[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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Wed Aug 30 17:13:32 CDT 2006


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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADER
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
551 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
THIS STATEMENT UPDATES THE CURRENT POSITION OF ERNESTO AND EXPANDS
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA TO SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA.

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

GEORGETOWN AND HORRY

AND IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

BRUNSWICK...NEW HANOVER AND PENDER

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST FROM THE
SOUTH SANTEE RIVER IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ON THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...ERNESTO WAS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS. THE CENTER OF ERNESTO
WAS ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA...NEAR
LATITUDE 27.6 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 80.8 WEST. ERNESTO WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 14 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...
RESIDENTS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ERNESTO...AND
STAY UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST FORECASTS. LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE
SECURED OR MOVED INDOORS BEFORE THE STORM.

MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR THE LATEST FORECAST
INFORMATION...AND IN CASE FLOOD OR TORNADO WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

...STORM SURGE 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..IF ANY...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.
HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST. WINDS WILL
DIMINISH FROM THE SOUTH THURSDAY NIGHT.

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH ERNESTO WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY AND
GRADUALLY END FROM THE SOUTH THURSDAY NIGHT. THREE TO SIX INCHES OF
RAIN IS EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY IN
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. 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 HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON ALL AREA BEACHES THURSDAY.
RIP CURRENTS THAT DEVELOP ON THURSDAY COULD BE LIFE THREATENING TO
ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE SURF.

...HIGH SURF/BEACH EROSION...
SURF WILL LIKELY BUILD TO 3 TO 5 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING...AND
TO AS HIGH AS 9 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 9 PM.


$$

RAS/TM




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