Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC

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

SCZ043-048>050-202345-
BEAUFORT-CHARLESTON-COASTAL COLLETON-INLAND COLLETON-
656 PM EDT MON MAY 20 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHARLESTON...COLLETON
AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 651 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM HENDERSONVILLE TO
JACKSONBORO...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
RITTER...HENDERSONVILLE...WHITE HALL...JACKSONBORO...BLAKE...PARKERS
FERRY...NEMOURS PLANTATION...GARDENS CORNER...FENWICK...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3254 8075 3281 8084 3290 8040 3288 8039
      3287 8040 3285 8038 3263 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 349DEG 18KT 3274 8072 3279 8047

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