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000 WWUS82 KCHS 170852 SPSCHS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 352 AM EST TUE NOV 17 2009 SCZ044-045-050-171400- DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-CHARLESTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE... MONCKS CORNER...CHARLESTON 352 AM EST TUE NOV 17 2009 ...PATCHY DENSE FOG FOR THE CHARLESTON METRO AREA THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING... LIGHT WINDS AND MOIST AIR THIS MORNING HAVE CREATED FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR AREAS OF FOG...SOME OF WHICH MAY BE DENSE...ACROSS PORTIONS OF BERKELEY...DORCHESTER AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES. DENSE FOG REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE MONCKS CORNER AND SAINT GEORGE AREAS...MAKING NORTHERN PORTIONS OF DORCHESTER AND BERKELEY COUNTIES MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE PATCHES OF DENSE FOG. CLOSER TO THE COAST... FOG IS MORE SPORADIC AND HAS REDUCED VISIBILITIES DOWN TO AROUND ONE MILE BUT ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY STILL EXPERIENCE DENSE FOG. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN...USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS... ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED. VISIBILITY CAN BE REDUCED VERY QUICKLY WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF SCHOOL BUSES AND CHILDREN AWAITING TO BE PICKED UP. $$
