[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
550 PM EDT WED SEP 14 2005

...STRONG WINDS OF THE NORTHERN EYEWALL OF OPHELIA RAKING THE
COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COASTAL WATERS NORTH OF
CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT...THE CURRITUCK SOUND AND FOR CURRITUCK COUNTY
AND COUNTIES ADJACENT TO THE NORTHERN ALBEMARLE SOUND...

...A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING ARE IN EFFECT
NORTH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT
VIRGINIA...INCLUDING THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT...

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES ARE UNDER A HURRICANE WARNING...
BERTIE...CHOWAN...PERQUIMANS...PASQUOTANK...CAMDEN...AND
CURRITUCK.

THE FOLLOWING VIRGINIA COUNTIES AND INDEPENDENT CITIES ARE UNDER A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH...
VIRGINIA BEACH...CHESAPEAKE...NORFOLK...PORTSMOUTH...HAMPTON...POQUOSON...
YORK...NEWPORT NEWS.

THE FOLLOWING INDEPENDENT CITY IS UNDER A TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
SUFFOLK.

THE FOLLOWING NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES ARE UNDER AN INLAND
TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
HERTFORD...GATES.

A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WATCH AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HR.

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

...STORM INFORMATION...

AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OPHELIA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 34.1 NORTH... LONGITUDE 77.2 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES
EAST OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT 50 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA.

OPHELIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR  7 MPH...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON
THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF OPHELIA IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL ON
THURSDAY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA NEAR CAPE
LOOKOUT. HOWEVER...THE NORTHERN EYEWALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS TONIGHT... AND OVER THE NORTH
CAROLINA OUTER BANKS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

DATA FROM A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT AND NOAA LAND-BASED DOPPLER
RADARS INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 85 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. OPHELIA IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING
THE NEXT 12 HOURS BEFORE LANDFALL OCCURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 50 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140
MILES.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...

MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...AND ALONG THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS...AND
NORTHERN ALBEMARLE SOUND TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SOME TIMES OF HIGH
TIDE...AND FORECASTED WATER LEVELS REFERENCED TO MEAN LOWER LOW
WATER...FOR SOME LOCATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS...

SEWELLS POINT...TODAY 649 PM...5.2 FEET...THURSDAY 712
AM...4.7 FEET...THURSDAY 5.2 FEET.

VIRGINIA BEACH...THURSDAY 553 AM...5.7 FEET.

SOUTHERN CURRITUCK...THURSDAY 524 AM...5.4 FEET.

A SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF THE
ALBEMARLE SOUND TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE GREATEST SURGE POTENTIAL
WILL BE OVER THE NANSEMOND RIVER IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND THE
WESTERN PART OF THE ALBEMARLE SOUND...ALONG THE SOUTHEAST SHORE OF
BERTIE AND SOUTHERN SHORE OF CHOWAN COUNTIES...WHERE 3 TO 5 FEET IS
POSSIBLE.

...WIND IMPACTS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH
WILL LIKELY OVERSPREAD NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT...FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST...WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL
BE ACROSS THE OUTER BANKS...AND ALONG THE ALBEMARLE SOUND. THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A FEW HIGHER GUSTS TO HURRICANE
FORCE...ESPECIALLY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS AND
THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED
DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS.

SUSTAINED WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED
TO OVERSPREAD EXTREME SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA TONIGHT. THE HIGHEST WINDS
AND WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY...AND POTENTIALLY OVER PARTS OF NORFOLK AND VIRGINIA BEACH.
SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING. COASTAL SECTIONS AND COUNTIES BORDERING THE ALBEMARLE SOUND
COULD SEE WIDESPREAD 3 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING.
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE MIDNIGHT.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...

HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS MEANS WIND AND OR WAVE CONDITIONS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT
OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE THREATENING TO
ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF.

...HIGH SURF/BEACH EROSION IMPACTS...

NEARSHORE WAVES WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE
THURSDAY. THIS HIGH SURF WILL LIKELY CAUSE MINOR TO POSSIBLY
MODERATE BEACH EROSION.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE WILL FOLLOW BY 900 PM. STAY TUNED TO UPDATES ON
HURRICANE OPHELIA FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...LOCAL
MEDIA...AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT WAKEFIELD.

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