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WWUS82 KCHS 262243
SPSCHS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
643 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2025
SCZ045-262315-
INLAND BERKELEY SC-
643 PM EDT SAT APR 26 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT BERKELEY COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM
EDT...
AT 643 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT STEPHEN, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAINT STEPHEN, BONNEAU, JAMESTOWN, BONNEAU BEACH, NORTHERN LAKE
MOULTRIE, CALESTOWN, BEUFORDTOWN, FAREWELL CORNER, BETHERA AND
ALVIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
IF ON OR NEAR LAKE MOULTRIE, GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS
OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 10 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU ARE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DO NOT
BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3337 8012 3348 7993 3343 7987 3343 7988
3340 7985 3337 7981 3338 7978 3333 7976
3327 7956 3326 7956 3324 7949 3325 7948
3324 7948 3324 7946 3321 7945 3320 7948
3315 7952 3316 7956 3313 7964 3305 7970
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 301DEG 15KT 3335 7984
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH
BSH
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