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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this wind advisory at Mar 31, 2022, 3:52 AM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina; Georgetown County, Horry County, South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 31, 2022, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2022, 3:52 AM EDT (07:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2022, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2022, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 3 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:49 AM EDT | Gale Warning | ILM | 18 hr | |
| Mar 31, 5:04 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:16 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | ILM | New Hanover | 10 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Darlington, Marlboro | 36 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.