[Tropical] Public Tropical Cyclone Advisory

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Sat Aug 14 09:53:33 CDT 2004


WTNT33 KNHC 141453
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE CHARLEY ADVISORY NUMBER  22 CORRECTION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

CORRECTION...TIDAL POTOMAC...CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE BAYS ARE NOT
INCLUDED IN HURRICANE WARNING BUT ARE INCLUDED IN TROPICAL STORM
WARNING.

...CHARLEY ON THE COAST NEAR SOUTH CAROLINA/NORTH CAROLINA BORDER...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER
SOUTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA STATE LINE
INCLUDING THE PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.  AT 11 AM EDT...
HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF THE SOUTH SANTEE
RIVER.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THE NORTH
CAROLINA/VIRGINIA STATE LINE NORTHWARD TO SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY
INCLUDING ALL OF THE TIDAL POTOMAC...CHESAPEAKE AND DELAWARE BAYS.
AT 11 AM EDT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED NORTHWARD FROM
SANDY HOOK TO THE MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING NEW YORK
HARBOR AND LONG ISLAND SOUND.

AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 33.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE  79.0 WEST OR ABOUT  35 MILES
SOUTH OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA.

CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 28 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...MOVING
CHARLEY ALONG AND JUST INLAND FROM THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST U.S.
ATLANTIC COAST.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO  45 MILES... 75 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 115 MILES...185 KM...PRIMARILY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS  990 MB...29.23 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS
EXPECTED TODAY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST AND 2 TO
3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ELSEWHERE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST U.S.
COAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF
CHARLEY ACROSS THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF COASTAL SOUTH AND
NORTH CAROLINA.

REPEATING THE 11 AM EDT POSITION...33.2 N... 79.0 W.  MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 28 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS... 75 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 990 MB.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 2 PM EDT FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY AT 5 PM
EDT.

FORECASTER LAWRENCE


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