FIRST ALERT: Severe storms expected Monday
CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) — A powerful chilly entrance is forecast to brush throughout the Lowcountry, bringing a extreme climate menace to the area on Monday.
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The Live 5 First Alert Weather workforce has issued a First Alert Weather Day for Monday due to the specter of sturdy to extreme thunderstorms.
There can be a threat of hit-or-miss storms Monday morning, a few of which can be sturdy to extreme. Storms will change into extra quite a few throughout the afternoon, and a few of these storms may also be sturdy to extreme. The principal concern with thunderstorms on Monday is the specter of damaging winds, however there may be additionally a menace of transient, spin-up tornadoes. While some storms could produce heavy rain, the danger of flash flooding is low as a result of fast-moving nature of the storms.
In the meantime, hit-or-miss storms are additionally doable Sunday. There is a low-end threat of some stronger to extreme storms. The principal menace with Sunday’s thunderstorm exercise is damaging wind gusts.
First Alert Forecast:
SUNDAY: Variable cloudiness and hit-or-miss showers and storms. High: 77°. Low: 64°.
MONDAY: First Alert Weather Day for scattered storms. Windy. High: 76°. Low: 36°.
TUESDAY: Patchy morning frost. Partly to largely sunny and blustery. High: 56°. Low: 34°.
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