Hazardous Weather Outlook - Spotter Activation Likely Needed

Severe Weather is expected this afternoon and evening into tonight. This morning, I've already heard some emergency services agencies getting equipment and apparatus ready for fallen trees, wind damage, etc. from the storms. It will be a good idea to monitor a weather alert radio today due the chance of damaging winds, hail, and tornados. It may be a good idea to keep a scanner tuned to area emergency services starting early this afternoon to keep up with what is going on in your community. Amateur Radio operators should monitor the 146.970 and 146.745 repeaters for Skywarn activity; non-hams can listen in as well for real-time weather reports should a Skywarn net be activated.

NOAA's Hazardous Weather Outlook Message:

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
725 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-051230-
JENKINS-SCREVEN-CANDLER-BULLOCH-EFFINGHAM-TATTNALL-EVANS-INLAND BRYAN-COASTAL BRYAN-INLAND CHATHAM-COASTAL CHATHAM-LONG-INLAND LIBERTY-COASTAL LIBERTY-INLAND MCINTOSH-COASTAL MCINTOSH-ALLENDALE-
725 AM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AN OUTBREAK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES DURING THE DAY TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM...SOME OF WHICH WILL LIKELY BECOME
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE EVENING WITH THE MAIN COLD FRONT. ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL...WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.