[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
512 PM EDT SUN SEP 9 2007

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR MOST OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA FROM SURF CITY NORTHWARD...

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

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
ONSLOW...CARTERET...CRAVEN...BEAUFORT...PAMLICO...MAINLAND AND OUTER
BANKS DARE AND HYDE...TYRRELL AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
AT 5 PM EDT...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ALONG THE
NORTH CAROLINA COAST FROM SURF CITY NORTHWARD...INCLUDING THE
PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 35.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.1 WEST...OR ABOUT 30 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF KILL DEVIL HILLS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH
AROUND 12 MPH. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AROUND 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
OUTER RAIN BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS EVENING.

...PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT PROPERTY THREATENED BY THE TROPICAL STORM
SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE OUTER BANKS.  KEEP
ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION BY MONITORING NOAA ALL
HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL TV AND RADIO STATIONS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
A STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 3 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS
OF THE OUTER BANKS. AS THE WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHWEST WITH THE PASSAGE
OF GABRIELLE....SOUND SIDE SURGES UP TO 2 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS HYDE AND DARE COUNTIES...AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN PART OF
ALBEMARLE SOUND THROUGH THIS EVENING. HIGH TIDES THIS EVENING WILL
OCCUR AROUND 7 PM.

...WIND IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY ALONG COASTAL
SECTIONS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED PRIMARILY ON THE OUTER BANKS.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES. ISOLATED
HEAVIER AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE PRIMARILY ALONG
COASTAL SECTIONS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS CAN
BE EXPECTED.

...TORNADO IMPACTS...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS LESSENED ACROSS THE AREA.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...
INCREASED SWELL FROM TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE COMBINING WITH HIGH
ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ACROSS AREA
BEACHES. POWERFUL RIP CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS CAN
OVERTAKE EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU STAY OUT
OF THE WATER.

...HIGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION IMPACTS...
WAVES WILL BE 6 TO 9 FEET ALONG THE OUTER BANKS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
ROUGH SURF AND MINOR BEACH EROSION THROUGH TONIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 830 PM.

$$

JAC
















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