...LAKE WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM EDT
THURSDAY...

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS,
HIGHEST ALONG THE LAKE SHORE.

* TIMING...LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH WAVES ON AREA LAKES WILL
CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY INDICATES THAT WINDS WILL CAUSE ROUGH CHOP
ON AREA LAKES. SMALL BOATS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PRONE TO CAPSIZING.

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...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR
ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING STRONG COLD FRONT...

* FOR THE MIDLANDS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND CENTRAL SAVANNAH RIVER
AREA OF GEORGIA

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR
ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING STRONG COLD FRONT.

* WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...CHESTERFIELD, MCCORMICK, NEWBERRY, FAIRFIELD,
KERSHAW, EDGEFIELD, SALUDA, LEXINGTON, RICHLAND, LEE, AIKEN,
SUMTER, BARNWELL, ORANGEBURG, CALHOUN, CLARENDON, LINCOLN,
BAMBERG, MCDUFFIE, COLUMBIA, RICHMOND, BURKE, NORTHERN
LANCASTER AND SOUTHERN LANCASTER.

* TIMING...12PM TO 8PM THURSDAY.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 25 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...LOW TO MID 80S.

* LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE IN THE MORNING.

* IMPACTS...WITH DRYING FUELS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THE COLD
FRONT APPROACHES, EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

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