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WWUS42 KCHS 201934
WSWCHS
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
234 PM EST MON JAN 20 2025
GAZ087-088-099>101-114-115-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-210345-
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JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
TIDAL BERKELEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LEVY, SAINT GEORGE, SUMMERVILLE,
SYLVANIA, WALTERBORO, METTER, REIDSVILLE, MILLEN, SPRINGFIELD,
CHARLESTON, BEAUFORT, DANIEL ISLAND, CLAXTON, MOUNT PLEASANT,
NORTH CHARLESTON, STATESBORO, RINCON, EDISTO BEACH, MONCKS
CORNER, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, HAMPTON, RIDGELAND, CHELSEA,
YEMASSEE, JASPER, GOOSE CREEK, AND ALLENDALE
234 PM EST MON JAN 20 2025
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS UP
TO TWO INCHES.
* WHERE...IN GEORGIA, BULLOCH, CANDLER, EFFINGHAM, EVANS, JENKINS,
SCREVEN, AND TATTNALL COUNTIES. IN SOUTH CAROLINA, ALLENDALE,
BEAUFORT, CHARLESTON, COASTAL COLLETON, COASTAL JASPER,
DORCHESTER, HAMPTON, INLAND BERKELEY, INLAND COLLETON, INLAND
JASPER, AND TIDAL BERKELEY COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD
CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE TUESDAY
EVENING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK FOR SLEET OCCURRING
ALONG THE LOWER SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL COUNTIES, ESPECIALLY INLAND
OF US 17.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU
MUST GO OUTSIDE, DRESS IN LAYERS. SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHES WILL
KEEP YOU WARMER THAN A SINGLE HEAVY COAT. COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO
REDUCE YOUR RISK OF FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA. GLOVES, A SCARF, AND A
HAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM LOSING YOUR BODY HEAT.
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER
STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU, INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS,
BOOSTER CABLES, FLASHLIGHT, SHOVEL, BLANKETS AND EXTRA CLOTHING.
ALSO TAKE WATER, A FIRST AID KIT, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP
YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
GAZ116>119-137>141-210345-
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INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LUDOWICI, FORT MCALLISTER, PEMBROKE,
SAVANNAH, TYBEE ISLAND, POOLER, HINESVILLE, DARIEN, WILMINGTON
ISLAND, FORT STEWART, RICHMOND HILL, GARDEN CITY, OAK LEVEL, AND
TOWNSEND
234 PM EST MON JAN 20 2025
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE INCH AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH.
* WHERE...COASTAL BRYAN, COASTAL CHATHAM, COASTAL LIBERTY, COASTAL
MCINTOSH, INLAND BRYAN, INLAND CHATHAM, INLAND LIBERTY, INLAND
MCINTOSH, AND LONG COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD
CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE TUESDAY
EVENING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
PERSONS ARE URGED TO STAY INDOORS UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. IF YOU
MUST GO OUTSIDE, DRESS IN LAYERS. SEVERAL LAYERS OF CLOTHES WILL
KEEP YOU WARMER THAN A SINGLE HEAVY COAT. COVER EXPOSED SKIN TO
REDUCE YOUR RISK OF FROSTBITE OR HYPOTHERMIA. GLOVES, A SCARF, AND A
HAT WILL KEEP YOU FROM LOSING YOUR BODY HEAT.
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY, DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. CONSIDER TAKING A WINTER
STORM KIT ALONG WITH YOU, INCLUDING SUCH ITEMS AS TIRE CHAINS,
BOOSTER CABLES, FLASHLIGHT, SHOVEL, BLANKETS AND EXTRA CLOTHING.
ALSO TAKE WATER, A FIRST AID KIT, AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WOULD HELP
YOU SURVIVE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
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