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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2006

...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...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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