Hazardous Weather Outlook - 05 April 2008

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
428 AM EDT SAT APR 5 2008

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428 AM EDT SAT APR 5 2008

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

...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL INTERACT WITH AN UNSEASONABLY WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS TODAY. AS A RESULT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THE EXPECTED TIMING OF THE POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND MIDNIGHT...WITH 4 PM TO 10 PM...CURRENTLY THE MOST LIKELY WINDOW FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS...TV OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON.

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