[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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AMZ130-135-152-154-156-NCZ045>047-080-081-093>095-103-104-100500-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1120 PM EDT SUN SEP 9 2007

...AT 11 PM...ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE
HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING DISCONTINUED FOR THE ENTIRE NORTH CAROLINA
COAST. UPDATED STORM...STORM TIDE...FLOODING...RIP CURRENT...HIGH
SURF...AND WIND INFORMATION.

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

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
AT 11 PM EDT...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA
COAST...INCLUDING THE PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 36.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 75 MILES NORTH
OF CAPE HATTERAS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AROUND
10 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 45 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
SOUND SIDE FLOODING CONTINUES OVER THE OUTER BANKS...BUT WILL
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 12 NEAR
RODANTHE...AND PORTIONS NEAR OCRACOKE...HAD WATER RISES OF CLOSE TO
3 FEET.

...WIND IMPACTS...
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE OUTER BANKS AND NORTHERN COASTAL
SECTIONS INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...THEN WILL DECREASE IN SPEED.

...FLOODING IMPACTS...
IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CRAVEN COUNTY...AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARTERET
COUNTY...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS CONTINUES BUT IS EXPECTED
TO IMPROVE NOW THAT THE RAINFALL HAS STOPPED.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...
SWELL FROM TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE COMBINING WITH HIGH ASTRONOMICAL
TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 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 OF 6 TO 9 FEET ALONG THE OUTER BANKS WILL DIMINISH TO NEAR 5
FEET BY MORNING. ROUGH SURF AND MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT...AND IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH DURING THE DAY.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS WILL BE THE FINAL LOCAL STATEMENT FOR TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE.


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