Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Charleston, SC

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
129 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

GAZ087-088-099-100-SCZ040-181900-
ALLENDALE-BULLOCH-CANDLER-JENKINS-SCREVEN-
129 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SCREVEN...JENKINS...
BULLOCH...CANDLER AND ALLENDALE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...

AT 125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF
BIRDSVILLE TO 48 MILES WEST OF ALINE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...
HERNDON...BIRDSVILLE...ROGERS...PERKINS...LAWTON...LINCOLN STATE
PARK...MILLEN...JENKINS COUNTY HOSPITAL...THRIFT...

PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS...
STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH...
DIME SIZE HAIL...
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. A COUPLE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WINDS OVER 50
MPH. THE LINE SHOULD REACH MILLEN BY 2 PM...SYLVANIA AND METTER BY
230 PM...AND STATESBORO BY 245 PM.

IF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTENSIFIES A LITTLE MORE...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BECOME NECESSARY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING AND GUSTY
WINDS. IF OUTDOORS FIND SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A CLOSED STRUCTURE.

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 3252 8215 3256 8208 3254 8203 3260 8201
      3266 8209 3282 8215 3289 8213 3292 8209
      3295 8185 3291 8176 3304 8156 3308 8162
      3309 8161 3312 8119 3308 8114 3234 8178
      3229 8210 3233 8224 3235 8226
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 257DEG 35KT 3299 8209 3223 8295

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