[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
900 AM EDT FRI SEP 16 2005

...OPHELIA MOVING AWAY FROM THE OUTER BANKS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER...INCLUDING
THE CURRITUCK AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.

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

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE FOLLOWING NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES REMAIN UNDER A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING...

CURRITUCK.

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

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA WAS LOCATED BY
RECONAISSANCE AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 35.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.5
WEST OR ABOUT 65 MILES...100 KM...EAST NORTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS
NORTH CAROLINA.

OPHELIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 8 MPH. A TURN TO
THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR  65 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO THE
EAST OF THE CENTER.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...MAINLY
TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT WAS 996 MB...29.41 INCHES.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THIS MORNING...IN NORTH CAROLINA...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING CAN BE
EXPECTED DURING THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. FOR THE NORTHERN PORTION OF
ALBEMARLE SOUND...THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF CURRITUCK SOUND...AND THE
OUTER BANKS...A SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS EXPECTED.

...WIND IMPACTS...
SUSTAINED WINDS ALONG THE NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA COAST WILL
INCREASE THIS 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.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...
HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 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 TODAY. THIS HIGH SURF WILL
LIKELY CAUSE MINOR TO POSSIBLY MODERATE BEACH EROSION.

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

$$

TG







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