Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Charleston, SC

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WWUS52 KCHS 261835
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
134 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

GAC029-031-051-103-109-179-261915-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080226T1915Z/
EVANS GA-EFFINGHAM GA-BULLOCH GA-BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-CHATHAM GA-
134 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM...NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY...NORTHWESTERN
BRYAN...SOUTHEASTERN BULLOCH...SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM AND SOUTHEASTERN
EVANS COUNTIES...

AT 134 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SPRINGFIELD TO 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CLAXTON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLITCHTON...BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...ELLABELL...FLEMINGTON...LANIER...
MARLOW...MEINHARD...MELDRIM...MONTEITH...PEMBROKE...PINEORA...
POOLER...PORT WENTWORTH...RINCON AND SAVANNAH AIRPORT. THIS
INCLUDES PARTS OF INTERSTATES 16 AND 95.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3196 8175 3198 8177 3198 8179 3201 8182
      3204 8176 3205 8177 3205 8182 3234 8144
      3230 8124 3216 8111 3214 8112 3185 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 270DEG 49KT 3231 8131 3202 8171

$$

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WWUS52 KCHS 261902
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
201 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

GAC031-109-261911-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080226T1915Z/
EVANS GA-BULLOCH GA-
201 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BULLOCH AND
SOUTHEASTERN EVANS COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3185 8156 3195 8173 3206 8165 3222 8148
      3224 8143 3227 8144 3233 8138 3230 8124
      3217 8112 3214 8112
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 259DEG 53KT 3227 8119 3199 8158

$$

GAC029-051-103-179-261915-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080226T1915Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-BRYAN GA-LIBERTY GA-CHATHAM GA-
201 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM...NORTH CENTRAL LIBERTY...CENTRAL BRYAN AND
SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...

AT 201 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL
SIZE HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
SPRINGFIELD TO 10 MILES NORTH OF HINESVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BLITCHTON...BLOOMINGDALE...EDEN...ELLABELL...FLEMINGTON...LANIER...
MARLOW...MEINHARD...MELDRIM...MONTEITH...PINEORA...POOLER...PORT
WENTWORTH AND SAVANNAH AIRPORT.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND
POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV.

LAT...LON 3185 8156 3195 8173 3206 8165 3222 8148
      3224 8143 3227 8144 3233 8138 3230 8124
      3217 8112 3214 8112
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 259DEG 53KT 3227 8119 3199 8158

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1234 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT TO MOVE IN FROM THE W AND NW LATE TODAY WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE TSTMS. THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE ATLC
TONIGHT AS MUCH COLDER AIR EVENTUALLY SETTLES IN AND AFFECTS THE
AREA INTO EARLY FRIDAY. HARD FREEZES ARE LIKELY IN MANY AREAS LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT/EARLY THURSDAY AND AGAIN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT/EARLY
FRIDAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH SATURDAY BUT WILL
DISSIPATE OR LIFT BACK N SUNDAY AS ATLC HIGH PRES EXTENDS ACROSS
THE AREA. A STRONGER FRONT WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE SE AND GULF
COAST REGION LATE MONDAY. TEMPS WILL MODERATE SIGNIFICANTLY
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
UPDATED ALL PRODUCTS TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 81...IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM EST.

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WERE ADVANCING EAST AT A RAPID
PACE...FASTER THAN INDICATED BY LATEST AVAILABLE MODEL GUIDANCE
AND INTO WESTERN COUNTIES AROUND MIDDAY. ADJUSTED PRECIPITATION
TIMING...AND PER UPSTREAM RADAR COVERAGE RAISED POPS TO
CATEGORICAL FOR ALL AREAS...ACCOUNTING FOR E-W TIMING.

MEANWHILE...UPSTREAM CONVECTION HAD GENERATED REPORTS OF DAMAGING
WINDS/HAIL TUESDAY MORNING...AND THIS SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL
TRANSLATE EAST BY AFTERNOON. KINEMATIC FACTORS POINTING TOWARD
SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDE IMPRESSIVE WIND FIELDS WITH LLJ OF 45-60 KT
AND A MID LEVEL JET INCREASING TO 80-100 KT. ALSO...DEWPOINTS IN
THE LOWER TO MID 60S WERE SURGING NORTH AHEAD OF THE CONVECTION...
AND THIS WILL SUPPORT WIDESPREAD SBCAPES 500-1000 J/KG THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH SOME SOUTHERN COUNTIES POSSIBLY PUSHING INTO
THE 1000-1500 J/KG RANGE. THUS...ADDED A MENTION OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS/LARGE HAIL TO ALL AREAS.

