[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
845 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006

...ERNESTO MOVING TOWARD EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE TO ALL SECTIONS BELOW BASED ON THE LATEST
STORM INFORMATION AND IMPROVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS
AND VISITORS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...
INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF EDISTO
BEACH TO THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER ENTRANCE. THIS INCLUDES
CHARLESTON COUNTY...AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS OUT
20 NM AND FOR CHARLESTON HARBOR.

THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY
COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 33.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 75 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.

ERNESTO IS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 18 MPH...AND ON THIS
TRACK THE STORM WILL MAKE LANDFALL ON THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST LATER
TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE STILL NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
AS ERNESTO REMAINS OVER THE ATLANTIC FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS IT STILL
MAY BECOME A MINIMAL HURRICANE BEFORE IT MAKES LANDFALL.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT WHILE DRIVING ON AREA ROADS THIS EVENING
AS SOME ROADS MAY STILL BE FLOODED ESPECIALLY IN CHARLESTON COUNTY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
NO STORM SURGE WILL OCCUR AS THE STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY.

...WINDS...
WIND SPEEDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE ACROSS CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY
COUNTIES AS ERNESTO MOVES NORTH TOWARD NORTH CAROLINA.  FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL
PREVAIL ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CHARLESTON COUNTY...WHILE SPEEDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL PREVAIL LATE THIS EVENING OVER THE EXTREME
NORTHERN END OF CHARLESTON COUNTY NEAR MCCLELLANVILLE.

IN BERKELEY COUNTY WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH THIS
EVENING...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER WINDS NEAR LAKE MOULTRIE. AS A
RESULT...A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR LAKE MOULTRIE.

...INLAND FLOODING...
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA IS NOT EXPECTED
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT.  THEREFORE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR
CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

...TORNADOES...
THERE IS RISK OF ANY TORNADOES THIS EVENING.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...
THERE REMAINS A HIGH OF RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT 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 COAST
THIS EVENING...WITH PERHAPS LOCALIZED MINOR BEACH EROSION ON HUNTING
ISLAND AND EDISTO BEACH.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE LAST TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO CAN BE FOUND IN
ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY
THIS OFFICE.

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