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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
600 AM EST FRI FEB 11 2011

...GEORGIA SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK - WRAP UP...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...THE GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY...PROJECT IMPACT COUNTIES...STORM READY COMMUNITIES AND THE 
AMERICAN RED CROSS HOPE THAT THE CITIZENS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA 
TOOK TIME THIS WEEK TO PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER BY REVIEWING 
OR CREATING SEVERE WEATHER ACTION PLANS.

TORNADOES...FLASH FLOODS...DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE THUNDERSTORM 
WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LIGHTNING OCCUR EVERY YEAR THROUGHOUT THE
UNITED STATES. MARCH...APRIL AND MAY ARE THE PRIMARY MONTHS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS AND 
SEVERE WEATHER CAN DEVELOP AT ANY TIME...DAY OR NIGHT...DURING ANY
MONTH. IN LARGE MEASURE BECAUSE OF THE DANGERS PRESENTED BY
THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER...YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
MONITORS WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA AROUND THE CLOCK
EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THE HAZARDS PRODUCED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN KILL...INJURE AND
CAN DAMAGE PROPERTY. HOWEVER...IF YOU HEED WATCHES AND WARNINGS
YOU CAN MITIGATE THESE DANGERS. EVEN IN THE ABSENCE OF WATCHES AND
WARNINGS...YOU SHOULD ALWAYS REMAIN ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WHICH
CAN DEVELOP AND CAN BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS
THREATEN...TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE AND PROPERTY. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SEVERE WEATHER...HOW TO PREPARE...OR
HOW TO BECOME AN OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SPOTTER...CONTACT THE
CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AT 843-744-0303...OR ONE
OF THE OTHER LISTED PARTICIPATING AGENCIES.

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