SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
737 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

SCC015-019-035-230015-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0255.000000T0000Z-110823T0015Z/
DORCHESTER SC-CHARLESTON SC-BERKELEY SC-
737 PM EDT MON AUG 22 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHERN BERKELEY...CENTRAL CHARLESTON AND SOUTHEASTERN
DORCHESTER COUNTIES...

AT 732 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARARAT...OR ABOUT OVER
GOOSE CREEK...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY
FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW-LYING AREAS. AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS
AND DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY. IF THERE IS NO SAFE SHELTER AVAILABLE...STAY AWAY FROM
ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS AND BODIES OF WATER. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...
YOU ARE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.

&&

LAT...LON 3286 7967 3279 7973 3275 7984 3275 7986
      3268 7988 3263 7997 3260 7999 3259 8011
      3254 8017 3255 8020 3252 8024 3301 8029
      3315 7975 3289 7961
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 354DEG 12KT 3297 8002

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