[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
230 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM
FENWICK ISLAND DELAWARE TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NORTH CAROLINA
INCLUDING CURRITUCK AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE...FOR COUNTIES ADJACENT TO
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND THE CURRITUCK AND
ALBEMARLE SOUND.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DELAWARE TO
CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NORTH CAROLINA...AND ALBEMARLE AND CURRITUCK
SOUNDS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN MARYLAND:

DORCHESTER...SOMERSET...WICOMICO...AND WORCESTER.

IN NORTH CAROLINA:
BERTIE...CAMDEN...CHOWAN...PASQUOTANK...PERQUIMANS...AND CURRITUCK.

IN VIRGINIA:

ACCOMACK...CHESAPEAKE...ESSEX...GLOUCESTER...ISLE OF WIGHT...
JAMES CITY...LANCASTER...MATHEWS...MIDDLESEX...
NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON...NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH...NORTHAMPTON...
NORTHUMBERLAND...POQUOSON...RICHMOND...SUFFOLK...SURRY...VIRGINIA
BEACH...WILLIAMSBURG...WESTMORELAND AND YORK.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNED AREA...WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS:

IN NORTH CAROLINA:

GATES...HERTFORD...AND NORTHAMPTON.

IN VIRGINIA:

SOUTHAMPTON...AND FRANKLIN.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 34.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE  77.9 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH
OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA. CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS...MOVING CHARLEY ALONG AND JUST INLAND FROM
THE NORTHEAST U.S. ATLANTIC COAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE
DECREASED TO NEAR 70 MPH WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE. CONTINUED
WEAKENING IS FORECAST AS CHARLEY REMAINS OVER LAND.

...WIND IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO NEAR THE ALBEMARLE SOUND
LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND FARTHER NORTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
CHESAPEAKE BAY AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA COASTS EARLY THIS EVENING.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE MIDDLE BAY AND
EASTERN SHORE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING HOURS. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE
WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...GIVEN HOW
WET THE GROUND IS GIVEN RECENT RAINS.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BENEATH TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND AREAS WEST AND SOUTH OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY IN VIRGINIA BY MIDNIGHT...AND ON THE EASTERN SHORE BY
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING ACROSS
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTH FROM NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...THEN TAPPER OFF
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. A FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING
OF RIVERS...STREAMS...AND CREEKS...DUE TO THIS HEAVY RAINFALL.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF MINOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR TO MODERATE
COASTAL FLOODING LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS IS DUE TO
A FORECAST STORM SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET ACROSS MOST OF THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY...INCLUDING THE TIDAL PORTION OF MOST RIVERS FLOWING INTO THE
BAY...ALBEMARLE SOUND...AND ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. HIGHER SURGES
OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF RIVERS
FLOWING INTO THE ALBEMARLE SOUND...INCLUDING THE
CHOWAN...PERQUIMANS...AND PASQUOTANK. COASTAL FLOODING SHOULD BE AT
ITS PEAK AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING.

...MARINE INFORMATION...
SEAS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 4 TO 5 FEET OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. AS
WINDS INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SEAS WILL INCREASE
TO 7 TO 10 FEET...WITH 6 TO 8 FEET NEAR SHORE. THESE LARGE WAVES
WILL PRODUCE VERY ROUGH SURF TONIGHT. MARINERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN
IN PORT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

...RIP CURRENT INFORMATION...
THE COMBINATION OF SOUTHEAST SWELLS...AND ONSHORE WINDS WILL PRODUCE
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COAST THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS
THE WATER.

RESIDENTS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
THE MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON HURRICANE CHARLEY. INFORMATION IS ALSO
AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/AKQ.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY
AROUND 6 PM...UNLESS CONDITIONS WARRANT AN UPDATE EARLIER.

$$

JAB






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