...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF HAMPTON...JASPER...COLLETON AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES... AT 319 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS CONTINUED TO DETECT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EARLY BRANCH TO POCOTALIGO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. PREPARE NOW FOR THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS... DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH... SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... COOSAWHATCHIE...CUMMINGS...EARLY BRANCH...GARDENS CORNER... GILLISONVILLE...GRAYS...HENDERSONVILLE...MCPHERSONVILLE... POCOTALIGO...SHELDON...WHITE HALL AND YEMASSEE. 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. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL...DOWNED TREES...LIMBS...AND POWER LINES...PLEASE CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO [email protected]. _jess
Posted on: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 19:26:21 +0000
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