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Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
338 PM EDT FRI APR 18 2014

GAZ140-141-182015-
COASTAL MCINTOSH-INLAND MCINTOSH-
338 PM EDT FRI APR 18 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF MCINTOSH COUNTY
THROUGH 415 PM EDT...

AT 333 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WOLF ISLAND TO 15
MILES SOUTH OF WOLF ISLAND...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
CARNIGAN...RIDGEVILLE...MERIDIAN...VALONA...CRESCENT...WOLF ISLAND...
SAPELO ISLAND...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...
TORRENTIAL RAIN WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3132 8137 3130 8140 3131 8144 3156 8136
      3152 8117 3140 8126 3137 8124 3137 8126
      3138 8126 3138 8128 3139 8129 3139 8130
      3143 8132 3138 8130 3137 8128 3133 8128
      3132 8125 3130 8126 3129 8129
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 194DEG 38KT 3141 8132 3116 8136

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