[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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ANZ633-658-NCZ015>017-032-102-VAZ091-VAZ093>098-092100-

TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1100 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 1100 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 34.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.3 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES
EAST...NORTHEAST OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA. GABRIELLE IS MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL EVENTUALLY TURN TO THE NORTHEAST
LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR
50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
EXPECTED. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES
FROM THE CENTER. THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 1006 MB...29.70 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 SUNDAY...

DUCK NC..........702 PM EDT.
VIRGINIA BEACH...725 PM EDT.
SEWELLS PT VA....846 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 LATER 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 2 INCHES..WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND EXTREME
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. 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 2 PM OR SOONER IF
NECESSARY.

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