[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
224 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO MOVING NORTH NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE
FLORIDA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
ERNESTO NOW DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION. WATCHES AND
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CHANGED. THERE IS NOW NEW STORM INFORMATION
AVAILABLE. MINOR CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE WIND IMPACTS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS BE TAKEN BY ALL PERSONS
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...INCLUDING THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND TO THE
SOUTH SANTEE RIVER ENTRANCE. THIS INCLUDES CHATHAM...BRYAN...LIBERTY
AND MCINTOSH COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...AND
CHARLESTON...COLLETON...BEAUFORT AND JASPER COUNTIES IN SOUTH
CAROLINA. THIS INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OUT 60 NM OFF
THE GEORGIA COAST...AND 20 NM OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITHIN 24 HOURS.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DORCHESTER AND
BERKELEY COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS MAY BE CHANGED
TO AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING LATE TODAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 80.9 WEST...OR ABOUT 95
MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VERO BEACH FLORIDA. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT 410
MILES SOUTH OF CHARLESTON AND ABOUT 350 MILES SOUTH OF SAVANNAH.

ERNESTO IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10 MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A TURN TO THE NORTH
NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. THIS WILL KEEP ERNESTO ACROSS THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA INTO THIS EVENING...BEFORE MOVING BACK INTO THE ATLANTIC
OFF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ERNESTO IS
THEN EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC OVERNIGHT...PASSING EAST
OF THE GEORGIA COAST THURSDAY MORNING...AND WILL HEAD TOWARD THE
MIDDLE OR UPPER SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE
CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS EXPECTED DURING THIS AFTERNOON WITH CONTINUED
INTERACTION WITH LAND. HOWEVER...ONCE THE STORM MOVES BACK INTO THE
ATLANTIC TONIGHT...IT IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN BACK TO A TROPICAL
STORM.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
OFFICIALS IN CHARLESTON AND COLLETON COUNTY HAVE ISSUED A VOLUNTARY
EVACUATION FOR ALL PERSONS WHO LIVE IN VULNERABLE AREAS SUCH AS THE
BEACHES...BARRIER ISLANDS...MOBILES HOMES OR IN LOW LYING AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELOCATE TO A SAFE
LOCATION. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT EITHER CHARLESTON OR
COLLETON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
ERNESTO IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST DURING
THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS THURSDAY NEAR OR SHORTLY AFTER THE HIGH
TIDE. A STORM SURGE OF 1 TO 3 FEET IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED FROM NEAR
EDISTO BEACH NORTHWARD ALONG THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST...WHICH
WILL CAUSE MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING OF THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND
AREAS IN THE CHARLESTON HARBOR. THIS WILL YIELD STORM TIDES OF 7 TO
9 FEET. AT THIS TIME...THE HIGHEST SURGE POTENTIAL WILL REMAIN
ACROSS NORTHEAST CHARLESTON COUNTY NEAR THE BULLS BAY AND CAPE
ROMAIN AREAS.

FURTHER SOUTH AROUND BEAUFORT AND THE GEORGIA COAST...WINDS WILL
SHIFT OFFSHORE AS THE CENTER OF ERNESTO PASSES TO THE EAST. AS A
RESULT...STORM SURGE VALUES WILL REMAIN 1 FOOT OR LESS.

...WINDS...
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WINDS WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL
BEGIN TO IMPACT COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA TOWARD DAYBREAK
THURSDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY...BEFORE GRADUALLY
DIMINISHING THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS ERNESTO MOVES INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA THURSDAY EVENING. WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG THE SOUTH
CAROLINA COAST TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS OF 30
TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS BEAUFORT AND
COASTAL PORTIONS OF COLLETON COUNTY. IN CHARLESTON COUNTY...WINDS OF
40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH APPEAR LIKELY. SINCE ERNESTO WILL
REMAIN OVER THE ATLANTIC FOR ABOUT 18 TO 22 HOURS THERE IS STILL A
CHANCE THAT THE STORM MAY STRENGTHEN FURTHER AS IT APPROACHES THE
CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE ACROSS COASTAL
SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY EVENING.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THE STORM ARE EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES IN
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND 3 TO 5 INCHES IN SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA.
LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED
FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATER TODAY AS THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD
PRODUCE FLOODING...PARTICULARLY IN DORCHESTER...BERKELEY AND
CHARLESTON COUNTIES WHERE ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD APPROACH 7
INCHES.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AS
ERNESTO APPROACHES THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

...INLAND WIND IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO PUSH INLAND ACROSS INTERIOR AREAS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA FROM THE COAST THURSDAY AS ERNESTO APPROACHES THE
CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WINDS GREATER
THAN 39 MPH...ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG AND EAST OF THE
INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF
WALTERBORO...SUMMERVILLE...MONCKS CORNER AND DANIEL ISLAND. IN
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NOT
CURRENTLY EXPECTED WEST OF A SPRINGFIELD TO HINESVILLE TO LUDOWICI
LINE...ALTHOUGH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH COULD OCCUR.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TREE AND
POWERLINE DAMAGE. MINOR DAMAGE TO SOME STRUCTURES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
PREPARE NOW FOR POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.

MARINERS ON LAKE MOULTRIE CAN EXPECT EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS
TO DEVELOP ON THE LAKE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS ERNESTO
CROSSES THE REGION. WINDS AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED.
THE RESULTING LARGE WAVE ACTION FROM THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE DOCK AND
PIER DAMAGE AROUND THE LAKESHORE. LARGE WIND DRIVEN WAVES MAY ALSO
PRODUCE LAKESHORE FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE LAKE.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY ALONG THE SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA
COAST. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK MEANS THAT WIND AND OR WAVE
CONDITIONS SUPPORT PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS
ARE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF. YOU ARE STRONGLY
URGED NOT TO GO INTO THE WATER. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND
THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS.

...HIGH SURF/BEACH EROSION IMPACTS...
MODERATE BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND
GEORGIA COAST WITH SOME SEVERE EROSION EXPECTED IN CHARLESTON
COUNTY. LOCALIZED SEVERE BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN EROSION
PRONE AREAS SUCH AS HUNTING ISLAND AND EDISTO BEACH.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 6 PM...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO CAN BE FOUND
IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AND SHORT TERM
FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.

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