Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Charleston, SC

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WWUS52 KCHS 190720
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
220 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

GAC109-179-183-267-190745-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090219T0745Z/
LONG GA-EVANS GA-TATTNALL GA-LIBERTY GA-
220 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EST
FOR NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY...EASTERN TATTNALL...EVANS AND NORTH CENTRAL
LONG COUNTIES...

AT 216 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CLAXTON...OR ABOUT OVER CLAXTON...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
BELLVILLE...CLAXTON...DAISY...GLENNVILLE...HAGAN...MANASSAS...MENDES
AND MIDWAY.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS
AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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 3188 8212 3227 8210 3227 8197 3227 8189
      3196 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0720Z 261DEG 69KT 3218 8178

$$

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WWUS52 KCHS 190732
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
232 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

GAC109-179-183-267-190740-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090219T0745Z/
LONG GA-EVANS GA-TATTNALL GA-LIBERTY GA-
230 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LIBERTY...EASTERN
TATTNALL...EVANS AND NORTH CENTRAL LONG COUNTIES HAS BEEN
CANCELLED...

AT 225 AM EST...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT 
PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN 
EFFECT...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 
AND HAIL MAY AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS. CONTINUE TO 
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST 
FORECASTS...WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE OFFICE IN CHARLESTON.

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 3188 8212 3227 8210 3227 8197 3227 8189
      3196 8166
TIME...MOT...LOC 0730Z 261DEG 69KT 3221 8156

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1246 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY
FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE LATER THURSDAY INTO SATURDAY. A COASTAL
LOW WILL DEVELOP OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COAST SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE AREA
SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA EARLY
NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/...
CURRENTLY AT THE SURFACE...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH NORTHERN GEORGIA AND INTO CENTRAL
ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI. RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY WEST OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH SOME ACTIVITY
IMPACTING SOUTHEAST GEORGIA ZONES. MAIN NEAR TERM CONCERNS FOR THE
OVERNIGHT CONTINUE TO REVOLVE AROUND SEVERE POTENTIAL AND POPS.

TONIGHT...
THE STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND IS
EXPECTED TO REACH THE COAST CLOSE TO OR SHORTLY AFTER 12Z THURSDAY.
QUITE A NICE LINE OF CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED FROM NEAR KCAE WEST
SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH CENTRAL GEORGIA AND INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA AND
MISSISSIPPI IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING. UPSTREAM
SURFACE OBSERVATIONS DEPICT A NICE AREA OF 65+ DEWPOINT AIR LIFTING
NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE GULF COAST STATES TOWARD THE FORECAST
AREA...WITH DEWPOINTS ALREADY CLIMBING INTO THE LOWER 60S ACROSS
SOUTHWESTERN ZONES. WITH CONTINUED ADVECTION OF HIGHER SURFACE
DEWPOINTS INTO THE AREA ALONG WITH STRONG SYNOPTIC FORCING FOR
ASCENT PROVIDED BY A ENTRANCE REGION FORCING FROM A 130+ KT H25 JET
AND STRONG MID-LEVEL QG SUPPORT...CERTAINLY DON/T EXPECT SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO END. LOW LEVEL JET AT H85 IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN TO BETWEEN 50 AND 55 KNOTS THROUGH 09Z
THURSDAY...AND WITH MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES OF 6.5 C/KM AND SOME
MEAGER SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY OF 200 TO 400 J/KG OF CAPE...IT
STILL APPEARS THAT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL REMAIN A THREAT
WITH THE MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO CAN/T BE RULED OUT...BUT GIVEN NEARLY UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW
THROUGH THE COLUMN...NOT ENOUGH OF A PROBABILITY TO INCLUDE MENTION
IN THE FORECAST OVERNIGHT.