MEANWHILE...RAISED TEMPS AHEAD OF CONVECTION...THEN LOWERED TEMPS
TO ACCOUNT FOR WIDESPREAD PRECIP THIS AFTERNOON.

OUTSIDE THUNDERSTORMS...WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY
CRITERIA...BUT GUSTS 30-35 MPH WILL BE COMMON...AND WILL CONTINUE
TO MONITOR FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR A WIND ADVISORY...ESPECIALLY NEAR
THE COAST.

PER FASTER TIMING...THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD END BY 0Z THIS
EVENING...IF NOT AN HOUR OR TWO SOONER.

LAKE WINDS...MAINTAINED LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE
BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSISTING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY TIGHTEN AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...ALLOWING SOUTHWEST WINDS
OVER THE LAKE TO INCREASE TO AROUND 20 KT. WINDS WILL THEN VEER TO
WESTERLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...WITH STRONG COLD ADVECTION CREATING
AN IDEAL MIXING PROFILE TO TAP INTO A 30 TO 35 KT LOW LEVEL JET.
THUS LAKE WIND ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND INTO
WEDNESDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM WEDNESDAY/...
THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE ATLC EARLY TONIGHT...AND WILL NEED TO
KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE OR CHANCE POPS GOING EARLY OVER E AND SE AREAS
UNTIL THE FRONT PULLS FURTHER OFFSHORE BY MIDNIGHT WITH CLEARING
SKIES. STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION IN WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR
TEMPS TO PLUMMET INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S BY MORNING. A FEW
FAR INLAND LOCATIONS HOWEVER MAY APPROACH THE FREEZING MARK...BUT AS
WINDS REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT WITH TIGHT PRES GRADIENT
AND CONTINUED STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS WE HAVE RAISED TEMPS A
BIT FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST.

WEAK COLD AIR ADVECTION ON WEDNESDAY AND DEEP MIXING OF MODERATE TO
STRONG W AND NW WINDS WILL LIMIT MAX TEMPS TO ONLY THE LOWER 50S AT
BEST...DESPITE CONSIDERABLE SUNSHINE. WILL PLAN ON BREEZY OR WINDY
WORDING THE PUBLIC FORECAST AS GUSTS COULD REACH 30 MPH OR GREATER.
THIS IS BELOW ANY WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA BUT WILL LEAD TO CONCERNS
ON ELEVATED BRIDGES SUCH AS THOSE IN THE CHARLESTON...BEAUFORT AND
SAVANNAH AREAS. SHORT WAVE PASSING NEARBY TO THE N MAY GENERATE A
FEW CUMULUS/STRATOCUMULUS CLOUDS...BUT NOT NO PRECIP.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE LONG TERM WILL SEE A DRASTIC CHANGE IN TEMPS FROM THE MIDDLE OF
THIS WEEK TO THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK...ALTHOUGH THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE EXTENDED PERIODS LOOK TO BE RAINFREE UNTIL PERHAPS
NEXT MONDAY.

WITH PASSAGE OF THEY LOW AND MID LEVEL TROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY/EARLY
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SOME OF THE COLDEST WE HAVE SEEN SINCE JANUARY
WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. CURRENT INDICATIONS
ARE THAT A HARD FREEZE WILL OCCUR ACROSS MANY INLAND AREAS WITH EVEN
READINGS NEAR FREEZING ALL THE WAY TO THE COAST. HOWEVER...A
POSSIBLE FLY IN THE OINTMENT SO TO SPEAK WOULD BE THAT WINDS NEVER
FULLY GO LIGHT ENOUGH AND WITH A SYNOPTIC FLOW THAT IS MORE W RATHER
THAN NW THAT THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD AIR ADVECTION MIGHT NOT BE
ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE THESE TEMPS. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH ON THIS
LATTER SCENARIO...SO WILL PLAN ON JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE EXCEPT THE
COAST DROPPING INTO THE 20S BY THURSDAY MORNING.

ON THURSDAY...HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS SRN GA/NRN FL AS TROUGH ALOFT
LIGHTS OUT AND HEIGHTS RISE. WITH WEAK WARM AIR ADVECTION AND PLENTY
OF SUNSHINE...MAX TEMPS WILL RISE ABOUT 20-30 DEGREES FROM MORNING
MINS.

WITH ZONAL FLOW ALOFT ON FRIDAY AND SURFACE HIGH PRES SHIFTING INTO
THE ATLC...TEMPS WILL BEGIN THEIR CLIMB BACK TOWARD CLIMATOLOGICAL
LEVELS.

SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED COOL FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA
SATURDAY...BUT WITH GULF OF MEX SHUT OFF AND ONLY LIMITED LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE...NO PRECIP IS ANTICIPATED. HIGH PRES THEN EXTENDS ACROSS
THE REGION MONDAY AND WILL KEEP WATCH FOR COASTAL TROUGH THAT MAY
ATTEMPT TO FORM. TEMPS THIS WEEKEND WILL BE CONSIDERABLY WARMER AND
70 DEGREES OR GREATER SEEMS LIKELY AWAY FROM THE SHORE.

ANOTHER SHORT WAVE AND COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO APPROACH LATE
MONDAY...BUT BEST MOISTURE AND LIFT REMAIN FAR W AND NW...SO WILL
PROBABLY NOT GO ANY HIGHER THAN SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AT THIS TIME.
TEMPS AGAIN 70 OR BETTER IN MANY AREAS.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
BAND OF POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEARING DOWN ON BOTH TERMINALS
AT 18Z TAF ISSUANCE TIME. EXPECT AMENDMENTS FOR NEAR TERM
CONVECTIVE TRENDS UNTIL AFTER 21Z. IN THE WAKE OF THE INITIAL BANDS
OF THUNDERSTORMS...SHOWERS/MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY
EVENING...BEFORE CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR. OUTSIDE
THUNDESTORMS...S/SW WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 30 KNOTS AT TIMES
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...THEN...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND
WILL GUST TO AROUND 20 KNOTS OVERNIGHT...INCREASING FROM THE WNW
WEDNESDAY.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO NEXT
WEEKEND.

&&

.MARINE...
CONTINUED ONGOING SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES FOR NEARSHORE MARINE ZONES
WITHOUT CHANGE. ACROSS AMZ374...WINDS HAD GUSTED TO 33 KNOTS AT
THE TOWERS...AND AM CONCERNED FOR SOME MIXING OVER WARMER WATERS
ON THE WESTERN FRINGE OF THE GULF STREAM THUS...MOVED START TIME
OF ONGOING GALE WARNING TO NOON FOR AMZ374. OTHERWISE...UPDATED
FORECASTS TO INCLUDE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 81 AND TO
INCLUDE MENTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON.

THE FRONT WILL PASS OFFSHORE BY THIS EVENING AND WILL ALLOW STRONG
COLD ADVECTION TO INITIATE OVER THE WATERS. ALTHOUGH THE MOST
INTENSE PART OF THE LOW LEVEL JET WILL HAVE SLIPPED OUT OF THE
REGION BY THIS TIME...THE ENHANCED MIXING POTENTIAL WILL BE ABLE
TO TAP INTO THE 30 TO 35 KT WINDS AROUND 925 MB. GEOSTROPHIC WIND
AND STABILITY ANALYSIS SUGGEST THAT FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE
ARE POSSIBLE IN THE OUTER GEORGIA WATERS THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING WITHIN AN UNSTABLE MARINE BOUNDARY LAYER.
WESTERLY WINDS OVER THE COOLER NEARSHORE WATERS WILL BE CAPPED AT
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS DURING THIS PERIOD.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WINDS MAY PERSIST ACROSS THE OUTER GEORGIA
WATERS INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE
REGION THURSDAY AND ALLOW MARINE CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE. OFFSHORE
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY VEER TO THE SOUTH BY LATE FRIDAY/EARLY
SATURDAY...WITH A BRIEF SURGE IN WINDS ON SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT
DISSIPATES NEAR THE REGION. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT MARINE EVENT COULD
OCCUR EARLY NEXT WEEK WHEN A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
CRITICAL/NEAR CRITICAL RH AND CRITICAL/NEAR CRITICAL WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY. WHILE THESE CONDITIONS WOULD
LIKELY NECESSITATE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH AND/OR RED FLAG
WARNING...RAINFALL FROM TODAY COULD INCREASE FUEL MOISTURES ENOUGH
TO HELP LESSEN THE IMPACT OF THE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND GUSTY
WINDS. WILL LET THE DAYTIME FORECAST STAFF MAKE CONTACT WITH FIRE
WEATHER USERS TO SEE IF THEY MAY REQUIRE A WATCH AND/OR WARNING
FOR WEDNESDAY.

RH LEVELS WILL BE EVEN LOWER THURSDAY...BUT WITH CONSIDERABLY LESS
WINDS.

&&

.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141.
SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     SCZ040-042>045-047>051.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR SCZ045.
MARINE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     AMZ330-350-352-354.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR AMZ330-350-
     352-354.
     GALE WARNING UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR AMZ374.

