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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1151 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008


NCZ047-080-081-093>095-098-103-104-210400-
/O.CON.KMHX.TR.W.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-
ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
1151 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.5 WEST OR
ABOUT 45 MILES... 70 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA
AND ABOUT 170 MILES...270 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 6 MPH...9 KM/HR. A
CONTINUED NORTHEASTWARD MOTION WITH SOME INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THIS TRACK... THE
CENTER OF THE TROPICAL STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE PARALLEL AND VERY
CLOSE TO THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 45 MPH...75 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

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

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1006 MB...29.71 INCHES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES ARE 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE SOUTH COAST LATE THIS
EVENING. MINIMAL STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE BEACHES FROM
CAPE HATTERAS SOUTH TO SURF CITY...SOUTHERN PAMLICO SOUND AND
ALONG THE LOWER NEUSE RIVER. WATER LEVEL RISES SHOULD BE LIMITED
TO 2 TO 3 FT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN 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 AND 10 PM SUNDAY.

WATER LEVEL RISES OF 2 TO 3 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
SOUNDS OF THE OUTER BANKS SUNDAY NIGHT.

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

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF
COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA LATE 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...
SCATTERED 1 TO 2 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE
THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS TO 3 TO 4 INCHES IN
MARTIN COUNTY. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE TO FIVE
INCHES ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ALONG THE COAST...WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER
AMOUNTS. THIS COULD RESULT IN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS TONIGHT CONTINUING ON SUNDAY.

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

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY AROUND
3 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

$$

AMZ135-150-152-154-156-158-210400-
/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-
1151 PM EDT SAT JUL 19 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL
WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 33.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.5 WEST OR
ABOUT 45 MILES... 70 KM...SOUTHEAST OF CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA
AND ABOUT 170 MILES...270 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 SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
TIDES ARE 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THE SOUTH COAST LATE THIS
EVENING. MINIMAL STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED ALONG THE BEACHES FROM
CAPE HATTERAS SOUTH TO SURF CITY...SOUTHERN PAMLICO SOUND AND
ALONG THE LOWER NEUSE RIVER. WATER LEVEL RISES SHOULD BE LIMITED
TO 2 TO 3 FT WHICH WOULD RESULT IN 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 AND 10 PM SUNDAY.

WATER LEVEL RISES OF 2 TO 3 FEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
SOUNDS OF THE OUTER BANKS SUNDAY NIGHT.

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...
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY AROUND
3 AM SUNDAY MORNING.

$$

JC



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