SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 927 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1015 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING AIKEN...FAIRFIELD...LEXINGTON...NEWBERRY
RICHLAND AND SALUDA COUNTIES...
AT 916 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CROSSING THE CENTRAL MIDLANDS.
THE RAIN EXTENDED FORM NEW ELLENTON THROUGH WINDSOR AND BATESBURG TO
LITTLE MOUNTAIN. ANOTHER AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS
AFFECTING RICHLAND AND LEXINGTON COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING
BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN. RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR THE
REST OF THE MORNING. THE RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA TOLL FREE
AT 1 800 7 7 5 7 1 9 9.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 523 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 530 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...TORNADO WATCH 811 IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND
CENTRAL 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.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY.
TORNADO WATCH.
SOME FLOODING MAY ALSO OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND ALONG
SMALL STREAMS THIS MORNING DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY
RAINFALL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS MORNING.
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