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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
600 AM EST SAT DEC 8 2012

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

THIS WEEK WE REVIEWED THE CHARLESTON SC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WINTER WEATHER OUTLOOK...WATCH...WARNING AND ADVISORY PROGRAM WHICH 
IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INCREMENTAL INFORMATION REGARDING 
APPROACHING...IMMINENT AND ONGOING WINTER STORMS. WE ALSO DISCUSSED 
THE IMPACTS OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND COLD TEMPERATURES. 
FINALLY...WE BRIEFLY ADDRESSED WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS PLANS. 

YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC MONITORS THE WEATHER
ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AROUND THE 
CLOCK AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. WHEN NECESSARY...WE WILL ISSUE 
OUTLOOKS...WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR WINTER STORMS AND 
EXTREME COLD. BEFORE THESE EVENTS ARRIVE AT YOUR LOCATION...YOU 
SHOULD PREPARE TO IMPLEMENT YOUR WINTER WEATHER PREPAREDNESS PLAN. 
YOUR PLAN CAN MITIGATE THE DISRUPTIONS CAUSED BY WINTER STORMS AND 
CAN HELP YOU SURVIVE THE STORM.   

BOOKMARK OUR WEB PAGE AT WWW/ERH.NOAA.GOV/CHS/...AND LIKE OUR 
FACEBOOK POSTS 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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