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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1247 PM EDT SAT OCT 11 2008
Expiration: 145 PM EDT SAT OCT 11 2008
...GUSTY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL
JASPER...BEAUFORT...SOUTHWESTERN CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
COLLETON COUNTIES THROUGH 145 PM EDT...
AT 1245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF GUSTY SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MEGGETT TO WIGGINS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
17 MILES NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF EDISTO
BEACH...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.
AREAS IN AND AROUND ADAMS RUN...ASHEPOO...BENNETTS POINT...
COOSAWHATCHIE...DALE...GARDENS CORNER...GREEN POND...HILTON HEAD
ISLAND...HOLLYWOOD...JACKSONBORO...MEGGETT...PARRIS ISLAND...PORT
ROYAL...RAVENEL...RITTER...SHELDON...WHITE HALL...YONGES
ISLAND...AND BEAUFORT WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH 145 PM EDT.
THIS ACTIVITY IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS AND DO NOT
DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 412 AM EDT SAT OCT 11 2008
Expiration: 600 AM EDT SUN OCT 12 2008
...MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FROM THE
NORTH OVER THE WEEKEND...RESULTING IN STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS
ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SHALLOW COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH
TIDE...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. BEACH EROSION APPEARS LIKELY
IN THE MORE FAVORABLE NORTHEAST FACING LOCATIONS AROUND THE TIMES
OF HIGH TIDE. ADDITIONALLY...HIGH SURF ADVISORIES MAY EVENTUALLY
BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COAST AS
SEAS MAY BUILD IN EXCESS OF 5 FEET IN THE SURF ZONE. THE RIP
CURRENT RISK WILL BE ELEVATED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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