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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this wind advisory at Jan 21, 2014, 3:32 AM EST for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Jan 21, 2014, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2014, 3:32 AM EST (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2014, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2014, 9:15 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, 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 08:29 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 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
- 2768 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
143 WWUS72 KCHS 210832 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 332 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 SCZ045-211645- /O.CAN.KCHS.LW.Y.0006.140121T1600Z-140122T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.140121T1800Z-140122T0000Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 332 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON 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. STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES ON LAKE MOULTRIE WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED. MARINERS SHOULD AVOID VENTURING ONTO LAKE MOULTRIE. LAKE WIND ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT. && $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-116>119-SCZ040-042>044-047>052-211645- /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.140121T1800Z-140122T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN- COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-ALLENDALE-HAMPTON- INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT- COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...PEMBROKE...FORT MCALLISTER... SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...WALTERBORO... ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD... EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND... NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 332 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$
4 follow-up statements
137 WWUS72 KCHS 211617 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1117 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 GAZ087-088-099>101-116>119-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-220000- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.140121T1800Z-140122T0000Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN- COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-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...PEMBROKE...FORT MCALLISTER... SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...WALTERBORO... ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT... HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER... DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 1117 AM EST TUE JAN 21 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. STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES ON LAKE MOULTRIE WILL ALSO CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
411 WWUS72 KCHS 212052 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 352 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 GAZ114-115-137>141-220300- /O.EXB.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T0300Z/ TATTNALL-EVANS-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY- INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN 352 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-116>119-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-220300- /O.EXT.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T0300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-INLAND BRYAN- COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-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...PEMBROKE...FORT MCALLISTER... SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...WALTERBORO... ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT... HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER... DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 352 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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. STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES ON LAKE MOULTRIE WILL ALSO CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
050 WWUS72 KCHS 212257 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 557 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-220300- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T0300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 557 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. WINDS OF THIS LEVEL MAY BREAK LIMBS AND SMALL TREES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES ON LAKE MOULTRIE WILL ALSO CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. REMAIN IN PORT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$
279 WWUS72 KCHS 220215 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 915 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 SCZ045-221000- /O.CAN.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.LW.Y.0007.140122T0215Z-140122T1000Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 915 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 KNOTS. * WAVES...AROUND 2 FEET. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES ON LAKE MOULTRIE WILL MAKE CONDITIONS DIFFICULT FOR SMALL CRAFT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS ON LAKE MOULTRIE SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION SINCE STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES CAN OVERTURN SMALL CRAFT. && $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>044-047>052-220315- /O.CAN.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T0300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER... DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 915 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE PASSED AND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ALONG AND EAST OF THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY THROUGH EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH AT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITIES SUCH AS MCCLELLANVILLE...WILD DUNES...ISLE OF PALMS...FOLLY BEACH...KIAWAH ISLAND...EDISTO BEACH...FRIPP ISLAND...HUNTING ISLAND...HILTON HEAD...TYBEE ISLAND AND SAPELO ISLAND. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 2:41 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Chatham, Liberty, McIntosh | 64 min |
| Jan 20, 8:52 PM EST | Gale Warning | CHS | 31 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | CHS | Charleston | 25 min |
| Jan 21, 4:03 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 27 min | |
| Jan 21, 4:13 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CHS | 32 min |
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.