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HURRICANE STATEMENT
Warning Issue Date: 605 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008
...NEW INFORMATION...
LAKE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. 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. CURRENTLY
TIDES ARE RUNNING 1 TO 1.5 FEET ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON 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 LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS OF 15 TO
25 MPH NEAR DANIEL ISLAND. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 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 CONDITION THE LAKE AND A LAKE WIND ADVISORY
HAS BEEN ISSUED.
...INLAND FLOODING...
BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER
THE OUTER FRINGES OF THE CIRCULATION OF FAY. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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.
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 9 PM 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 TUE AUG 19 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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