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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
430 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008

...SOUTH CAROLINA SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK CONTINUES THROUGH 
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...THE SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
DIVISION...PROJECT IMPACT COUNTIES...STORM READY COMMUNITIES AND THE 
AMERICAN RED CROSS HOPE THAT THE CITIZENS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA 
TOOK TIME THIS WEEK TO PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER BY REVIEWING 
THEIR ACTION PLANS OR MAKING ONE.

TORNADOES...FLASH FLOODS...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL
OCCUR EVERY YEAR THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. MARCH...APRIL AND 
MAY ARE THE PRIMARY MONTHS FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HOWEVER...
RESIDENTS SHOULD REMEMBER THAT SEVERE WEATHER CAN DEVELOP AT ANY 
TIME...DAY OR NIGHT...IN ANY MONTH.

THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE KILLERS
BUT IF WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE HEEDED...THE LOSS OF LIFE AND DAMAGE
TO PROPERTY CAN BE MINIMIZED. ADDITIONALLY...RESIDENTS SHOULD ALWAYS
BE AWARE WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THEIR AREA...AS THUNDERSTORMS
CAN BECOME SEVERE WITHOUT NOTICE.

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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