[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KCHS 061517 CCA
HLSCHS
AMZ330-350-352-354-370-374-GAZ087-088-099>101-114>119-137>141-
SCZ040-042>045-047>051-061700-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TAMMY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
1112 AM EDT THU OCT 6 2005

...TORPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED...
...TROPICAL DEPRESSION TAMMY CONTINUES TO WEAKEN...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND GEORGIA NORTHWARD TO
THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER IN SOUTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELED.

A FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
CONTINUES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAKE
MOULTRIE.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TAMMY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 85.5 WEST...NEAR OZARK ALABAMA.
TAMMY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD THIS AFTERNOON WITH A
DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH
AND TAMMY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND WILL LIKELY
DISSIPATE LATER TODAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING THIS
AFTERNOON.

BEACH AND BOATING ACTIVITIES WILL REMAIN VERY HAZARDOUS. SEAS AND
SURF ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
CURRENT ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE RUNNING ABOUT 1 FOOT ABOVE
EXPECTED VALUES IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND THESE DEPARTURES ARE
EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS THE WINDS
CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WIND GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE
COAST IN HEAVY RAIN BANDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE MOULTRIE THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON FOR WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
HEAVY RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AND PRODUCED
SOME FLOODING...ESPECIALLY FROM EDISTO BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTHWARD TO DARIEN GEORGIA. UNOFFICIAL RAINFALL REPORTS AND
DOPPLER RADAR BOTH INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 8 INCHES.
WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS FALLING OVER SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL INCH
OR TWO OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST
SOUTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. IF THE RAIN FALLS QUICKLY OVER ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND...FLOODING WOULD BE POSSIBLE.

MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

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

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

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH
CAROLINA FOR BREAKING WAVES UP TO 5 TO 6 FEET.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THIS
OFFICE ON TAMMY. AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT OR TWO
WILL BE ISSUED LATER TODAY TO UPDATE RAINFALL TOTALS.

A POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE BY 12
NOON ON TUESDAY.

$$

MTE





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