SVSCHS

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
428 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2010

GAC031-103-251-SCC049-053-252115-
/O.CON.KCHS.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-100625T2115Z/
EFFINGHAM GA-BULLOCH GA-SCREVEN GA-HAMPTON SC-JASPER SC-
428 PM EDT FRI JUN 25 2010

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN JASPER...SOUTHWESTERN HAMPTON...SOUTHERN SCREVEN...
CENTRAL BULLOCH AND NORTHWESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTIES...

AT 424 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SHIRLEY TO GWINETTS
CROSSING...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE
WARREN STATE PARK TO 11 MILES EAST OF STATESBORO. THESE STORMS WERE
NEARLY STATIONARY.

SOME LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...CAPTOLO...
EGYPT...HUNTERS...KILDARE...LEEFIELD...NEWINGTON...OLIVER...
SHAWNEE...GARNETT...PINELAND...ROBERTVILLE...SCOTIA AND SHIRLEY.

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 HAIL OR WIND DAMAGE...CONTACT THE CHARLESTON NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE AT 1-888-383-2024 OR EMAIL YOUR REPORTS TO
CHS.SKYWARN@NOAA.GOV. REPORTS CAN ALSO BE SENT THROUGH TWITTER USING
#WXREPORT.

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LAT...LON 3262 8105 3234 8153 3248 8179 3275 8146
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 063DEG 1KT 3266 8129 3244 8159

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