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

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



NCZ047-080-081-093>095-098-103-104-202145-
/O.CON.KMHX.TR.W.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-
ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
540 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.9 WEST OR
ABOUT 125 MILES...195 KM...EAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND
ABOUT 205 MILES...330 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...11 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
PARALLEL AND VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA
TODAY AND TOMORROW.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 1005 MB...29.68 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 9 AM 10 PM SUNDAY. WATER LEVEL RISES OF 2
TO 3 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUNDS OF THE OUTER BANKS
SUNDAY NIGHT.

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF COASTAL
NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT 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 TONIGHT 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
9 PM THIS EVENING.

$$

AMZ135-150-152-154-156-158-202145-
/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-
540 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.9 WEST OR
ABOUT 125 MILES...195 KM...EAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND
ABOUT 205 MILES...330 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.

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

...STORM INFORMATION...
CRISTOBAL IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...11 KM/HR...
AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED. ON THIS
TRACK...THE CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
PARALLEL AND VERY CLOSE TO THE COASTS OF SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA
TODAY AND TOMORROW.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SLOW STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES...140 KM
FROM THE CENTER.

THE LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT IS 1005 MB...29.68 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 9 AM 10 PM SUNDAY. WATER LEVEL RISES OF 2
TO 3 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUNDS OF THE OUTER BANKS
SUNDAY NIGHT.

..WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF COASTAL
NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE
HIGHEST GUSTS WILL LIKELY COME IN HEAVIER RAIN BANDS ACROSS THE
CENTRAL OFFSHORE WATERS.

...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...THERE IS THE
POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS.


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


$$
JC



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