[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1115 PM EDT THU AUG 31 2006

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT
SOUTH...
...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CAPE LOOKOUT SOUTH...

...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

ONSLOW...CARTERET...HYDE...DARE...CRAVEN...BEAUFORT...TYRRELL...
WASHINGTON...PAMLICO...MARTIN...PITT...LENOIR...GREENE...JONES...AND
DUPLIN.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH OF CURRITUCK BEACH
LIGHT.  A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CAPE LOOKOUT SOUTH.
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE IN THE WARNING AREA FOR THE
REMAINDER OF TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.  A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS
THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA OVERNIGHT.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 PM EDT THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS LOCATED NEAR
CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA AT LATITUDE 33.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.2
WEST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
ERNESTO WILL MAKE LANDFALL BEFORE MIDNIGHT NEAR CAPE FEAR. ERNESTO
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS THOUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
ON FRIDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MONITOR NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL TV AND RADIO IN CASE
FLASH FLOOD OR TORNADO WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY...A MANDATORY EVACUATION IS IN EFFECT FOR
WHICHARDS BEACH ROAD AND LOW LYING AREAS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY
INCLUDING FLOOD PRONE AREAS IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. ONE SHELTER
IS OPEN IN WASHINGTON AT NEW PS JONES MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 4105 NORTH
MARKET STREET EXTENSION.

FOR CARTERET COUNTY...ONE SHELTER IS OPEN IN NEWPORT AT NEWPORT
MIDDLE SCHOOL.

FOR ONSLOW COUNTY...TWO SHELTERS ARE OPEN IN JACKSONVILLE. ONE AT
DIXON MIDDLE SCHOOL AT DIXON SCHOOL ROAD...AND ONE AT JACKSONVILLE
MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 315 COMMONS DRIVE SOUTH. THE EMERGENCY PET SHELTER
IS CO-LOCATED WITH THE RED CROSS SHELTER AT JACKSONVILLE COMMONS
MIDDLE SCHOOL.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE CARTERET AND ONSLOW COUNTY COAST LINE ARE 1
FOOT ABOVE NORMAL. IN GENERAL A 3 TO 5 FOOT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED.
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...NEAR THE NORMAL TIME OF HIGH TIDE.  STORM
SURGES OF 4 TO 5 FEET ARE POSSIBLE IN THE NEUSE AND PAMLICO RIVERS
AS FAR INLAND AS NEW BERN AND WASHINGTON.  IN ONSLOW COUNTY A STORM
SURGE OF 5 FEET IS EXPECTED ON TOPSAIL ISLAND.  OTHER AREAS THAT
COULD SEE WATER LEVELS 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL INCLUDING THE PORTION OF
DOWNEAST CARTERET COUNTY THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE NEUSE RIVER AND
EXTREME EASTERN PAMLICO COUNTY. SURGES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE
EXPECTED ELSEWHERE IN THE WARNING AREA OVERNIGHT ALONG COASTAL
SECTIONS OF THE OUTER BANKS DARE AND HYDE COUNTIES...AND SOUNDSIDE
SOUTHERN HYDE COUNTY.

...WIND IMPACTS...
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS
COASTAL ONSLOW AND CARTERET COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH HAVE BEEN
AT CAPE LOOKOUT DURING THE LATE EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL
INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH ACROSS INLAND AREAS WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES INLAND COUNTIES ALONG
AND EAST OF THE PROJECTED PATH OF ERNESTO...WHERE INLAND TROPICAL
STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS COASTAL AND ADJACENT
COASTAL COUNTIES COUNTIES FROM ONSLOW TO SOUTHERN DARE DARE COUNTIES
WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING REPORTED. FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FRIDAY MORNING. SEVERAL WEAK
TORNADOES HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS CARTERET AND ONSLOW COUNTIES
THIS EVENING. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...
THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HIGH THROUGH FRIDAY. PEOPLE ARE
URGED TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL ERNESTO HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...AND THE SEAS HAVE RETURNED TO A SAFE LEVEL.

...HIGH SURF/BEACH EROSION IMPACTS...
WAVES OF 7 TO 9 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 12 FEET OVERNIGHT ALONG
THE SOUTH FACING BEACHES...THEN CONTINUE FOR THE ENTIRE COAST ON
FRIDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN ROUGH SURF AND MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH
EROSION TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 230 AM EDT.

$$

COLE


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