[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KMHX 011523
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AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158-NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103
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TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1115 AM EDT FRI SEP 01 2006

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING DISCONTINUED AS ERNESTO IS DOWNGRADED TO A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION...

...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM AND FLOODING INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ERNESTO HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.
GALE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS AND SOUNDS OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERNESTO WAS LOCATED ABOUT
80 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA. THE DEPRESSION WAS
MOVING NORTH NEAR 14 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 35 MPH.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
STORM SURGE FLOODING WAS DIMINISHING AS WINDS HAVE SHIFTED TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND WEST.

...WIND IMPACTS...
SUSTAINED WINDS CONTINUED TO DIMINISH BUT WERE STILL RUNNING
25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE
THIS AFTERNOON AS ERNESTO WEAKENS AND MOVES NORTH.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
RAIN HAS ENDED OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BUT SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
CONTINUES.  FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT OVER MUCH OF EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  RIVER FLOODING IS ALSO A
CONCERN.  FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE TAR RIVER AT
GREENVILLE, THE NEUSE RIVER AT KINSTON, CONTENTNIA CREEK AT
HOOKERTON, AND ON THE NORTHEAST CAPE FEAR RIVER AT CHINQUAPIN.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...
THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HIGH TODAY. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO
STAY OUT OF THE WATER UNTIL THE SEAS HAVE RETURNED TO A SAFE LEVEL.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE WILL BE THE FINAL LOCAL STATEMENT ON ERNESTO.

$$

TK








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