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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this wind advisory at Jan 6, 2014, 3:28 AM EST for 8 counties in Georgia; Allendale County, Hampton County, South Carolina. It took effect at Jan 6, 2014, 5:24 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2014, 3:28 AM EST (08:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2014, 5:24 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2014, 1:37 PM EST
- In force
- 8 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, Hampton County, SC
The radar
The Charleston,SC radar (KCLX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
531 WWUS72 KCHS 060828 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 328 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-051-061630- /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0002.140106T1500Z-140107T0000Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FG.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1100Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND... HALFMOON LANDING...DARIEN...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...JASPER 328 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...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. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES ALONG SOME BEACHES AND BARRIER ISLANDS...IMPROVING TOWARD DAYBREAK THIS MORNING. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * FOG IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITY WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. * WIND IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR INCREASED TRAVEL TIME. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042-047-061630- /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0002.140106T1500Z-140107T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...RIDGELAND 328 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$ SCZ045-061630- /O.EXT.KCHS.LW.Y.0003.140106T0900Z-140107T1700Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 328 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT. * WAVES...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FEET MONDAY AND CONTINUING MONDAY NIGHT...THEN 1 TO 2 FEET TUESDAY. WAVES MAY OCCASIONALLY REACH NEAR 4 FEET OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE LAKE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES ON LAKE MOULTRIE WILL MAKE CONDITIONS DIFFICULT FOR SMALL CRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NAVIGATION ON LAKE MOULTRIE IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. BUT IF YOU MUST BE ON THE LAKE...MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION SINCE STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES CAN OVERTURN SMALL CRAFT. && $$ SCZ049-050-061100- /O.CON.KCHS.FG.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1100Z/ COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON 328 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATIONS...THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND EAST OF ROUTE 17. * IMPACTS...LOW VISIBILITY WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR INCREASED TRAVEL TIME. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. && $$
3 follow-up statements
121 WWUS72 KCHS 061024 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 524 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 GAZ117-119-139-141-SCZ048-051-061830- /O.CAN.KCHS.FG.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1100Z/ /O.EXT.KCHS.WI.Y.0002.140106T1024Z-140107T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND... HALFMOON LANDING...DARIEN...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...JASPER 524 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * WIND IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$ SCZ049-050-061130- /O.CAN.KCHS.FG.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-140106T1100Z/ COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON 524 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY. STRONG WINDS AT THE SURFACE EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE RESULTING IN IMPROVED VISIBILITIES ALONG THE COAST. THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS CANCELLED ALTHOUGH SOME PATCHY FOG MAKE LINGER THROUGH DAWN. $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042-047-061830- /O.EXT.KCHS.WI.Y.0002.140106T1024Z-140107T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...RIDGELAND 524 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$ SCZ045-061830- /O.CON.KCHS.LW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140107T1700Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 524 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS. * WAVES...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FEET...OCCASIONALLY REACHING NEAR 4 FEET OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE LAKE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES ON LAKE MOULTRIE WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NAVIGATION ON LAKE MOULTRIE IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED INTO EARLY TUESDAY. BUT IF YOU MUST BE ON THE LAKE...MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION SINCE STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES CAN OVERTURN SMALL CRAFT. && $$
293 WWUS72 KCHS 061413 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 913 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042-047-048-051-062215- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T0000Z/ 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 JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- 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...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...JASPER 913 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$ SCZ045-062215- /O.CON.KCHS.LW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140107T1700Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 913 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS. * WAVES...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FEET...OCCASIONALLY REACHING NEAR 4 FEET OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE LAKE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES ON LAKE MOULTRIE WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NAVIGATION ON LAKE MOULTRIE IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED INTO EARLY TUESDAY. BUT IF YOU MUST BE ON THE LAKE...MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION SINCE STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES CAN OVERTURN SMALL CRAFT. && $$ JRL
074 WWUS72 KCHS 061837 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 137 PM EST MON JAN 6 2014 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042-047-048-051-061945- /O.CAN.KCHS.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T0000Z/ 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 JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER- 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...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...JASPER 137 PM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. $$ SCZ045-070245- /O.CON.KCHS.LW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140107T1700Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 137 PM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TUESDAY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS. * WAVES...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FEET...OCCASIONALLY REACHING NEAR 4 FEET OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE LAKE. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES ON LAKE MOULTRIE WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NAVIGATION ON LAKE MOULTRIE IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED INTO EARLY TUESDAY. BUT IF YOU MUST BE ON THE LAKE...MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION SINCE STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES CAN OVERTURN SMALL CRAFT. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 9:33 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | CHS | 8 hr | |
| Jan 6, 3:22 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 31 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.