PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2005

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...THE GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AGENCY...SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIVISION...PROJECT
IMPACT COUNTIES...STORM READY COMMUNITIES AND THE AMERICAN RED
CROSS HOPE THAT THE CITIZENS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTH COASTAL
SOUTH CAROLINA TOOK TIME THIS WEEK...TO PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER
BY REVIEWING THEIR ACTION PLANS OR MAKING ONE...IF THEY DID NOT
HAVE ONE PREVIOUSLY.

TORNADOES...FLASH FLOODS...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...AND LARGE HAIL
OCCUR EVERY YEAR THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. IN GEORGIA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA...MARCH APRIL AND MAY ARE THE PRIMARY MONTHS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER SEVERE WEATHER CAN DEVELOP IN ANY MONTH
IN BOTH STATE.

THE DANGERS 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.

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

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