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TROPICAL STORM HELENE LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 17
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC AL092024
1124 AM EDT FRI SEP 27 2024
THIS PRODUCT COVERS THE MIDLANDS OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA CSRA
**TROPICAL STORM HELENE MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION BUT STRONG WINDS
CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON.**
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- NONE
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AIKEN, BAMBERG,
BARNWELL, BURKE, CALHOUN, CENTRAL ORANGEBURG, CHESTERFIELD,
CLARENDON, COLUMBIA, EDGEFIELD, FAIRFIELD, KERSHAW, LEE,
LEXINGTON, LINCOLN, MCCORMICK, MCDUFFIE, NEWBERRY, NORTHERN
LANCASTER, NORTHWESTERN ORANGEBURG, RICHLAND, RICHMOND, SALUDA,
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGEBURG, SOUTHERN LANCASTER, AND SUMTER
* STORM INFORMATION:
- ABOUT 180 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA SC
- 35.1N 83.8W
- STORM INTENSITY 45 MPH
- MOVEMENT NORTH OR 350 DEGREES AT 32 MPH
SITUATION OVERVIEW
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TROPICAL STORM HELENE IS LIFTING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
LATE THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS, HEAVIER RAIN AND TORNADO
THREAT HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE MIDLANDS AND CSRA. GUSTY WINDS UP TO
45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WITH DECREASING WINDS LATER
THIS AFTERNOON.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* WIND:
PROTECT AGAINST HAZARDOUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS ACROSS
THE MIDLANDS OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA CSRA.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS INCLUDE:
- SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFING AND SIDING MATERIALS, ALONG WITH DAMAGE
TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, AND SHEDS. A FEW BUILDINGS
EXPERIENCING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES. MOBILE
HOMES DAMAGED, ESPECIALLY IF UNANCHORED. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT
OBJECTS BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES.
- SEVERAL LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER
NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES ARE SHALLOW ROOTED. SEVERAL
FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN URBAN
OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON
BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, BUT
MORE PREVALENT IN AREAS WITH ABOVE GROUND LINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
KEEP CELL PHONES WELL CHARGED. CELL PHONE CHARGERS FOR AUTOMOBILES
CAN BE HELPFUL, BUT BE AWARE OF YOUR RISK FOR DEADLY CARBON MONOXIDE
POISONING IF YOUR CAR IS LEFT IDLING IN A GARAGE OR OTHER POORLY
VENTILATED AREA.
RAPIDLY RISING FLOOD WATERS ARE DEADLY. IF YOU ARE IN A FLOOD-PRONE
AREA, CONSIDER MOVING TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED
ROADWAY. REMEMBER, TURN AROUND DON'T DROWN!
IF IN A PLACE THAT IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WIND, SUCH AS NEAR LARGE
TREES, A MANUFACTURED HOME, UPPER FLOORS OF A HIGH-RISE BUILDING, OR
ON A BOAT, CONSIDER MOVING TO A SAFER SHELTER BEFORE THE ONSET OF
STRONG WINDS OR FLOODING.
CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER.GOV, NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. BE READY TO ADAPT TO POSSIBLE CHANGES
TO THE FORECAST. ENSURE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO RECEIVE WEATHER
WARNINGS.
* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- FOR INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATE PREPARATIONS SEE READY.GOV
- FOR INFORMATION FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEE SCEMD.ORG
- FOR INFORMATION FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA SEE GEMA.GA.GOV
NEXT UPDATE
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THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC AROUND 2 PM EDT, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.
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