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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
600 AM EST MON DEC 2 2012

...WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA...

TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY DECEMBER 8 IS WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK 
ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA. IN GEORGIA...WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK 
BEGINS MONDAY DECEMBER 3 AND CONTINUES THROUGH FRIDAY DECEMBER 7.

SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND EXTREME COLD OCCUR INFREQUENTLY 
ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. HOWEVER...
THESE EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST AND WILL OCCUR AGAIN. THE 
RARITY OF THESE EVENTS CAN MAGNIFY THE IMPACTS OF WINTER STORMS IN 
THIS REGION. 

WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW WINTER 
WEATHER BASICS. OF GREATEST IMPORTANCE...NOW IS THE TIME TO DEVELOP 
AND REVIEW YOUR WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS PLAN.

THIS WEEK...YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SOUTH 
CAROLINA WILL PRESENT INFORMATION ABOUT OUR WATCH...WARNING AND 
ADVISORY PROGRAM FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS WELL AS 
EXTREME COLD AND HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS. WE WILL ALSO OFFER SOME 
BASIC WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION AND WILL DIRECT YOU
TO INFORMATION PROVIDED BY VARIOUS AGENCIES WHICH SPECIALIZE IN 
HAZARDOUS WEATHER PREPAREDNESS. 

WE WILL ALSO POST WINTER WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK INFORMATION ON OUR 
WEB PAGE AT WWW/ERH.NOAA.GOV/CHS/...AS WELL ON FACEBOOK AT 
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.CHARLESTONSC.GOV.
YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW @NWSCHARLESTONSC ON TWITTER.  

OTHER EXCELLENT SOURCES OF WINTER WEATHER INFORMATION INCLUDE 
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/WINTER/INDEX.SHTML...WWW.FEMA.GOV
AND WWW.REDCROSS.ORG. 

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