Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Charleston, SC

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WWUS52 KCHS 072127
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
527 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

SCC019-072136-
/O.CAN.KCHS.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-090507T2145Z/
CHARLESTON SC-
527 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
CHARLESTON COUNTY 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 3318 7958 3319 8001 3343 7997 3345 7986
      3343 7986 3340 7983 3339 7979 3332 7974
      3328 7958 3324 7951
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 275DEG 29KT 3336 7985 3322 7991

$$

SCC015-072145-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-090507T2145Z/
BERKELEY SC-
527 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN BERKELEY COUNTY...

AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ALVIN TO STONY LANDING...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SAINT STEPHEN TO 6 MILES EAST OF MONCKS
CORNER...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALVIN...
BONNEAU...JAMESTOWN...SIMPSON CROSSING AND SAINT STEPHEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. IF THERE IS NO SAFE SHELTER AVAILABLE...STAY AWAY FROM
ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS AND BODIES OF WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...
YOU ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.

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 3318 7958 3319 8001 3343 7997 3345 7986
      3343 7986 3340 7983 3339 7979 3332 7974
      3328 7958 3324 7951
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 275DEG 29KT 3336 7985 3322 7991

$$


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000 
WWUS52 KCHS 072143
SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
543 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

SCC015-072152-
/O.EXP.KCHS.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-090507T2145Z/
BERKELEY SC-
543 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BERKELEY COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM EDT...

AT 542 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED
THE WARNING HAD WEAKENED...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL AND WINDS AS HIGH AS 
NEAR 45 OR 50 MPH WITH THIS STORM.

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 3318 7958 3319 8001 3343 7997 3345 7986
      3343 7986 3340 7983 3339 7979 3332 7974
      3328 7958 3324 7951
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 275DEG 29KT 3335 7969 3321 7975

$$


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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
402 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

.SYNOPSIS...
ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN JUST OFF THE COAST THROUGH
SATURDAY...WHILE A SURFACE TROUGH PERSISTS INLAND. A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE SUNDAY...THEN STALL OUT OVER THE
REGION SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FROM THE NORTH ON
MONDAY NIGHT...SHIFTING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH OF THE FORECAST
AREA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD OVER THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
SFC ANALYSIS STILL SHOWS THE WOBBLY STATIONARY FRONT WELL N OF THE
AREA WITH HIGH PRES OFFSHORE AND S OF THE AREA. ALOFT...A POTENT
SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO PLOW ESE THROUGH THE GULF COAST
STATES AND GA...PUSHING TWD THE SE COAST. SOME CONVECTION IS
OCCURRING IN ADVANCE OF THIS DISTURBANCE BUT IT IS RUNNING INTO A
SMALL BUBBLE RIDGE OVER THE FL BIG BEND AREA.

FOR THE CHS CWFA...CONVECTION HAS BEEN HARD TO COME BY THUS FAR
TDA WITH SOME LIMITING FACTORS BEING MID-UPR LVL DEBRIS CLOUDS...
WARMING IN THE MIDLVLS LEADING TO LESS-THAN-IMPRESSIVE LAPSE
RATES...DEWPOINTS A LITTLE LOWER THAN EXPECTED AND A LATE-
DEVELOPING SEABREEZE. THE DECENT UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE IS STILL
PROGRESSING ESE OVER GA BUT WITHIN A MORE NW COMPONENT TO THE
UPPER FLOW AND THE SHORTWAVE LOOKING TO DIVE A BIT FURTHER S INTO
THE THICKER DEBRIS CLOUDS...CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT APPEAR
TO HAVE MUCH COVERAGE. SEABREEZE HAS SHOWN SIGNS OF DEVELOPING AT
NEARSHORE OB SITES...SO ITS RESULTANT WILL MAKE SOME PROGRESS
INLAND SO WILL KEEP 20/30 POPS GOING THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING
HOURS TO ACCOUNT FOR BOUNDARY COLLISION CONVECTION. NIGHTLY
CAPPING INVERSION WILL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING WHICH SHOULD END
ANY APPRECIABLE CHCS FOR PRECIP SO WILL RUN WITH A DRY FORECAST
FROM LATE EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

WINDS WILL DROP TO BELOW 5 KT BUT AM NOT QUITE CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO
GO CALM...WHICH IS LINE WITH PERSISTENCE OVER THE PAST FEW NIGHTS
AND WHICH HAS ALSO PREVENTED FOG FROM FORMING SO WILL OMIT ITS
MENTION. LOW TEMPS TNGT WILL DROP INTO THE MID 60S TO ARND 70.

