[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[Nashville EMWIN]

WTUS82 KMHX 131910
HLSMHX
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
310 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM CAPE LOOKOUT SOUTH...
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT 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 HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT ON THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST FROM CAPE
LOOKOUT SOUTH. WINDS OF 74 TO 95 MPH ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST
FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO OREGON INLET...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 10 PM SATURDAY NIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE  82.4 WEST OR ABOUT  60 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FT. MYERS FLORIDA. CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 145 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.

...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 TO 60 MPH 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 AS WELL PARTS OF
ROANOKE ISLAND 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 3 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. AT NEW BERN
WATER WILL RISE TO 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. IN ONSLOW COUNTY AND
ALONG BOGUE BANKS 5 TO 6 FEET OF STORM SURGE IS POSSIBLE. STORM
SURGE WILL BE AROUND 4 FEET FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH TO OREGON INLET.

...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. 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 10 TO 15 FEET BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

...RIP CURRENT INFORMATION...
A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS 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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