[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM TAMMY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
554 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2005

...TROPICAL STORM TAMMY SKIRTING THE FLORIDA COAST...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE GEORGIA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH
CAROLINA COAST...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM FLAGLER BEACH FLORIDA
NORTH TO THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SOUTH CAROLINA.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST
SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM TAMMY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.2 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA AND ABOUT 135 MILES SOUTH OF
SAVANNAH GEORGIA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH. TAMMY
IS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 14 MPH AND THIS MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE SYSTEM LIKELY MAKING LANDFALL
THIS EVENING. AFTER LANDFALL...ONLY SLOW WEAKENING IS EXPECTED.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST. SECURE LOOSE
OBJECTS OR BRING THEM INSIDE.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
CURRENT ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE RUNNING 1.5 TO 3 FEET ABOVE
EXPECTED VALUES AND THESE DEPARTURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO
THURSDAY. IF HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURS AROUND THE TIME LATE THIS
EVENING OR LATE THURSDAY MORNING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING COULD
OCCUR. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAN ANY STORM SURGE WILL BE
MINIMAL.

...WIND IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN
HEAVY RAIN BANDS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND
NEAR THE COAST. WIND GUSTS OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY BREAK SMALL LIMBS
OR KNOCK DOWN WEAK OR DAMAGED TREES WHICH COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED
POWER OUTAGES.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS SO FAR HAVE MAINLY BEEN IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE
ALONG THE COAST IN GEORGIA AND ALONG PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH
CAROLINA COAST...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FURTHER INLAND. STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES. WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING FROM
THE HEAVY RAINFALL...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
WITH TAMMY EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL SOUTH OF THE AREA...ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AS
DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.

...HIGH SURF/BEACH EROSION IMPACTS...
WIND AND WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO RESULT IN MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH
EROSION THROUGH THURSDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON BY 930 PM OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TAMMY CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED
BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.

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MTE



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