[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
840 AM EDT FRI SEP 1 2006

...CENTER OF ERNESTO MOVING INLAND OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
WATCH AND WARNING INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED.
STORM STATUS HAS BEEN UPDATED.
THIS IS THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT FOR TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO FROM NWS
WILMINGTON.

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

NEW HANOVER AND PENDER.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN LOWERED SOUTH OF SURF CITY NORTH
CAROLINA. THIS INCLUDES NEW HANOVER AND PENDER COUNTIES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS LOCATED
INLAND NEAR LATITUDE 35.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.6 WEST.  THIS
POSITION IS ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF WILMINGTON.

ERNESTO WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 15 MPH. A DECREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED AS ERNESTO MOVES INTO EASTERN VIRGINIA
LATER TODAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
WEAKENING WILL CONTINUE.

SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 990
MB...29.23 INCHES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
WATER LEVELS IN THE CAPE FEAR REGION HAVE RETURNED TO NORMAL. AS
ERNESTO CROSSED THE AREA NEAR MIDNIGHT...SURGE LEVELS EXCEEDED TIDES
BY AROUND 3 FT AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...1 FOOT AT SUNSET BEACH...AND
LESS THAN 1 FOOT AT MYRTLE BEACH.

...WINDS...
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AND ON THE COAST NORTH OF CAPE FEAR...WINDS
WERE GUSTING AROUND 45MPH...DIMINISHING FROM GUSTS AROUND 70 MPH
AROUND MIDNIGHT. WINDS WERE GUSTING 20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE REST OF
THE SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS ERNESTO MOVES AWAY TO THE
NORTH.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED AREAS OF 10 TO 12 INCH RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS
IN NEW HANOVER AND NORTHERN BRUNSWICK COUNTIES...AND 6 TO 8 INCHES
OVER PENDER...BRUNSWICK AND EASTERN HORRY AND EASTERN COLUMBUS
COUNTIES. EXTENSIVE PONDING OF WATER WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY.
RAINFALL WAS 2 TO 4 INCHES FURTHER INLAND AND IN GEORGETOWN COUNTY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...BECOMING ISOLATED BY
MID DAY.

MODERATE RIVER FLOODING IS FORECAST FOR THE CAPE FEAR RIVER AT THE
IN BLADEN COUNTY ON SATURDAY MORNING...WITH MODERATE FLOODING
EXPECTED. MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST LATER TODAY ON THE NORTHEAST
CAPE FEAR RIVER AT BURGAW.
THE GREAT PEE DEE RIVER AT PEE DEE IS FORECAST TO FLOOD MONDAY
MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...
BECAUSE ALL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN LOWERED...THIS IS THE LAST LOCAL
STATEMENT ON ERNESTO FROM NWS WILMINGTON. A STORM SUMMARY WILL BE
ISSUED LATER TODAY.

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