[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
238 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 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.  RAINFALL AND WIND AND STORM
SURGE INFORMATION HAS ALSO 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 200 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS LOCATED 20
MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF WILMINGTON...AT LATITUDE 34.5
NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.0 WEST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65
MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS ERNESTO MOVES
INLAND ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN THOUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

...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
AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. IN GENERAL A 3 TO 5 FOOT STORM SURGE IS
EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING.  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. ONSLOW BEACH HAD A GUST TO 58
MPH AND A WIND GUST OF 70 MPH WAS REPORTED AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH.
WIND GUSTS TO 58 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE BUOY 5 MILES EAST OF
NEW RIVER. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS WILL REACH 30 TO 40 MPH ACROSS
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND CONTINUE 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...
FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF TWO
TO FIVE INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. NUMEROUS FLOOD
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ACROSS THE AREA WITH WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS 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 530 AM EDT.

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BANDY
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