HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 800 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 500 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...TORNADO WATCH 803 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...
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.
TORNADO WATCH.
WIND ADVISORY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS MORNING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 750 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 845 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS COULD
IMPACT NORTHWESTERN COLLETON...HAMPTON...ALLENDALE...NORTHWESTERN
DORCHESTER AND NORTHWESTERN BERKELEY COUNTIES THROUGH 900 AM EST...
AT 745 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 31 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUNCAN CHAPEL TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MILLETT...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ORANGEBURG TO 19 MILES EAST OF WAYNESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS
ACROSS THE SOUTH CAROLINA MIDLANDS AND THE CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER
AREA. NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF DOWNED TREES AND
POWERLINES IN THESE AREAS. THEREFORE...AS THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH
THE AREA...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED.
AREAS IN AND AROUND MILLETT...AVERILL...MARTIN...BALDOCK...
APPLETON...SEIGLING...SCOTIA...ULMER...SYCAMORE...WILL BE IMPACTED
THROUGH 900 AM EST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
HAVE AN ACTION PLAN READY IN THE EVENT A WARNING IS ISSUED. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES SUDDENLY...SOMETIMES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
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