WWUS82 KCHS 220230 SPSCHS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 930 PM EST MON NOV 21 2005 GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-042>045-047>051-221000- 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-BERKELEY- INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MILLEN...SYLVANIA...METTER... STATESBORO...SPRINGFIELD...REIDSVILLE...CLAXTON...PEMBROKE... FORT MCALLISTER...SAVANNAH...TYBEE ISLAND...LUDOWICI... HINESVILLE...HALFMOON LANDING...TOWNSEND...DARIEN...ALLENDALE... HAMPTON...WALTERBORO...ST. GEORGE...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER... RIDGELAND...BEAUFORT...HILTON HEAD...EDISTO BEACH...CHARLESTON... JASPER 930 PM EST MON NOV 21 2005 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT... A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION OVERNIGHT. A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT IS DEVELOPING ACROSS GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA AS SURFACE LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WERE DEVELOPING AT MID EVENING WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ALREADY REPORTED AT SEVERAL REPORTING LOCATIONS AT 9 PM. WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT WITH SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES IN EXPOSED AREAS AND ELEVATED SURFACES...SUCH AS BRIDGES. SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH CANS AND LAWN CHAIRS. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG CROSS WINDS AND GUSTS ON BRIDGES. THE STRONGEST WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE TUESDAY MORNING IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND LATE TONIGHT IN PARTS OF INLAND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. $$ 24