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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
711 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2024
SCZ044-045-070000-
INLAND BERKELEY-DORCHESTER-
711 PM EDT MON MAY 6 2024
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF BERKELEY AND
DORCHESTER COUNTIES...
...MARINERS ON LAKE MOULTRIE AND EASTERN LAKE MARION SHOULD SEEK SAFE
HARBOR...
AT 710 PM EDT, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER HARLEYVILLE, OR 7 MILES EAST OF SAINT
GEORGE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...STRONG WINDS 45 TO 55 MPH AND EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...EXPECT MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND BLOWING AROUND OF
LIGHT, UNSECURED OBJECTS. ALL OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD
CEASE. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
DORCHESTER, HARLEYVILLE, SOUTHERN LAKE MOULTRIE, EADYTOWN, CROSS,
EASTERN LAKE MARION, AND PINOPOLIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS ON LAKE MOULTRIE AND THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF LAKE MARION
SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT ON THE OPEN WATER,
STAY AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AND WEAR A PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE.
REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER YOU ARE AT RISK FOR BEING STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.
EXCESSIVE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3324 7998 3308 8047 3324 8057 3329 8049
3326 8043 3326 8036 3328 8035 3327 8030
3330 8025 3338 8024 3339 8022 3345 8022
3344 8021 3345 8021 3345 8020 3346 8016
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 242DEG 22KT 3320 8045
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
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