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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
546 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2020
GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>052-221215-
JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-
INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-
INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-INLAND BERKELEY-
INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-
TIDAL BERKELEY-
546 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2020
..FREEZING TEMPERATURES AWAY FROM THE BEACHES TONIGHT
COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO THE REGION TONIGHT.
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AWAY FROM THE BEACHES WITH A HARD
FREEZE POSSIBLE WELL INLAND. LOW TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING
ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE MID TO UPPER 20S INLAND TO THE UPPER
20S TO AROUND FREEZING ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES. FOR THE
BEACHES, LOWS WILL ONLY DROP INTO THE MID 30S.
MANY TREES AND FLOWERING PLANTS HAVE STARTED TO LEAF OUT AND
BLOOM DUE TO THE UNSUALLY WARM WEATHER OBSERVED IN JANUARY AND
INTO MUCH OF FEBRUARY. THE COLD WEATHER TONIGHT COULD DAMAGE OR
KILL TENDER VEGETATION AND ACTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT COLD
SENSITIVE PLANTS AND TREES EVEN THOUGH A FREEZE WARNING IS NOT IN
EFFECT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO ENSURE TENDER VEGETATION
AND OUTDOOR PETS HAVE ADEQUATE PROTECTION FROM THE COLD
TEMPERATURES.
YOUNG CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY AND THE HOMELESS ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE COLD. TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT THEM. BE SURE TO
DRESS IN WARM CLOTHES BEFORE YOU HEAD OUTSIDE.
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