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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 3, 20236 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2023, 3:13 AM EST for 6 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in South Carolina. It took effect at Mar 3, 2023, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2023, 3:13 AM EST (08:13 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2023, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 4, 2023, 3:08 AM 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 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 2023-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2023-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 3:14 AM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryILMBrunswick24 hr

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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.