[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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ANZ633-658-NCZ015>017-032-102-VAZ091-VAZ093>098-091800-

TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
800 AM EDT SUN SEP 9 2007

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA COUNTIES OF CURRITUCK...CAMDEN...PASQUOTANK AND PERQUIMANS
AND THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY OF VIRGINIA BEACH...

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
COMMUNITIES OF NORFOLK...PORTSMOUTH...ISLE OF
WIGHT...SUFFOLK...NEWPORT NEWS...HAMPTON...POQUOSON AND YORK...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE VIRGINIA BEACH AREA OF SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR NCZ015-NCZ016-NCZ017-NCZ032-NCZ102-VA098.

TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR VAZ091-VAZ093-VAZ094-VAZ095-VAZ096-VAZ097.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 800 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 34.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.4 WEST OR ABOUT 30
MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA. GABRIELLE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NORTHWEST NEAR 10 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY THEN TO THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME ADDITIONAL
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE IN THE FEW REMAINING HOURS PRIOR TO
LANDFALL. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 45 MILES
FROM THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY
THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1005 MB...29.68 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF CURRITUCK...CAMDEN AND PASQUOTANK COUNTIES NEAR THE
ATLANTIC OCEAN AND THE ALBEMARLE SOUND. HAVE WORKABLE FLASHLIGHTS OR
PORTABLE LANTERNS AND A BATTERY-POWERED RADIO. HAVE A SUPPLY OF
SPARE BATTERIES.

STORE OR SECURE LAWN FURNITURE...BARBECUE GRILLS...GARBAGE CANS AND
OTHER LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE...
NO SIGNIFICANT TIDAL FLOODING OR STORM SURGE IS ANTICIPATED WITH
TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE. HOWEVER...TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS OF CURRITUCK COUNTY
AND THE VIRGINIA BEACH AREA AS THE CENTER OF GABRIELLE PASSES OVER
THE NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA COAST THIS EVENING.

TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ON SUNDAY AT DUCK NC...702 PM EDT.

...WIND...
WINDS WILL SLOWLY INCREASE TODAY AS GABRIELLE APPROACHES THE NORTH
CAROLINA COAST. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
ALONG AND EAST OF THE PERQUIMANS RIVER...NEAR THE ALBEMARLE AND
CURRITUCK SOUNDS...AND ATLANTIC OCEAN.

...FLOODING...
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED AREAS OF
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA TODAY.
LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH AND WEST OF THIS AREA. GIVEN THE
EXISTING DRY CONDITIONS...NO RAINFALL RELATED FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

...HIGH SURF/BEACH EROSION...
WAVES OF 6 TO 8 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE
CENTER OF GABRIELLE MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO CURRITUCK COUNTY.
THIS COULD RESULT IN MINOR BEACH EROSION.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 11 AM OR SOONER IF
NECESSARY.

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