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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
500 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2007

SOUTH CAROLINA HURRICANE AWARENESS WEEK WILL BE OBSERVED MAY 27
THROUGH JUNE 2. PARTNERS SUCH AS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...THE AMERICAN RED CROSS AND PROJECT 
IMPACT...ALL AGREE THAT PREPAREDNESS IS THE KEY TO MINIMIZING PROPERTY
DAMAGE AND PREVENTING LOSS OF LIFE. THIS ANNUAL EVENT GIVES CITIZENS OF
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AN OPPORTUNITY TO
EDUCATE THEMSELVES...OR REVIEW THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF WEATHER HAZARDS
ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANES.

HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS ON JUNE 1 AND CONTINUES THROUGH NOVEMBER
30. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT ALL RESIDENTS BECOME FAMILIAR WITH
HURRICANE SAFETY PROCEDURES...BECAUSE HURRICANES POSE A SERIOUS
THREAT TO COASTAL AND INLAND AREAS ALIKE. HIGH WINDS...TORNADOES...
AND FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS CAN OCCUR FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST TO
HUNDREDS OF MILES INLAND. IN 1999...HURRICANE FLOYD PRODUCED
TORRENTIAL RAIN OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA. IN 2004...HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE GASTON 
PRODUCED EXTENSIVE FLOODING IN CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES.

EVEN THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORMS CAN PRODUCE CAN PRODUCE
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. FOR EXAMPLE...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM
ALLISON PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN HOUSTON TEXAS IN 2001 AND
THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANES FRANCES AND JEANE PRODUCTED TORNADO
OUTBREAKS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHERN APPALACHAINS.

IT IS BEST TO FORMULATE A HURRICANE SAFETY PLAN LONG BEFORE A
HURRICANE ACTUALLY THREATENS YOUR COMMUNITY. WE WILL BEGIN
DISCUSSING THOSE SAFETY PLANS AND ASSOCIATED HURRICANE HAZARDS ON
MONDAY.

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