[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SUBTROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
236 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007

...SUBTROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE IS OFF THE CAROLINA COAST...

...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...BRUNSWICK...NEW HANOVER...PENDER AND IN
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...GEORGETOWN AND HORRY.

...WATCHES...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA
COAST FROM CAPE FEAR TO SURF CITY. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN
EFFECT NORTH OF SURF CITY FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST AND SOUNDS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 200 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF SUBTROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.1 WEST OR ABOUT
250 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON.

GABRIELLE WAS MOVING GENERALLY NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH. A CONTINUED
NORTHWESTWARD MOTION WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS GABRIELLE
ACQUIRES MORE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS.

WINDS OF 40 MPH EXTEND TO 115 MILES TO THE NORTH OF THE CENTER.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.

THE CURRENT STORM TRACK FORECAST KEEPS THE CENTER OF GABRIELLE
ABOUT 100 MILES EAST OF CAPE FEAR ON SUNDAY MORNING... AS IT HEADS
NORTH TO NEAR CAPE HATTERAS AFTER SUNDOWN ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER...THE
FORECAST WILL BE MODIFIED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS MORE INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS FROM THE NORTH GUSTING AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...CONTINUING
INTO THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER IN THE DAY.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH GABRIELLE WILL MOVE ONTO THE SOUTHEAST
NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY... BUT
GABRIELLE IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE EXCESSIVE RAIN IN THE AREA.
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST
NORTH CAROLINA ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN AN INCH...WITH LESS
EXPECTED INLAND AND OVER SOUTH CAROLINA. FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING WITH 8 TO 10 FOOT SEAS DEVELOPING OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SUNDAY. MARINERS SHOULD STAY IN PORT TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE BEACHES...
ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIME OF LOW TIDE...AT 1 PM ON SUNDAY.

ALSO...A LATERAL OR LONG SHORE CURRENT RUNNING FROM THE NORTH WILL
STRENGTHEN ALONG THE BEACHES. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS
SHOULD ENTER THE WATER.

...STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
HIGH TIDE WILL BE AROUND 6 PM TODAY...AND 6 AM ON SUNDAY. STORM
TIDES WILL BE AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL...AND COASTAL FLOODING IS
NOT EXPECTED. BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
WILL BE AROUND 530 PM. REFER TO NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
ADVISORIES FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

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