WWUS72 KCHS 220716 NPWCHS URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 216 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 GAZ116-118-137-138-221500- /O.UPG.KCHS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051122T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.HW.W.0003.051122T0716Z-051122T1500Z/ /O.UPG.KCHS.FZ.A.0002.051123T0500Z-051123T1400Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.FZ.W.0003.051123T0500Z-051123T1400Z/ INLAND BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PEMBROKE...SAVANNAH...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE 216 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH MID MORNING. MANY REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES BEING BLOWN DOWN HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS MORNING...AND THE RISK FOR ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 AM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ARE REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG WINDS THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HIGH ON ELEVATED BRIDGES SUCH AS THE ARTHUR RAVENEL BRIDGE OR THE TALMADGE MEMORIAL BRIDGE. CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO NEAR FREEZING LATE TONIGHT. A HARD FREEZE IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR FREEZING CONDITIONS TODAY. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$ GAZ117-119-139>141-SCZ048>051-221500- /O.UPG.KCHS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051122T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KCHS.HW.W.0003.051122T0716Z-051122T1500Z/ COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH- COASTAL MCINTOSH-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON- COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT MCALLISTER...TYBEE ISLAND... HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD... EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON...JASPER 216 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. THE WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH MID MORNING. MANY REPORTS OF TREES AND POWER LINES BEING BLOWN DOWN HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THIS MORNING...AND THE RISK FOR ADDITIONAL DAMAGE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 10 AM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATER THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ARE REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG WINDS THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HIGH ON ELEVATED BRIDGES SUCH AS THE ARTHUR RAVENEL BRIDGE OR THE TALMADGE MEMORIAL BRIDGE. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$ GAZ087-088-099>101-114-115-SCZ040-042>045-047-221500- /O.CON.KCHS.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051122T1500Z/ JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-INLAND COLLETON-DORCHESTER-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND 216 AM EST TUE NOV 22 2005 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA THIS MORNING AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CROSSES THE REGION TONIGHT. WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN EASILY BREAK LARGE LIMBS OR BLOW LOOSE OUTSIDE OBJECTS AROUND. MOTORISTS...ESPECIALLY THOSE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... ARE REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG WINDS THROUGH MID MORNING TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE PARTICULARLY HIGH ON ELEVATED BRIDGES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON. $$