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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
914 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
914 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2006

...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK 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 STRONG 
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS...THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD MONITOR 
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ISSUED LATER TONIGHT AND ON MONDAY 
CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER EVENT.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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