&&

.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY/...
UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL EXPAND AND BUILD FROM THE S...HELPING
KEEP ANY SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES AWAY FROM
THE AREA WHILE MID-UPR LEVEL JETTING SHIFTS OFF TO THE NE.
ALTHOUGH THE INSTABILITY WILL BE IN PLACE WITH MAX TEMPS
APPROACHING 90 AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S...CONVECTION WILL
ONLY HAVE THE SEABREEZE TO COUNT ON FOR LIFT SO COVERAGE WILL BE
RATHER SPARSE. GFS/NAM/CANADIAN MODELS SHOW CARIOUS TIMING OF
WEAKER SHORTWAVES THROUGH THE AREA WITHIN POSSIBLY ENOUGH DEEP
MOISTURE TO PRODUCE AFTN ISOLD SHWRS/TSTMS SO WILL RUN WITH AN
AFTN 20 POP AWAY FROM THE COAST.

THE BUILDING UPPER RIDGE...ALONG WITH LESS CLOUD COVER...WILL
ALLOW AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TO RISE WELL ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS.
MAX TEMPS WILL REACH ARND 90 AWAY FROM THE COAST AND TO THE LOW-
MID 80S NEAR THE SHORES.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH SOLUTIONS
THEN DIVERGING WITH RESPECT TO TIMING OF COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA
AND STRENGTH OF HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTH
DURING THE EARLY TO MIDDLE PART OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. THE ECMWF
IS A GOOD COMPROMISE WITH FRONTAL PROGRESSION THROUGH THE AREA
BETWEEN THE FASTER GFS AND SLOWER CANADIAN SOLUTIONS...SO WILL LEAN
THE FORECAST IN THIS DIRECTION THROUGH TUESDAY. THE ECMWF IS MUCH
LESS AGGRESSIVE IN BUILDING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE INTO THE REGION
THAN BOTH THE GFS AND CANADIAN BY MID TO LATE WEEK HOWEVER...AND
WILL FAVOR CONSENSUS HERE AND FORECAST HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD OVER
THE AREA.

AS FOR FORECAST DETAILS...WILL CONTINUE WITH RAIN FREE CONDITIONS
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AS WESTERLY FLOW PREVENTS ANY
CONVECTION FROM DEVELOPING. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO
THE FORECAST AREA SUNDAY...THEN STALL OUT OVER THE AREA SUNDAY
NIGHT. EXPECT HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE
CWA...AND WILL CARRY CHANCE POPS HERE WITH SLIGHT CHANCE OR RAINFALL
FREE CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL PROGRESS
SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS FROM THE NORTH. LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY...SO HAVE INCREASED POPS INTO THE HIGH
CHANCE RANGE. DUE TO THE FAVORED SLIGHTLY SLOWER FRONTAL
PASSAGE...WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE/LOW CHANCE POPS GOING MONDAY
NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD BACK INTO THE AREA TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY...RESULTING IN RAIN FREE WEATHER ACROSS THE REGION.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RUN WELL ABOVE CLIMO FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN BELOW NORMAL MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 08/18Z AT BOTH CHS AND SAV
TERMINALS. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 12 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE THIS
AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY DIMINISHING WINDS THIS EVENING THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THE NIGHTLY INVERSION SETS IN. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 10 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP BY NOON FRIDAY AS SFC HEATING
OCCURS.

CHANCES FOR SHWRS/TSTMS...ALTHOUGH NON-ZERO...ARE LOW THROUGH THIS
EVENING THEREFORE HAVE OMITTED ITS MENTION AT BOTH CHS AND SAV
TERMINALS SINCE ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY OCCUR LOOKS TO OCCUR INLAND
OF THE TERMINALS. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND AMEND IF NEEDED. NO
PRECIP IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY
TMRW.

EXTENDED AVIATION OUTLOOK...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING. COULD SEE MVFR OR LOWER CONDITIONS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON IN SHOWERS/TSTMS...BUT IT APPEARS BEST CHANCES FOR
MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL BE IN THE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT TIME FRAME. VFR CONDITIONS ARE THEN EXPECTED TO RETURN
TUESDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
VERY FEW CHANGES TO A PERSISTENCE FORECAST WHICH FEATURES
NOCTURNAL SURGING THROUGH TONIGHT THEN A MODEST PRESSURE GRADIENT
TMRW WITH ATLC HIGH PRES AND A WEAK LOW PRES WAVE WELL INLAND.
NEAR THE SHORES...IN THE INTRACOASTAL AND THE HARBOR...WINDS WILL
BE IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE THROUGH MIDDAY TMRW THEN GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE AS THE GRADIENT LESSENS...ESP BEHIND THE SEABREEZE.
FURTHER AWAY FROM THE COAST IN A MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT... WINDS
WILL BE MORE IN THE 10-15 KT RANGE. SEAS WILL REMAIN CAPPED AT 5
FT IN AMZ350-374...WITH SEAS NO HIGHER THAN 4 FT ELSEWHERE.

ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN PLACE SOUTH OF THE REGION
THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PERSISTENT SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE WATERS...DOMINATED MAINLY BY AFTERNOON
SEABREEZE CIRCULATIONS AND NOCTURNAL SURGES. WILL KEEP WINDS/SEAS
BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRESHOLDS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER
CONDITIONS COULD APPROACH ADVISORY CRITERIA SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN
CHARLESTON HARBOR. A SURGE TO NEAR SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS
IN SOUTH-SOUTHWEST FLOW COULD ALSO OCCUR ACROSS THE SOUTH CAROLINA
WATERS NORTH OF EDISTO AND THE OFFSHORE GEORGIA WATERS SATURDAY
NIGHT AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS IN ADVANCE OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT.

MODEL GUIDANCE IS BEGINNING TO COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT IN THE
LATTER PERIODS THIS AFTERNOON...SUGGESTING A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH
THROUGH THE WATERS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
THEN BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
EXPECT A PRETTY GOOD SURGE AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST
MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES MAY EVENTUALLY
BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE WATERS.

&&

.CHS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.
SC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

&&

JPC/JRJ

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
355 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
042>045-047>051-081000-
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-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-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-BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-
BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
355 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. AT THIS TIME...CHANCES FOR SEVERE
WEATHER REMAIN LOW. HOWEVER...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL
HAIL OR GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1142 AM EDT THU MAY 07 2009

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

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 SSW SAINT GEORGE      33.16N 80.59W
05/06/2009                   DORCHESTER         SC   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            THE HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED 3 TREES DOWN NEAR THE
            INTERSECTION OF QUAKER ROAD AND WIRE ROAD 2 MILES SOUTH
            SOUTHWEST OF SAINT GEORGE.

&&

DPB

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1145 AM EDT THU MAY 07 2009

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

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NE PINELAND           32.62N 81.14W
05/06/2009                   JASPER             SC   UTILITY COMPANY

            AN ELECTRIC COMPANY REPORTED 1 TREE DOWN ON WOODSVILLE
            ROAD NEAR PINELAND SOUTH CAROLINA.

&&

DPB

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
407 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

SCZ044-072030-
DORCHESTER-
407 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN DORCHESTER COUNTY
THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR INDIAN FIELD...OR ABOUT
OVER SAINT GEORGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND INDIAN FIELD WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 430 PM EDT.

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.

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.

JHP

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
413 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

SCZ044-045-072045-
BERKELEY-DORCHESTER-
413 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN DORCHESTER AND
EXTREME WEST CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...

AT 413 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSINVILLE...OR ABOUT
OVER INDIAN FIELD...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND HARLEYVILLE...INDIAN FIELD...REEVESVILLE AND
SAINT GEORGE WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 445 PM EDT.

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
437 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

SCZ045-072115-
BERKELEY-
437 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHERN BERKELEY COUNTY THROUGH
515 PM EDT...

AT 436 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS
OF 35 TO 45 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EBENEZER...OR ABOUT 14
MILES EAST OF INDIAN FIELD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND BONNEAU BEACH...BONNEAU...CROSS...NORTHERN LAKE
MOULTRIE...PINOPOLIS...SAINT STEPHEN AND SOUTHERN LAKE MOULTRIE WILL
BE IMPACTED THROUGH 515 PM EDT.

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.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
514 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

SCZ045-072145-
BERKELEY-
514 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL BERKELEY COUNTY THROUGH
545 PM EDT...

AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1/2 INCH HAIL...AND
STRONG WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM RUSSELLVILLE TO PINOPOLIS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM SAINT STEPHEN TO MONCKS CORNER...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

AREAS IN AND AROUND BONNEAU BEACH...BONNEAU...JAMESTOWN...MONCKS
CORNER...NORTHERN LAKE MOULTRIE...PINOPOLIS AND SAINT STEPHEN WILL BE
IMPACTED THROUGH 545 PM EDT.

EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF OUTDOORS...
REMAIN AS LOW TO THE GROUND AS POSSIBLE AND AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS...
OPEN SPACES...AND BODIES OF WATER. IF INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS...DOORS...PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL DEVICES.

THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT LAKE MOULTRIE. BOATERS SHOULD
SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATERS...STAY AS
LOW AS POSSIBLE AND WEAR A PERSONAL FLOATATION DEVICE. SWIMMERS
SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WATER AND INTO A STURDY BUILDING. REMEMBER...IF
YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER YOU ARE AT RISK OF BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

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.