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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this wind advisory at Feb 24, 2012, 3:39 AM EST for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Feb 24, 2012, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2012, 3:39 AM EST (08:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2012, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 9 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 08:41 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, 8.7 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
- 1489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 464 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
279 WWUS72 KCHS 240839 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 339 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 SCZ045-241700- /O.CAN.KCHS.LW.Y.0008.120224T1400Z-120225T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0001.120224T1500Z-120225T0000Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 339 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS ON SOME OF THE TALLER BRIDGES MAY BE EVEN STRONGER. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID-MORNING AND BE STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW AWAY UNSECURED OUTDOOR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE...ESPECIALLY ON THE OPEN LAKE WATERS. STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO LARGE WAVES WHICH CAN CAPSIZE BOATS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT ARE LIGHT WEIGHT...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. && $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>044-047>052-241700- /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0001.120224T1500Z-120225T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER... DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 339 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATIONS: SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING UP TO 40 TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS ON SOME OF THE TALLER BRIDGES MAY BE EVEN STRONGER. * TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID-MORNING AND BE STRONGEST DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW AWAY UNSECURED OUTDOOR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT ARE LIGHT WEIGHT...SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. && $$ JAQ
3 follow-up statements
333 WWUS72 KCHS 241632 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1132 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-242300- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120225T0000Z/ 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 BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- 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...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 1132 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS: SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS ON SOME OF THE TALLER BRIDGES MAY BE EVEN STRONGER. * TIMING: THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW AWAY UNSECURED OUTDOOR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT ARE LIGHT WEIGHT... SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. && $$
699 WWUS72 KCHS 242059 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 359 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-250000- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120225T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 359 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS: SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. WINDS ON SOME OF THE TALLER BRIDGES MAY BE EVEN STRONGER. * TIMING: THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: STRONG WINDS CAN BLOW AWAY UNSECURED OUTDOOR LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS AND MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. TAKE ACTION TO SECURE OUTDOOR OBJECTS THAT ARE LIGHT WEIGHT... SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE. && $$
858 WWUS72 KCHS 250010 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 710 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 SCZ045-250815- /O.EXP.KCHS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.LW.Y.0009.120225T0010Z-120225T1500Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 710 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST SATURDAY. * WINDS: WEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS...BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISHING TO 15 KT BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING: THROUGH LATE SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LARGE WAVES WILL MAKE CONDITIONS DIFFICULT FOR SMALL CRAFT ON THE LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH 10 AM EST SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ON THE OPEN LAKE WATERS. STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO LARGE WAVES WHICH CAN CAPSIZE BOATS. && $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>044-047>052-250115- /O.EXP.KCHS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120225T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER... DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 710 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, Evans, Liberty and 2 more | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 3:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham | 66 min |
| Feb 24, 3:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Screven and 1 more | 57 min |
| Feb 24, 3:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bryan, Chatham, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Tattnall | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 4:17 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 58 min | |
| Feb 24, 4:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Jenkins, Screven | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 4:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 4:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Effingham, Screven | 63 min |
| Feb 24, 5:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 95 min | |
| Feb 24, 6:44 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 46 min | |
| Feb 24, 5:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CHS | Colleton, Dorchester | 29 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Georgia, 2012Wind Advisories in South Carolina, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.