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HURRICANE STATEMENT
Warning Issue Date: 1145 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008
...TROPICAL STORM FAY CONTINUES TO MEANDER OFF THE FLORIDA COAST...
...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM POSITION AND IMPACTS HAVE BEEN UPDATED.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA...
LAKE WIND ADVISORY...
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON LAKE MOULTRIE.
MARINERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN OFF THE LAKE.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
PERSISTENT EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
INCREASE THURSDAY AS FAY MEANDERS OFF THE FLORIDA COAST. TIDES
ARE RUNNING 1 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS LATE THIS
EVENING IN THE DANIEL ISLAND AREA AND TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE
PREDICTED LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
IN ADDITION...WAVES WILL BUILD TO 1 TO 2 FEET ACROSS MAINLY THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF LAKE MOULTRIE ON THURSDAY AS
WINDS INCREASE ON THE LAKE. WAVE ACTION MAY RESULT IN MINOR
EROSION ALONG THE LAKESHORE...ROUGHLY BETWEEN PINOPOLIS...BLACKS
CAMP AND ANGLES LANDING.
...WINDS...
WINDS ARE CURRENTLY AVERAGING 10 TO 15 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF BERKELEY
COUNTY THIS EVENING...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH
NEAR DANIEL ISLAND. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY
AS FAY MEANDERS OFF THE FLORIDA COAST. ENHANCED WINDS WILL PERSIST
ON LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH THE PERIOD. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 15
KNOTS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL
CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON THE OPEN LAKE WATERS AND A LAKE
WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT.
...INLAND FLOODING...
BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
THE OUTER FRINGES OF THE CIRCULATION OF FAY WITH THE HEAVIEST
RAINS LIKELY OCCURRING DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF
1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ARE POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
THE RISK FOR FLOODING MAY BECOME LOCALLY ENHANCED SHOULD HEAVY
RAINS FALL DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. HIGH TIDE WILL OCCUR IN THE
CHARLESTON HARBOR AT 1140 AM THURSDAY MORNING.
LEVELS ON AREA RIVERS REMAIN VERY LOW...WITH SOME RISES LIKELY
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HOWEVER...THE RISK FOR RIVER FLOODING...AT
LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY...IS LOW.
...TORNADOES...
THERE IS A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING AS BANDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE AREA.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM FAY LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 3 AM OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.
$$ LAKE WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 514 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY
FOR LAKE MOULTRIE...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A LAKE WIND
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH FROM THE MID ATLANTIC STATES WHILE
TROPICAL STORM FAY MOVES NORTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST FLORIDA. THE
TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL
INCREASE WIND SPEEDS OVER LAKE MOULTRIE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS BY
THURSDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...WAVES WILL BUILD TO 2 FEET...
MAINLY OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE LAKE. CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE THURSDAY NIGHT AS TROPICAL STORM FAY WEAKENS AND
MOVES FURTHER INTO FLORIDA.
MARINERS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY ON THE OPEN LAKE WATERS. STAY TUNED
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON.
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