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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Wilmington, NC

January 3, 20226 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this wind advisory at Jan 3, 2022, 3:13 AM EST for 6 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Jan 3, 2022, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2022, 3:13 AM EST (08:13 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2022, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 3, 2022, 2:01 PM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC

Counties Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2022-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Charleston AFB, SC at 00:00Z on 2022-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 261 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
261 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 2, 8:07 PM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryILMBrunswick, New Hanover, Pender16 hr
Jan 3, 3:10 AM ESTStorm WarningILM9 hr
Jan 3, 5:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Columbus, Robeson87 min
Jan 3, 6:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Pender61 min
Jan 3, 12:05 PM ESTGale WarningILM6 hr
Jan 3, 6:29 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryILM15 hr
Jan 3, 5:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMDarlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Marlboro, Williamsburg65 min
Jan 3, 10:24 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILMDarlington, Florence23 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.