[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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AMZ135-152-154-156-158-NCZ047-080-081-093>095-098-103-104-132200-

HURRICANE CHARLEY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1224 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM OREGON INLET SOUTH...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:
DARE...CARTERET...HYDE...PAMLICO...CRAVEN...BEAUFORT...ONSLOW.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST
FROM OREGON INLET SOUTH...INCLUDING THE PAMLICO SOUND.  WINDS OF 40
TO 73 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT THROUGH 1000 PM SATURDAY NIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 25.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  82.8 WEST OR ABOUT  145 MILES SOUTH
OF SARASOTA FLORIDA.

CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 18 MPH AND A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 110 MPH.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE LATE SATURDAY MORNING AND ESPECIALLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS CHARLEY MOVES NORTH THROUGH THE
CAROLINAS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR MORE CAN BE EXPECTED.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
SOUTH WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH CHARLEY WILL PUSH WATER INTO SOUTHERN
MAINLAND HYDE AND SOUTHERN MAINLAND DARE COUNTIES ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WATER WILL ALSO RISE IN THE EASTERN PORTION
OF THE PAMLICO RIVER AND IN THE PUNGO RIVER.  WATER LEVELS WILL BE 1
TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ON
FRIDAY MORNING AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE MOVED
THROUGH.  FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT WITH CHARLEY...ESPECIALLY WEST OF KINSTON.  AREAS
EAST OF KINSTON CAN EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN.  HEAVY LOCAL RAIN
WILL LIKELY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ON SATURDAY.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY
SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING AS CHARLEY MOVES WEST OF THE REGION.

...MARINE INFORMATION...
SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 9 TO 11 FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

...RIP CURRENT INFORMATION...
A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENT THREAT WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST
TODAY AND SATURDAY. THESE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE
THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE WATER.


...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON HURRICANE CHARLIE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND
6 PM TONIGHT.

$$

TK





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