NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 346 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 SCZ048>051-210000- /O.EXT.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090521T0000Z/ BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH... CHARLESTON...JASPER 346 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ENOUGH BY 8 PM TO ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT THAT TIME. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE MOST LIKELY ACROSS OPEN AND EXPOSED COASTAL REGIONS...SUCH AS MARSHES AND BEACHES. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF BREAKING SMALL LIMBS...BLOWING DOWN VERY SMALL TREES AS WELL AS PRODUCING SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. && $$ GAZ117-119-139-141-210000- /O.EXT.KCHS.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090521T0000Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND... HALFMOON LANDING...DARIEN 346 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS OF NORTH COASTAL GEORGIA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ENOUGH BY 8 PM TO ALLOW THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT THAT TIME. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE MOST LIKELY ACROSS OPEN AND EXPOSED COASTAL REGIONS...SUCH AS MARSHES AND BEACHES. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE ARE CAPABLE OF BREAKING SMALL LIMBS...BLOWING DOWN VERY SMALL TREES AS WELL AS PRODUCING SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. && $$ SCZ045-210400- /O.EXT.KCHS.LW.Y.0023.000000T0000Z-090522T0300Z/ BERKELEY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONCKS CORNER 346 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2009 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR LAKE MOULTRIE... THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THURSDAY. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE ON LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING AS THE AREA REMAINS BETWEEN STRONG HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE WELL TO THE SOUTH. WAVES AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PARTS OF THE LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN IN PORT AS STRONG WINDS AND LARGE WAVES MAY CAPSIZE BOATS. && $$