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

GAZ088-101-SCZ040-042-047-181930-
ALLENDALE-EFFINGHAM-HAMPTON-INLAND JASPER-SCREVEN-
306 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SCREVEN...
ALLENDALE...EFFINGHAM...HAMPTON AND JASPER COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM
EDT...

AT 305 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...NEAR NEWINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
NEWINGTON...SHEPPARDS...GREEN HILL...SYLVANIA...SHIRLEY...BRIGHTON...

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

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.

CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT
1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED
TREES...LIMBS AND POWER LINES. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT BY EMAIL TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV OR THROUGH TWITTER USING #WXREPORT.

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LAT...LON 3286 8163 3306 8111 3292 8099 3279 8105
      3248 8131 3246 8145 3258 8165 3274 8167
TIME...MOT...LOC 1906Z 226DEG 11KT 3261 8149

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