[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
300 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WILL AFFECT THE CAROLINAS ON THURSDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...
THIS STATEMENT UPDATES THE CURRENT POSITION OF ERNESTO.

....AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...

GEORGETOWN AND HORRY

AND IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

BRUNSWICK

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST FROM THE
SOUTH SANTEE RIVER IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR FORECAST WINDS BETWEEN 39
MPH AND 73 MPH. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ON THURSDAY
INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...ERNESTO WAS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS. THE CENTER OF ERNESTO
WAS NEAR LAKE OKEECHOBEE FLORIDA...NEAR LATITUDE 26.9 NORTH AND
LONGITUDE 80.9 WEST. ERNESTO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 10
MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF ERNESTO IS EXPECTED TO
MOVE OFF THE FLORIDA COAST THIS EVENING....AND STRENGTHEN TO A
TROPICAL STORM BEFORE MOVING ASHORE ON THE CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
COAST ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO CROSS THE
PEE DEE REGION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INTO THE SAND HILLS OF CENTRAL
NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY NIGHT.


...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EVERY HOUSEHOLD SHOULD HAVE A PLAN OF ACTION WHEN A HURRICANE OR
TROPICAL STORM THREATENS. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE...NOW IS THE TIME
TO MAKE ONE. PLANNING INFORMATION...AND THE LATEST STORM
INFORMATION IS ON LINE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILM.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE...
STORM SURGE IS FORECAST TO EXCEED THE TIDE BY UP TO THREE FEET.
TIDES ARE FORECAST TO BE AT A MINIMUM...AND COASTAL FLOODING
EFFECTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MINOR.

...WINDS...
ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST AND PEE DEE REGION...TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN GEORGETOWN...HORRY...AND THE PEE
COUNTIES LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SPREADING INTO
NORTH CAROLINA NEAR MIDNIGHT WITH WINDS GUSTING AROUND 40 MPH.
WINDS WILL DIMINISH FROM THE SOUTH THURSDAY NIGHT.

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH STORM ERNESTO WILL DEVELOP
THURSDAY AND GRADUALLY END FROM THE SOUTH THURSDAY NIGHT. THREE TO
SIX INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS.
PONDING ON ROADWAYS IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE
AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHT. RIVER LEVELS ARE WELL BELOW FLOOD
STAGE... BUT COULD RAPIDLY RISE IF HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPS OVER
THE HEADWATERS.

...TORNADOES...
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...MAINLY
NEAR THE CENTER...AND TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER OF
ERNESTO MOVES. TORNADOES IN LAND FALLING TROPICAL SYSTEMS ARE
GENERALLY SMALL AND DIFFICULT TO SEE DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. KEEP A
BATTERY POWERED NOAA WEATHER RADIO NEARBY TO WARN YOU OF
APPROACHING HAZARDS.

...RIP CURRENTS...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF
SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL
LIKELY BECOME HIGH ALONG ALL THE AREA BEACHES ON THURSDAY. RIP
CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS OUT TO SEA.

...HIGH SURF/BEACH EROSION...
SURF OF 2 TO 4 FEET WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET
THURSDAY...AND TO AS HIGH AS 8 FT THURSDAY NIGHT. MINOR TO
MODERATE BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN MANY AREAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WILMINGTON AROUND 6 PM.


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