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1151 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>044-047>051-271000-
JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-
COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
1151 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 81 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

FIRE WEATHER...THE COMBINATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
LEVELS AND GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN A
POSSIBLE FIRE DANGER WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
TODAY...CONTACT WILL BE MADE WITH FIRE WEATHER USERS LATER TODAY
TO SEE IF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH OR RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE
NECESSARY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

SCZ045-271000-
BERKELEY-
1151 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 81 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY FOR LAKE
MOULTRIE...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.
   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

FIRE WEATHER...THE COMBINATION OF CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
LEVELS AND GUSTY WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN A
POSSIBLE FIRE DANGER WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL IS EXPECTED
TODAY...CONTACT WILL BE MADE WITH FIRE WEATHER USERS LATER TODAY
TO SEE IF A FIRE WEATHER WATCH OR RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE
NECESSARY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AMZ330-350-352-354-271000-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING
GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
1151 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 81 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

AMZ374-271000-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
1151 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   GALE WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1150 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

GAZ088-100-101-261715-
BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-SCREVEN-
1150 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY...BULLOCH COUNTY
AND SCREVEN COUNTY THROUGH 1215 PM EST...

AT 1149 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND
GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM CAMERON TO OAKY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11
MILES SOUTH OF SYLVANIA TO 16 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND CAPTOLO...KILDARE...NEWINGTON AND OLIVER WILL BE
IMPACTED THROUGH 1215 PM EST.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE
AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1203 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

SCZ047-048-261800-
BEAUFORT-INLAND JASPER-
1203 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...HEAVY SHOWERS AND SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BEAUFORT
COUNTY AND JASPER COUNTY THROUGH 100 PM EST...

AT 1158 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.  THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF POSSUM
CORNER TO 8 MILES WEST OF ROBERTVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM YEMASSEE TO 13 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 50
MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND COOSAWHATCHIE...GARDENS CORNER...GRAYS...
PINELAND...POCOTALIGO...RIDGELAND...ROBERTVILLE...SHELDON...
SWITZERLAND...TARBORO...TILLMAN AND EBENEZER WILL LIKELY BE IMPACTED
THROUGH 100 PM EST.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THIS ACTIVITY
APPROACHES. IF NECESSARY...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE
AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.

RJB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1212 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

SCZ043-044-049-050-261815-
CHARLESTON-COASTAL COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND COLLETON-
1212 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...HEAVY SHOWERS AND SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
DORCHESTER COUNTY...COLLETON COUNTY AND CHARLESTON COUNTY THROUGH
115 PM EST...

AT 1208 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.  THESE
STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JEDBURG TO WHITE
HALL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF SUMMERVILLE
TO 7 MILES EAST OF YEMASSEE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND ASHEPOO...DELEMAR CROSSROADS...GIVHANS...GREEN
POND...JACKSONBORO...JEDBURG...KNIGHTSVILLE...LADSON...RITTER...
SUMMERVILLE AND WHITE HALL WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 115 PM EST.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE
AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1246 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

SCZ045-261815-
BERKELEY-
1246 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BERKELEY
COUNTY THROUGH 115 PM EST...

AT 1244 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES EAST OF NEWLAND TO RED BANK
LANDING...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF
MCCLELLANVILLE TO GOOSE CREEK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND CAINHOY...GOOSE CREEK...HUGER...DANIEL ISLAND
AND WANDO WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 115 PM EST.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS STORMS APPROACH.
SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE
AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1255 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1139 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ISLANDTON               32.91N 80.94W
02/26/2008                   COLLETON           SC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 POWERLINES DOWN ON CROSS SWAMP RD.

&&

JAQ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1256 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

SCZ047-048-051-261845-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL JASPER-INLAND JASPER-
1256 PM EST TUE FEB 26 2008

...HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
BEAUFORT COUNTY AND JASPER COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM EST...

AT 1254 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF COOSAW ISLAND TO
PRITCHARDVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES WEST OF
EDISTO BEACH TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF RIDGELAND...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND BLUFFTON...FOLLY FIELD...FOREST BEACH...HILTON
HEAD ISLAND...JASPER...LEVY...PARRIS ISLAND...PORT ROYAL...
PRITCHARDVILLE...BEAUFORT AND HILTON HEAD AIRPORT WILL BE IMPACTED
THROUGH 145 PM EST.

BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AS THIS ACTIVITY
APPROACHES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE
AT 1-888-383-2024 IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER.

RJB