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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
502 AM EST MON DEC 5 2005

...ARE YOU READY FOR A WINTER STORM?...

WINTER STORMS ARE RARE BUT STILL POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT WINTER STORMS
AND HOW TO PREPARE WHEN YOU ARE FACED WITH THE HAZARDS ASSOCIATED
WITH WINTER STORMS SUCH AS HEAVY SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE...
SLEET AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILL VALUES.

WINTER STORMS NORMALLY OCCUR IN THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER...JANUARY
FEBRUARY AND MARCH. IN ORDER TO KNOW HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE VARIOUS
TYPES OF WINTER WEATHER...RESIDENTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE CRITERIA
FOR ISSUING ADVISORIES...WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

AN ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
INCONVENIENCE AND IF CAUTION IS NOT EXERCISED...COULD LEAD TO
SITUATIONS THAT MAY THREATEN LIFE AND PROPERTY.

A WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THE RISK AND IMPACT OF A HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER EVENT HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY...BUT ITS OCCURRENCE...
LOCATION AND OR TIMING IS STILL UNCERTAIN.

A WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS OCCURRING OR
HAS A VERY HIGH PROBABILITY OF OCCURRING. A WARNING IS USED FOR
CONDITIONS POSING A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL
PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CRITERIA FOR WATCHES...WARNINGS AND
ADVISORIES FOR THE SPECIFIC TYPES OF WINTER WEATHER.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WINTER WEATHER...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...AMERICAN RED CROSS OR YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

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