |
| Dec 27, 12:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 60 min |
| Dec 27, 1:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Pender | 60 min |
| Dec 27, 2:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover | 57 min |
| Dec 27, 2:44 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender | 61 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2011Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2011Every 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.