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SPSCHS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
416 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2006

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-021000-
JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER...
STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE...
FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI...
HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE...
HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...
RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...
JASPER
416 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2006

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON 
AND EVENING...

A WARM AND MOIST AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND 
SOUTH-COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...A STRONG LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MIDWESTERN STATES OVERNIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE
SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD
OF THE COLD FRONT MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AND MOVE ACROSS GEORGIA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY UNSTABLE FOR JANUARY. THIS
COMBINED WITH STRONG WIND ENERGY WILL CREATE THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE
VERY LARGE HAIL...SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS...THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD MONITOR
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ISSUED LATER TODAY AND MONDAY MORNING
CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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