WUUS52 KCHS 082009 SVRCHS GAC051-103-082115- /O.NEW.KCHS.SV.W.0030.060408T2008Z-060408T2115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 408 PM EDT SAT APR 8 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA CHATHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF MELDRIM...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF PEMBROKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... EDEN AND MELDRIM... RINCON AND MEINHARD... BLOOMINGDALE A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES SUDDENLY. BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. LAT...LON 3223 8145 3209 8137 3214 8112 3238 8123 $$