Wind speeds at that threshold are a "10" on the Beaufort Wind Scale, which is used to estimate wind strengths. The scale is numbered from 0 (calm conditions) to 12 (hurricane force winds).

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The Beaufort wind force scale was created in 1805 to help sailors make estimations through visual observations, like water blowing from the fountain at Fifth Street and Main Street into the street.

A 5 degree wind chill was recorded at Hilton Head Airport just before 7 a.m. Meteorologist Rebecca Shaw with NWS Charleston said overnight temperatures in Beaufort County fell as low as 19 degrees.

Beaufort and Jasper counties will be under a wind chill advisory from 1 to 10 a.m. Sunday, the NWS announced Friday afternoon.

"The words that they used had a definite meaning," said Walker. "The Beaufort wind scale goes very high. Force 12 is a hurricane essentially and we don't have a lot of recordings of that." ...

That's a Beaufort wind force scale of 12 or equivalent to a hurricane. The pedestrian safety wind limit is 34.5 mph (55.5 km/h).

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Wind speeds at that threshold are a "10" on the Beaufort Wind Scale, which is used to estimate wind strengths. The scale is numbered from 0 (calm conditions) to 12 (hurricane force winds).