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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-022100-
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
500 AM EST MON JAN 2 2006

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...

A WARM FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN COAST OF GEORGIA WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE NORTH DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THIS WILL ALLOW A HUMID AND
UNSTABLE AIRMASS TO DEVELOP OVER THE REGION. BY LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING...AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS
THE OHIO VALLEY WILL DRAG A STRONG COLD FRONT ACROSS GEORGIA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA.

THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS COMBINED WITH THE STRONG COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE MAIN
HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION
THIS MORNING WILL PRODUCE COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF RAIN WHICH WILL
SATURATE SOME AREAS. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SAME AREAS 
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING.
ALSO...THE SATURATED GROUNDS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO TREES BEING
KNOCKED DOWN EASIER BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THE LOOSENED SOIL.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS...THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED
TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS DURING THE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING HOURS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 


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