Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
626 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

SCZ042>044-202300-
DORCHESTER-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-
626 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF DORCHESTER...HAMPTON
AND COLLETON COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ISLANDTON TO
COTTAGEVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
COLLETON MEDICAL CENTER...LOWCOUNTRY REGIONAL AIRPORT...MILEY...
WALTERBORO...THAYER...DRAWDY...NEYLES...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
DIME SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

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.
BE READY TO TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION IN CASE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION.

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LAT...LON 3298 8041 3274 8045 3273 8048 3281 8111
      3303 8102
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 020DEG 17KT 3293 8095 3291 8047

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