[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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ANZ633-658-NCZ015>017-032-102-VAZ091-VAZ093>098-100100-

TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
500 PM EDT SUN SEP 9 2007

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS 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 REMAINS 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 500 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 35.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.1 WEST OR ABOUT 20 MILES
SOUTH OF COLUMBIA NORTH CAROLINA. GABRIELLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH AT AROUND 12 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO TURN TO THE
NORTH...NORTHEAST 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 70 MILES...MAINLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER. THE
LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT WAS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE 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
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA COAST LATER THIS EVENING.

TIMES OF HIGH TIDE SUNDAY EVENING...

DUCK NC..........702 PM EDT.
VIRGINIA BEACH...725 PM EDT.
SEWELLS PT VA....846 PM EDT.

...WIND...
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING AS
GABRIELLE TRACKS NORTHWARD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND LATER
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...MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 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 CAN BE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT 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 8 PM OR SOONER IF
NECESSARY.

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