Alert archive / South Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this wind advisory at Apr 26, 2012, 7:11 AM EDT for 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Apr 26, 2012, 10:57 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2012, 7:11 AM EDT (11:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2012, 10:57 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2012, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, SC
Counties Allendale County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 1691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 328 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
384 WWUS72 KCHS 261111 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 711 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 SCZ045-261915- /O.CAN.KCHS.LW.Y.0015.120426T1400Z-120426T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.120426T1500Z-120427T0000Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 711 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING WHICH INCLUDES LAKE MOULTRIE. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ON LAKE MOULTRIE WILL INCREASE TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS ON LAKE SHORES. * TIMING: LATE MORNING UNTIL NEAR SUNSET. * IMPACTS: LOOSE OR UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING WINDS AND WAVES WILL MAKE CONDITIONS DIFFICULT FOR SMALL CRAFT ON THE LAKE WITH WAVES 1 TO 2 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO LARGE WAVES WHICH CAN CAPSIZE BOATS. && $$ SCZ043-044-049-050-052-261915- /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.120426T1500Z-120427T0000Z/ INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE... EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...DANIEL ISLAND... NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 711 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * TIMING: LATE MORNING UNTIL NEAR SUNSET. * IMPACTS: LOOSE OR UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. && $$
2 follow-up statements
685 WWUS72 KCHS 261457 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1057 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 SCZ040-042-262100- /O.EXB.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.120426T1457Z-120427T0000Z/ ALLENDALE-HAMPTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON 1057 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS: SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. * TIMING: THROUGH SUNSET. * IMPACTS: LOOSE OR UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA BRIDGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. && $$ SCZ043>045-049-050-052-262100- /O.EXT.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.120426T1457Z-120427T0000Z/ INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-COASTAL COLLETON- CHARLESTON-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE... MONCKS CORNER...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...DANIEL ISLAND... NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 1057 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE EXPERIENCED ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. ALSO...WINDS ON LAKE MOULTRIE WILL INCREASE TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS ON THE LAKE SHORE. * TIMING: THROUGH SUNSET. * IMPACTS: LOOSE OR UNSECURED LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ON AREA BRIDGES. ALSO...THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING WINDS AND WAVES WILL MAKE CONDITIONS DIFFICULT FOR SMALL CRAFT ON LAKE MOULTRIE WITH WAVES 1 TO 2 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO LARGE WAVES WHICH CAN CAPSIZE BOATS. && $$
503 WWUS72 KCHS 261945 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 345 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 SCZ040-042>045-049-050-052-262045- /O.CAN.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-120427T0000Z/ ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...WALTERBORO... ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...EDISTO BEACH... CHARLESTON...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 345 PM EDT THU APR 26 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
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.