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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Charleston, SC
NWS Charleston, SC issued this wind advisory at Mar 12, 2014, 1:58 PM EDT for 8 counties in Georgia; 5 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 12, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2014, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2014, 4:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 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
- 502 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
777 WWUS72 KCHS 121758 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 158 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 SCZ045-130200- /O.CAN.KCHS.LW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140313T1600Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0005.140312T2000Z-140313T0600Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 158 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...BECOMING WEST BY THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS ON LAKE MOULTRIE...STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. * OTHER WIND IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.SMALL TREE LIMBS COULD FALL ONTO POWER LINES. 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. MARINERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN OFF LAKE MOULTRIE. && $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>044-047>052-130200- /O.NEW.KCHS.WI.Y.0005.140312T2000Z-140313T0600Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG- INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER... DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 158 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...BECOMING WEST BY THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.SMALL TREE LIMBS COULD FALL ONTO POWER LINES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$
3 follow-up statements
671 WWUS72 KCHS 121936 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 336 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>052- 130500- /O.NEW.KCHS.FZ.A.0002.140314T0600Z-140314T1300Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0005.140312T2000Z-140313T0600Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND 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... SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 336 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...BECOMING WEST BY THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S FAR INLAND TO LOWER 30S CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FREEZE ON THE IMMEDIATE COAST IS NOT ANTICIPATED HOWEVER FROST COULD DEVELOP. SENSITIVE VEGETATION THAT HAS ALREADY SPROUTED COULD BE DAMAGED IF NOT PROTECTED. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.SMALL TREE LIMBS COULD FALL ONTO POWER LINES. 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. BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WHICH COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND DAMAGE UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLUMBING. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-130500- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0005.140312T2000Z-140313T0600Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND... HALFMOON LANDING...DARIEN 336 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...BECOMING WEST BY THIS EVENING...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SMALL TREE LIMBS COULD FALL ONTO POWER LINES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$ JRL
128 WWUS72 KCHS 130222 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1022 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>045-047>052- 131030- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140313T0600Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.A.0002.140314T0600Z-140314T1300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND 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... SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER...DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 1022 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S FAR INLAND TO LOWER 30S CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FREEZE ON THE IMMEDIATE COAST IS NOT ANTICIPATED HOWEVER FROST COULD DEVELOP. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SMALL TREE LIMBS COULD FALL ONTO POWER LINES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. FRIDAY MORNING... SENSITIVE VEGETATION THAT HAS ALREADY SPROUTED COULD BE DAMAGED IF NOT PROTECTED. 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. BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WHICH COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-130600- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140313T0600Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND... HALFMOON LANDING...DARIEN 1022 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT THURSDAY... * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. SMALL TREE LIMBS COULD FALL ONTO POWER LINES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE WILL ALSO BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR STRONG WINDS. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHILE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. LIGHT WEIGHT OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$
906 WWUS72 KCHS 130546 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 146 AM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 SCZ045-131400- /O.EXP.KCHS.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140313T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.LW.Y.0013.140313T0600Z-140313T1600Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.A.0002.140314T0600Z-140314T1300Z/ INLAND BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 146 AM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS ACROSS LAKE MOULTRIE. * WAVES...2 TO 3 FEET...HIGHEST ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE LAKE...DIMINISHING TO 1 TO 2 FEET AFTER SUNRISE. * TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S FAR INLAND TO LOWER 30S CLOSER TO THE COAST. * 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. BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WHICH COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND DAMAGE UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLUMBING. && $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114>116-118-137-138-140-SCZ040-042>044-047>052- 131400- /O.EXP.KCHS.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140313T0600Z/ /O.CON.KCHS.FZ.A.0002.140314T0600Z-140314T1300Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER- BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- TIDAL BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI...HINESVILLE...TOWNSEND...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...RIDGELAND... BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER... DANIEL ISLAND...NAVAL WEAPONS STATION CHARLESTON 146 AM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... * TEMPERATURES...FRIDAY MORNING LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S FAR INLAND TO LOWER 30S CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FREEZE ON THE IMMEDIATE COAST IS NOT ANTICIPATED HOWEVER FROST COULD DEVELOP. SENSITIVE VEGETATION THAT HAS ALREADY SPROUTED COULD BE DAMAGED IF NOT PROTECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE PREPARED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES WHICH COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION AND DAMAGE UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR PLUMBING. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-130700- /O.EXP.KCHS.WI.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140313T0600Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND... HALFMOON LANDING...DARIEN 146 AM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 3:36 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | CHS | Bulloch, Candler, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Long and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 12, 3:48 AM EDT | Gale Warning | CHS | 32 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.