UPSTREAM TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN SLOW TO DROP WITH MOST READINGS
BEHIND THE FRONT STILL IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S AT THIS HOUR. GIVEN
AN EXPECTED SLOWER FRONTAL PASSAGE THROUGH THE AREA...HAVE RAISED
OVERNIGHT LOWS SEVERAL DEGREES AND MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO HOURLY
TEMPERATURES AS WELL...WITH MOST LOCATIONS NOT EXPECTED TO SEE
TEMPERATURES FALL THROUGH DAYBREAK WHEN THE FRONT SWINGS THROUGH.

LAKE WINDS...WILL MAINTAIN LAKE WIND ADVY AS DEEP MIXING PROFILES
WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO PRODUCE AT LEAST 20 KT WINDS OVER THE LAKE
ALL NIGHT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY/...
COLD FRONT AND ANY REMAINING PRECIP WILL PUSH OFFSHORE AROUND
DAYBREAK OR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THUS...HAVE KEPT IN SLGT-LOW END
CHC POPS NEAR THE COAST IN THE MORNING THEN HAVE ALL AREAS DRY FOR
LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTN HOURS. SKIES WILL RAPIDLY CLEAR OUT
DURING THE DAY WHILE WESTERLY WINDS INCREASE FOR THE LATE MRNG
THROUGH THE AFTN HOURS. DEEP MIXING PROFILES PER MODEL SOUNDINGS
INDICATE WINDS IN TE 15-25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. COLD
AIR ADVECTION IS NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE BUT WILL HAVE MAX TEMPS
GENERALLY IN THE LOW- MID 60S.

THE MEAN UPPER LEVEL TROF AXIS WILL SWING THROUGH THE AREA THU
NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY DEEP NWLY FLOW. THIS WILL HELP DIMINISH THE
PRES GRADIENT AND ALLOW WIND SPEEDS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH.
ALTHOUGH IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDS WILL NOT BE REALIZED DUE
TO THE ELEVATED WINDS...DECENT COLD AIR ADVECTION COMBINED WITH
CLEAR SKIES WILL ALLOW MIN TEMPS TO DROP TO THE UPPER 20S AWAY
FROM THE COAST TO THE LOW-MID 30S NEAR THE SHORES.

LAKE WINDS...WILL MAINTAIN LAKE WIND ADVY AS POST FRONTAL
SUBSIDENCE WILL ALLOW FOR DEEP MIXING OF 30-35 KT 925MB TO REACH
THE LAKE SURFACE. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE LATE DAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH SHIFTS OFFSHORE AND THIS COINCIDES WITH CURRENTLY
ADVERTISED ENDING TIME OF LWA.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
A FAIRLY PROGRESSIVE PATTERN SEEMS QUITE LIKELY DURING
THE FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY PERIOD. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS A BROAD WESTERN
ATLANTIC TROUGH LIFTS AWAY FROM THE AREA.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL DROP INTO THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY THIS WEEKEND AND THEN LIFT OUT TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST. 12Z
GFS AND NAM SOLUTIONS HAVE TRENDED SLOWER AND DEEPER WITH THIS
SYSTEM AND ARE ABOUT 12 HOURS SLOWER THAN THE 12Z ECMWF.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE BETTER WITH THE SLOWER SOLUTION AS UPPER
LEVEL DYNAMICS ARE MORE IMPRESSIVE AND THE RESIDENCE TIME OVER THE
AREA WILL BE A LITTLE LONGER. HAVE TRENDED TOWARD THE SLOWER
SOLUTION OF THE GFS/NAM WHICH RESULTED IN LOWER PRECIPITATION
CHANCES SATURDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE
NIGHT AND HIGHER CHANCES SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING INTO
EARLY AFTERNOON. IF THE FASTER ECMWF SOLUTION IS CORRECT THEN POPS
SATURDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY BE ABOUT RIGHT WITH POPS LIKELY BEING TOO
HIGH ON SUNDAY. IF THE SLOWER SOLUTION OF THE GFS/NAM IS CORRECT
THAN POPS ON SUNDAY AND ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WILL NEED TO BE
RAISED. GFS AND ECMWF HAVE TRENDED JUST A BIT WARMER SO THAT
SUFFICIENT MOISTURE IS EAST OF THE AREA BY THE TIME THE ATMOSPHERE
COOLS ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SNOW.

