[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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AMZ330-350-352-354-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-SCZ040-
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE CHARLEY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1106 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

...HURRICANE CHARLEY MAKES LANDFALL NEAR GEORGETOWN SOUTH CAROLINA...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF
INLAND MCINTOSH...COASTAL BRYAN...LONG...INLAND LIBERTY...INLAND
BRYAN...EVANS...TATTNALL...COASTAL LIBERTY...COASTAL MCINTOSH...
CANDLER...EFFINGHAM...BULLOCH...JENKINS...SCREVEN...BERKELEY...
DORCHESTER...INLAND COLLETON...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...CHARLESTON...
COASTAL COLLETON...BEAUFORT...INLAND CHATHAM...INLAND JASPER...
COASTAL JASPER AND COASTAL CHATHAM COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

THE HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE ENTIRE GEORGIA COAST
AND FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST SOUTH OF THE SANTEE RIVER.

THE INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR BERKELEY AND DORCHESTER
COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTH COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 33.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.0 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF
MYRTLE BEACH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE
CHARLEY CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 28 MPH...TAKING
IT ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT.

...WIND IMPACTS...
SINCE HURRICANE CHARLEY HAS PASSED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA...WINDS HAVE
SUBSIDED CONSIDERABLY AND HAVE SHIFTED TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST.
WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE THROUGH THE
REST OF THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
SINCE CHARLEY HAS PASSED NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA...OFFSHORE WINDS
WILL PREVENT ANY ADDITIONAL INCREASES ABOVE PREDICTED TIDE LEVELS.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENTS...
SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED TO 6 TO 11 FEET IN THE COASTAL WATERS...AND WILL
CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS. DANGEROUS
RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY TODAY.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...THUS FLOODING IS NOT
EXPECTED.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HURRICANE CHARLEY CAN BE FOUND IN
ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE FINAL HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE
CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR HURRICANE CHARLEY.

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