[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KMHX 191822
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
222 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

NCZ047-080-081-093>095-098-103-104-201830-
/O.CON.KMHX.TR.W.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-
ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
222 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM
CRISTOBAL. AT 200 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
CRISTOBAL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.3
WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...EAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH
CAROLINA AND ABOUT 225 MILES...365 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS
NORTH CAROLINA.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF
DARE...BEAUFORT...HYDE...CRAVEN...PAMLICO...CARTERET...AND ONSLOW.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...STORM INFORMATION...
CRISTOBAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED
TO MOVE ALONG THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND
TOMORROW.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.

AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
RECENTLY MEASURED A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
MINIMAL STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE BEACHES FROM CAPE
HATTERAS SOUTH TO SURF CITY AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN PAMLICO SOUND
AND ALONG THE LOWER NEUSE RIVER. WITH WATER LEVEL RISES SHOULD BE
LIMITED TO 2 TO 3 FT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN ONLY MINOR FLOODING
ALONG THE COAST.

SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS...WATER LEVELS WILL BE NEAR THEIR
PEAK AROUND THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE SUNDAY MORNING AT 9 AM. FROM
CAPE HATTERAS NORTH...WATER LEVELS WILL BE NEAR THEIR PEAK AROUND
THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE AT 10 PM SUNDAY.

THERE WILL BE A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES
OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE STORM AFFECTS THE AREA.

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF COASTAL
NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY NIGHT CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL LIKELY COME IN HEAVIER RAIN BANDS.

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
COAST...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS. THIS COULD RESULT IN
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SATURDAY NIGHT
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY.

...TORNADOES...
TORNADO THREAT IS MINIMAL AT THIS TIME.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY AROUND
6 PM THIS EVENING.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.

$$

AMZ135-150-152-154-156-158-201830-
/O.CON.KMHX.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
PAMLICO SOUND-
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM
INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
S OF OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM-
222 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM
CRISTOBAL. AT 200 PM EDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
CRISTOBAL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.3
WEST OR ABOUT 100 MILES...160 KM...EAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH
CAROLINA AND ABOUT 225 MILES...365 KM...SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS
NORTH CAROLINA.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PEOPLE ON THE
COASTAL WATERS FROM NORTH OF SURF CITY TO CURRITUCK BEACH
LIGHT...INCLUDING THE PAMLICO SOUND.

...STORM INFORMATION...
CRISTOBAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA
TODAY AND TOMORROW.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...65 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS.

AN AIR FORCE RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
RECENTLY MEASURED A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 1007 MB...29.74 INCHES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COASTS
OF NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA...WITH ISOLATED
HEAVIER AMOUNTS OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
MINIMAL STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE BEACHES FROM CAPE
HATTERAS SOUTH TO SURF CITY AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN PAMLICO SOUND
AND ALONG THE LOWER NEUSE RIVER. WITH WATER LEVEL RISES SHOULD BE
LIMITED TO 2 TO 3 FT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN ONLY MINOR FLOODING
ALONG THE COAST.

SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS...WATER LEVELS WILL BE NEAR THEIR
PEAK AROUND THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE SUNDAY MORNING AT 9 AM. FROM
CAPE HATTERAS NORTH...WATER LEVELS WILL BE NEAR THEIR PEAK AROUND
THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE AT 10 PM SUNDAY.

THERE WILL BE A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES
OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE STORM AFFECTS THE AREA.

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF COASTAL
NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY NIGHT CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. MAXIMUM
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH. THE HIGHEST GUSTS WILL LIKELY COME IN HEAVIER RAIN BANDS.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT
SOUTH OF HATTERAS AND 10 TO 14 FEET NEAR CAPE HATTERAS ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.

...TORNADOES...
TORNADO THREAT IS MINIMAL AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...IN THE RIGHT
FRONT QUADRANT OF THE STORM THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR WATERSPOUTS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION THREE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY AROUND
6 PM THIS EVENING.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENTS AND SHORT TERM FORECASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.

$$

RSB



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