[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KILM 310050
HLSILM
AMZ250-252-254-256-NCZ097-100-101-SCZ034-046-310500-

TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
850 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

...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...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 8 PM EDT...ERNESTO WAS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE CENTER OF
ERNESTO WAS JUST NORTHWEST OF MELBOURNE...NEAR LATITUDE 28.2 NORTH
AND LONGITUDE 80.7 WEST. ERNESTO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR
15 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK ERNESTO IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN BACK INTO 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...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED IN GEORGETOWN AND HORRY 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 MIDNIGHT.



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