CONFIDENCE IN THE MAGNITUDE AND TIMING OF THE SECOND SYSTEM EITHER
TUESDAY IF THE ECMWF IS RIGHT OR WEDNESDAY IF THE GFS IS RIGHT IS
NOT VERY HIGH. FOR NOW JUST KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE FOR POPS TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS SOUTHERN
SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING...AND
EXPECT TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH TOWARD
DAYBREAK THURSDAY. HAVE INCLUDED TEMPO GROUPS FOR IFR VSBYS AND
THUNDER AT BOTH TERMINALS FOR A 3 TO 4 HOUR PERIOD PRIOR TO
FRONTAL PASSAGE. SHOULD SEE RAINFALL COME TO A QUICK END AROUND
DAYBREAK WITH QUICKLY CLEARING SKIES/VFR CONDITIONS RETURNING BY
MID MORNING. RATHER GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE DAY...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 KT LIKELY THROUGH MUCH OF THE
DAYLIGHT HOURS.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...HIGH PRES EXPECTED THU NIGHT-SAT TO
PRODUCE VFR CONDS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA SAT
NIGHT INTO SUN...POSSIBLY BRINGING MVFR CONDITIONS. HIGH PRES
RETURNS LATE SUN INTO MON TO AGAIN ALLOW VFR CONDS TO PREVAIL.

&&

.MARINE...
STRONG LOW LEVEL JET WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY OVERNIGHT...AND THIS
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. ONGOING
HEADLINES LOOK IN GOOD SHAPE...SO ONLY SOME MINOR CHANGES FOR THE
EVENING COASTAL WATERS FORECAST UPDATE.

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SETTLE DOWN LATE THU AND THU NIGHT AS THE
COLD FRONT PUSHES OFFSHORE AND FURTHER INTO THE ATLC...TO BE
REPLACED BY INCOMING HIGH PRES. THE FRONT SHOULD CLEAR THE COASTAL
WATERS BY MID-MORNING BUT MODEST COLD AIR ADVECTION MAY KEEP THE
GALES GOING INTO THE AFTN HOURS. ANOTHER SURGE IS POSSIBLE THU
NIGHT AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM PUSHES THROUGH AND A FEW
DISTURBANCES FORCE STRONGER WINDS TO THE SFC. AS HIGH PRES MAKES
INROADS TO THE WATERS LATE THU NIGHT INTO EARLY FRI MORNING...
WINDS SHOULD SETTLE DOWN BELOW GALE FORCE AND SOME OF THE SCA
HEADLINES MAY ALSO BE ABLE TO BE DROPPED.

EXTENDED MARINE...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE AREA WINDS
AND SEAS WILL BE DECEASING ON FRIDAY. FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
WILL FEATURE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS WITH SEAS AT OR BELOW 3 FEET.
INCREASING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM LATE IN THE WEEKEND
WILL RESULT IN SOME INCREASE IN SEAS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. AS
THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES AWAY FROM THE AREA...THE GFS IS
INDICATING FAIRLY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS SUNDAY NIGHT AND INTO
MONDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A FAIRLY QUICK INCREASE IN SEAS THAT
COULD REACH UP TO 5 FEET WITHIN 20 NM OF THE COAST AND 7 TO
PERHAPS 8 FEET 30 TO 60 NM OFF THE GEORGIA COAST. AT THIS TIME IT
APPEARS THAT SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL BE REACHED FOR
MUCH OF THE COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

&&

.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 3 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING
     FOR GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141.
SC...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 3 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING
     FOR SCZ040-042>045-047>051.
     LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR SCZ045.
MARINE...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 3 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING
     FOR AMZ330-350-352-354.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR AMZ330-
     352-354.
     GALE WARNING UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR AMZ350-374.

