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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Charleston SC
816 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

GAZ101-218-SCZ147-230045-
Effingham GA-Inland Chatham GA-Inland Jasper SC-
816 PM EDT Sat Aug 22 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM...JASPER AND CHATHAM
COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

At 816 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Purysburgh, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
  Springfield, Rincon, Port Wentworth, Hardeeville, Stillwell,
  Ebenezer, Purysburgh, Silverwood, Blandford and Westwood.

This includes the following highways...
I-95 in Georgia between mile markers 110 and 112. I-95 in South
Carolina between mile markers 2 and 4.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, TV or your local news
source for the latest information from the National Weather Service.

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LAT...LON 3219 8131 3242 8137 3245 8116 3220 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 267DEG 19KT 3232 8116

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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