[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
828 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2005

...OPHELIA HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM...AS IT MOVES SLOWLY
EASTWARD...

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS FROM CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO CAPE CHARLES
LIGHT...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT...
THE CURRITUCK SOUND AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES...

...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 REMAIN UNDER A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING...

CHOWAN...PERQUIMANS...PASQUOTANK...CAMDEN...AND CURRITUCK.

THE FOLLOWING VIRGINIA COUNTIES AND INDEPENDENT CITIES REMAIN UNDER
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

VIRGINIA BEACH...CHESAPEAKE...NORFOLK...PORTSMOUTH.

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

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...OR 0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.1 WEST OR ABOUT 45
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.

OPHELIA HAS BEEN MOVING ERRATICALLY TOWARD THE EAST NEAR 5 MPH...AND
AN EASTWARD TO NORTHEASTWARD MOTION IS EXPECTED OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS. HOWEVER SINCE STEERING CURRENTS ARE WEAK...SOME
ERRATIC MOTION MAY OCCUR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE AND WSR-88D DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO
NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  THESE HIGHER WINDS REMAIN OVER
WATER.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THIS EVENING...AND FRIDAY MORNING...IN NORTH CAROLINA...MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE EARLY
THIS EVENING AND AGAIN FRIDAY MORNING. FOR THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
ALBEMARLE SOUND...THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CURRITUCK SOUND...AND THE
OUTER BANKS...A SURGE OF 1.5 TO 2 FEET IS EXPECTED.

IN SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...WITH A
1 TO 1.5 FOOT SURGE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...INCLUDING NORFOLK...PORTSMOUTH...AND THE NANSEMOND
RIVER.

TIMES OF HIGH TIDE...AND FORECASTED WATER LEVELS REFERENCED TO
MEAN LOWER LOW WATER...FOR SOME LOCATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS...

SEWELLS POINT...
FRIDAY MORNING AT 809 AM...4.0 TO 5.0 FEET.

VIRGINIA BEACH...
FRIDAY MORNING AT 649 AM...5.5 TO 6.0 FEET.

SOUTHERN CURRITUCK...
FRIDAY MORNING AT 623 AM...6.0 FEET.

...WIND IMPACTS...
SUSTAINED WINDS ALONG THE COAST WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW WIND GUSTS UP TO TROPICAL STORM
FORCE...40 MPH...IN THE WARNING AREA. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTS WILL BE
ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF SOUTHERN CURRITUCK COUNTY.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
FLOODING DUE TO RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. THE RAIN SHIELD WEST OF THE
CENTER OF OPHELIA HAS DECREASED IN AREA...WITH ANY HEAVIER RAIN NOW
WELL OFFSHORE. A FEW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE...BUT NOT ENOUGH TO
CAUSE FLOODING.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...
HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FRIDAY. 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 BE 6 TO 9 FEET TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS HIGH
SURF WILL LIKELY CAUSE MINOR TO POSSIBLY MODERATE BEACH EROSION.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL FOLLOW BY 11 PM EDT. 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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REILLY









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