Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
610 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

GAZ118-182245-
INLAND CHATHAM-
610 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHATHAM COUNTY
THROUGH 645 PM EDT...

AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR BLOOMINGDALE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
BLOOMINGDALE...POOLER...WILLIAMS...SAVANNAH AIRPORT...HAMER...
MONTEITH...SILK HOPE...PORT WENTWORTH...CENTRAL JUNCTION...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
DIME SIZE HAIL...
BRIEFLY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED TALL OBJECTS. IF INDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.

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LAT...LON 3222 8123 3222 8115 3203 8115 3204 8135
      3205 8137 3208 8138 3210 8139
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 268DEG 13KT 3213 8128

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