TORNADO WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1140 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
IN SOUTH CAROLINA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
BEAUFORT BERKELEY CHARLESTON
COLLETON DORCHESTER HAMPTON
JASPER
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON...
EDISTO BEACH...HAMPTON...HILTON HEAD...JASPER...MONCKS CORNER...
RIDGELAND...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE AND WALTERBORO.
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FLOOD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1111 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
THE RIVER WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY THEN SLOWLY FALL.
* AT 14.2 FEET...EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF SWAMPLANDS MAY BE EXPECTED.
LOGGING OPERATIONS AND CATTLE GRAZING SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER
GROUND. RIVER IS APPROXIMATELY 9000 FEET WIDE.
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WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1054 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.
EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE
COASTAL AREAS OF CHARLESTON AND COLLETON COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY TO
MID AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE FOUND EAST OF HIGHWAY 17 AND MAY
MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES. ELEVATED WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40
TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE.
STRONGER WINDS WILL BE FELT ON SOME OF THE TALLER BRIDGES. THIS
INCLUDES...THE RAVENEL BRIDGE...THE DON HOLT BRIDGE...THE BEN
SAWYER BRIDGE AND THE ISLE OF PALMS CONNECTOR
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS..
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED.
MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING VANS...CAMPERS...TRAILERS
AND OTHER HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING IN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTS OF
WIND WHICH MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.
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HIGH SURF ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1132 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON.
ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAZARDOUS WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET WITHIN THE
SURF ZONE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE ROUGH SURF WILL ALSO PRODUCE
MINOR BEACH EROSION. THE LARGEST WAVES WILL LIKELY OCCUR AROUND
HIGH TIDE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST THIS
EVENING...AND THESE OFFSHORE WINDS WILL PUSH THE HIGHEST WAVES
AWAY FROM THE SURF ZONE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND
LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION.
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