Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Charleston, SC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
150 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 1990

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE NORTH COASTAL COUNTIES...

AT 150 PM...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE NORTH COASTAL
COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA..THIS LINE WAS FROM ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH
OF CHARLESTON TO 25 MILES WEST OF MYRTLE BEACH.

PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN COASTAL COUNTIES CAN EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNxING AND POSSIBLE SMALL
HAIL TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
MAY OCCUR AS THE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE COAST THIS
AFTERNOON.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
230 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 1990

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTH COASTAL COUNTIES...

AT 230 PM...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE NORTH COASTAL COUNTIES
OF SOUTH CAROLINA..THIS LINE WAS FROM ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF
CHARLESTON TO MYRTLE BEACH.

PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN COASTAL COUNTIES CAN EXPECT HEAVY DOWNPOURS
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL
HAIL TO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS
MAY OCCUR AS THE STORMS MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES HOUR THIS AFTERNOON.

FGM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
435 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR COASTAL COUNTIES UNTIL 10PM EDT....

AT 430 PM...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED FROM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
AUGUSTA TO NORTHERN DORCHESTER COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
ORANGEBURG.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...BRIEF
VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AS THEY MOVE RAPIDLY EAST-
WARD THROUGH THE COASTAL COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

DURING THE NEXT HOUR...PERSONS ON LAKES MARION AND MOULTRIE SHOULD BE
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AS
THESE STORMS APPROACH.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
JFT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
535 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR COASTAL COUNTIES UNTIL 10PM EDT....

AT 530 PM...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOTED IN NORTHERN COLLETON
NORTHERN DORCHESTER AND CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTIES IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
A REPORT OF SOME TREE DAMAGE WAS RECEIVED FROM THE RIVERS BRIDGE STATE
PARK AREA OF SOUTHERN BAMBERG COUNTY AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH.

DURING THE NEXT HOUR...PERSONS IN NORTHERN COLLETON COUNTY...CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN DORCHESTER AND BERKELEY COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THESE STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING CON-
DITIONS APPROACH.  DAMAGING WINDS !AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH.   STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

JFT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAVANNAH GA
545 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 1990

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR
   EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
   SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS...

IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...NEARLY ALL THE COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE
WATCH AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BRUNSWICK...SAVANNAH...JESUP
...ALMA AND BAXLEY GEORGIA.

AT 540 PM WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDER-
STORMS EXTENDING FROM WALTERBORO SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH SAVANNAH THEN
WEST TO STATESBORO AND HAZLHURST GEORGIA. THE STORNGEST STORM WAS
LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF STATESBORO AND MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THE COMBINATION OF VERY MOIST UNSTABLE AIR AND A COLD FRONT ATTEMPTING
TO PUSH EAST INTO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA IS THE REASON FOR THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. HERE A FEW PREPAREDNESS SUGGESTIONS
FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA:

1. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME MOVE TO A REINFORCED BUILDING.

2. IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...PLAYING GOLF OR JUST CUTTING THE GRASS
   DO NOT MOVE UNDER TREES OR STEEL SHEDS...LIGHTING CAN AND DOES
   KILL.

3. IF YOUR IN A BOAT OFFSHORE OR ON THE INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY
   THINK ABOUT HEADING TO SAFE HARBOR NOW.

4. IF YOUR AT HOME OR IN A BULDING MOVE TO A BATHROOM LEADING
   OFF AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR GET UNDER A STRONG TABLE IF YOU
   EXPERIENCE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.