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Wind Advisory 4, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this wind advisory at Mar 5, 2013, 8:02 PM EST for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 5, 2013, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2013, 8:02 PM EST (01:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 5, 2013, 9:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2013, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 21 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 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 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
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 316 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 412 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
526 WWUS72 KCHS 060102 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 802 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 SCZ045-060915- /O.CAN.KCHS.LW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130307T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0004.130306T0200Z-130306T1000Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 802 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THIS REPLACES THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT FOR LAKE MOULTRIE. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS: STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT ON LAKE MOULTRIE. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN 10 PM THIS EVENING AND 4 AM WEDNESDAY. * WAVES: BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT ON LAKE MOULTRIE...HIGHEST CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE LAKE. 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. && $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>044-047>052-060915- /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0004.130306T0200Z-130306T1000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER... DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 802 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS BETWEEN 10 PM THIS EVENING AND 4 AM WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. && $$
5 follow-up statements
788 WWUS72 KCHS 060319 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1019 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-061000- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T1000Z/ 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 1019 PM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WINDS: SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH... SHIFTING TO WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. && $$
593 WWUS72 KCHS 060754 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 254 AM EST WED MAR 6 2013 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-061600- /O.EXT.KCHS.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T2300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 254 AM EST WED MAR 6 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE ON COASTAL BRIDGES. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES...TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. && $$
493 WWUS72 KCHS 061544 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1044 AM EST WED MAR 6 2013 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-062300- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T2300Z/ 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 1044 AM EST WED MAR 6 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: WEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 TO 45 MPH. LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE ON COASTAL BRIDGES. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES... TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. && $$
142 WWUS72 KCHS 062008 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 308 PM EST WED MAR 6 2013 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-062300- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T2300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 308 PM EST WED MAR 6 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS: WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD DOWN SMALL OR WEAK TREES... TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES COULD BE DIFFICULT TO CONTROL...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. && $$
087 WWUS72 KCHS 062257 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 557 PM EST WED MAR 6 2013 SCZ045-070500- /O.EXP.KCHS.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.LW.Y.0010.130306T2300Z-130307T0500Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 557 PM EST WED MAR 6 2013 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KNOTS. * WAVES...1 TO 2 FEET. * TIMING...TROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS... THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING WINDS AND WAVES WILL MAKE CONDITIONS DIFFICULT FOR SMALL CRAFT ON THE LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON THE OPEN LAKE WATERS. STRONG WINDS MAY LEAD TO LARGE WAVES WHICH CAN CAPSIZE BOATS. && $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>044-047>052-070000- /O.EXP.KCHS.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130306T2300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER... DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 557 PM EST WED MAR 6 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 7:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven | 41 min |
| Mar 5, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins, Screven | 43 min |
| Mar 6, 5:53 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CHS | 16 hr | |
| Mar 6, 5:57 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | CHS | Berkeley | 6 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.