&&

JRJ

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
830 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>044-047>051-191145-
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-
830 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 26 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST THURSDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TONIGHT.

AMZ330-352-354-191145-
CHARLESTON HARBOR-
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-
830 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 26 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TONIGHT.

AMZ350-191145-
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
830 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 26 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   GALE WARNING.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TONIGHT.

AMZ374-191145-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
830 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   GALE WARNING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE COASTAL
WATERS TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING
HAIL TO NICKEL SIZE OR LARGER AND PERHAPS EVEN ISOLATED WIND GUSTS
EXCEEDING 50 KNOTS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME PERIOD FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE 11 PM TO 7 AM.

IF YOU ARE LOCATED WITHIN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA OR SOUTHERN SOUTH
CAROLINA...YOU ARE STRONGLY URGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TONIGHT. THIS CAN
BE DONE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL
NEWS SOURCE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TONIGHT.

SCZ045-191145-
BERKELEY-
830 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THURSDAY FOR LAKE
MOULTRIE...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 26 IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

   LAKE WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1034 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

SCZ045-190400-
BERKELEY-
1034 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY
THROUGH 1100 PM EST...

AT 1031 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
EASTERN LAKE MARION...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANNING...MOVING
EAST AT 65 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND EASTERN LAKE MARION...EADYTOWN AND SAINT STEPHEN
WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 1100 PM EST.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF SEVERE
WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

PLEASE 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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1126 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

SCZ042-043-047>049-190500-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-
1126 PM EST WED FEB 18 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN JASPER...NORTH CENTRAL
BEAUFORT...CENTRAL COLLETON AND SOUTHERN HAMPTON COUNTIES THROUGH
MIDNIGHT EST...

AT 1125 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND GUSTY
WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GARNETT...OR
ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMPTON...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND COOSAWHATCHIE...CUMMINGS...DALE...EARLY BRANCH...
FURMAN...GARDENS CORNER...GARNETT...GILLISONVILLE...GRAYS...
HENDERSONVILLE...MCPHERSONVILLE...PINELAND...POCOTALIGO...
ROBERTVILLE...SCOTIA...SHELDON...WHITE HALL AND YEMASSEE WILL BE
IMPACTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT EST.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF SEVERE
WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

PLEASE 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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1206 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

SCZ042>045-047>050-190600-
BEAUFORT-BERKELEY-CHARLESTON-COASTAL
COLLETON-DORCHESTER-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-INLAND JASPER-
1206 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN JASPER...NORTH CENTRAL
BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...CENTRAL COLLETON...EASTERN HAMPTON...
SOUTHEASTERN DORCHESTER AND SOUTHERN BERKELEY COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM
EST...

AT 1203 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...AND
STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM PARKERS FERRY TO EARLY BRANCH TO GILLISONVILLE...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SLANDS BRIDGE TO
YEMASSEE TO 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF RIDGELAND...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND ISLE OF PALMS...ADAMS RUN...CAINHOY...CHARLESTON
AIRPORT...CHARLESTON...COLLEGE PARK...COTTAGEVILLE...DANIEL ISLAND...
FOLLY BEACH...GIVHANS...GOOSE CREEK...HANAHAN...HENDERSONVILLE...
HOLLYWOOD...HUGER...JACKSONBORO...JAMES ISLAND...JEDBURG...JOHNS
ISLAND...LADSON...MCPHERSONVILLE...MOUNT PLEASANT...NORTH CHARLESTON...
RAVENEL...RITTER...ROUND O...SANGAREE...SHADOWMOSS...SHELDON...SULLIVANS
ISLAND...SUMMERVILLE...WADMALAW ISLAND...WALTERBORO...WANDO...WEST
ASHLEY...WHITE HALL...YEMASSEE AND YONGES ISLAND WILL BE IMPACTED
THROUGH 100 AM EST.

FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. IF TIME
PERMITS...UNPLUG COMPUTERS...TELEVISION SETS...CABLE MODEMS AND OTHER
HOME APPLIANCES AS THEY ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO POWER SURGES AND MAY BE
DAMAGED BY NEARBY LIGHTNING STRIKES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF SEVERE
WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

PLEASE 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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1228 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

GAZ087-088-099-100-SCZ040-042-190615-
ALLENDALE-BULLOCH-CANDLER-HAMPTON-JENKINS-SCREVEN-
1228 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN HAMPTON...ALLENDALE...
SCREVEN...JENKINS...NORTHWESTERN BULLOCH AND NORTHERN CANDLER
COUNTIES THROUGH 115 AM EST...

AT 1225 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...AND
STRONG WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ULMER TO HERNDON...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM BARNWELL TO 14 MILES WEST OF MILLEN...MOVING EAST
AT 65 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND ALINE...ALTMAN...BUTTS...CAPTOLO...DOVER...
EMMALANE...HERNDON...HILLTONIA...HOPEULIKIT...HUNTERS...METTER...
MIDDLEGROUND...MILLEN...MILLHAVEN...PERKINS...PORTAL...ROCKY FORD...
SCARBORO...SYLVANIA...WESTSIDE...WOODCLIFF...ALLENDALE...APPLETON...
BARTON...BRUNSON...CROCKETVILLE...FAIRFAX...GIFFORD...HAMPTON...
LURAY...MARTIN...MILEY...MILLETT...SEIGLING...SYCAMORE...ULMER AND
VARNVILLE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 115 AM EST.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH
MAY FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. REDUCE VEHICLE SPEED TO LOWER
THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD. SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF SEVERE
WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

PLEASE 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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1256 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

SCZ048>050-190630-
BEAUFORT-CHARLESTON-COASTAL COLLETON-
1256 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL BEAUFORT...
SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN COLLETON COUNTIES THROUGH
130 AM EST...

AT 1252 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF 45
TO 55 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
BATTERY POINT TO BENNETTS POINT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
CHARLESTON TO 9 MILES WEST OF EDISTO BEACH...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND BENNETTS POINT...CHARLESTON...EDISTO BEACH...
EDISTO ISLAND...FOLLY BEACH...JAMES ISLAND...JOHNS ISLAND...KIAWAH
ISLAND...ROCKVILLE...SEABROOK ISLAND...SULLIVANS ISLAND AND WADMALAW
ISLAND WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 130 AM EST.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH
MAY FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. REDUCE VEHICLE SPEED TO LOWER
THE RISK OF HYDROPLANING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER
COVERS THE ROAD. SEEK AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF SEVERE
WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

PLEASE 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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
113 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

SCZ040-042-043-047>049-190700-
ALLENDALE-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-INLAND
JASPER-
113 AM EST THU FEB 19 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN JASPER...NORTH CENTRAL
BEAUFORT...COLLETON...HAMPTON AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL ALLENDALE
COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM EST...

AT 110 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND STRONG
WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHIRLEY...OR
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMPTON...MOVING EAST AT 65 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND ALMEDA INTERSECTION...ASHEPOO...CANADYS...
COTTAGEVILLE...CROCKETVILLE...CUMMINGS...EARLY BRANCH...ESTILL...
FURMAN...GARDENS CORNER...GILLISONVILLE...GRAYS...GREEN POND...
HAMPTON...HENDERSONVILLE...ISLANDTON...LENA...LURAY...
MCPHERSONVILLE...MILEY...POCOTALIGO...RITTER...ROUND O...RUFFIN...
SCOTIA...SHELDON...SHIRLEY...VARNVILLE...WALTERBORO...WHITE HALL...
WILLIAMS AND YEMASSEE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 200 AM EST.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES
SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF SEVERE
WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

PLEASE 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.