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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
131 PM EDT SUN MAY 7 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HAMPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT

* AT 127 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  TARBORO...OR ABOUT 13 MILES WEST OF RIDGELAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...
  TARBORO AND ROBERTVILLE...
  PINELAND...
  GILLISONVILLE...
  GRAYS AND COOSAWHATCHIE...
  MCPHERSONVILLE AND POCOTALIGO...

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 3255 8129 3245 8118 3261 8084 3280 8098

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