Event: Ice Storm Warning
Sender Name: NWS Charleston SC
Issued: 2014-06-19T08:52:36-04:00
Expires: 2014-06-19T09:52:36-04:00
Description: * ICE ACCUMULATIONS…AROUND ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH.

* TIMING…RAIN IS FORECAST TO MIX OR CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN
THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS…THEN CONTINUE INTO
AS LATE AS THURSDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS…SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD CREATE DANGEROUS
OR IMPOSSIBLE DRIVING CONDITIONS…ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES…
OVERPASSES AND UNTREATED ROADS. DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER
LINES ARE LIKELY AS WELL AS POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA.
Instruction: SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OR WALK. ICE ACCUMULATION
WILL DAMAGE TREES AND POWER LINES. IF YOU ENCOUNTER DOWNED POWER
LINES…DO NOT TOUCH THE LINES BECAUSE YOU COULD BE ELECTROCUTED.
REPORT DOWNED POWER LINES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE POWER
COMPANY. PREPARE TO REMAIN IN A SAFE SHELTER WITHOUT ELECTRICITY
FOR MANY HOURS. OBTAIN VITAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS POTABLE WATER…NON-
PERISHABLE FOOD…MEDICINE…BATTERIES…FLASHLIGHTS AND A
BATTERY POWERED RADIO.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Extreme
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Dorchester; Colleton; Berkeley; Screven; Jenkins; Allendale; Hampton

Message Identifier: UAT_306_Chan201451985236
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – IPAWS Test