[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM HANNA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
623 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

.AT 500 PM EDT...2100Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 38.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.8 WEST OR JUST
EAST OF CAMBRIDGE MARYLAND.  THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT
40 MILES... 65 KM...WEST-NORTHWEST OF OCEAN CITY MARYLAND AND
ABOUT 100 MILES... 155 KM...SOUTHWEST OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW
JERSEY.

HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 28 MPH...44 KM/HR.
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF HANNA WILL CROSS THE EASTERN MID-ATLANTIC
STATES THIS EVENING...AND MOVE NEAR OR OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
SUNDAY MORNING.  THE CENTER IS FORECAST TO PASS NEAR OR OVER THE
CANADIAN MARITIMES SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...85 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS.  HOWEVER...HANNA IS FORECAST TO LOSE TROPICAL
CHARACTERISTICS ON SUNDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...
325 KM FROM THE CENTER.  WALLOPS ISLAND VIRGINIA RECENTLY
REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 54 MPH...87 KM/HR.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 994 MB...29.35 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER LEVELS IN BAYS AND ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND
DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA.
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE
SOUNDS... SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY.

HANNA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO
6 INCHES FROM THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES NORTHEASTWARD
THROUGH NEW ENGLAND...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES
POSSIBLE. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THESE REGIONS.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THE COASTAL AREAS OF
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

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CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SMITH POINT TO WINDMILL POINT VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM WINDMILL POINT TO NEW POINT COMFORT VA-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO CAPE HENRY VA-
COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CHINCOTEAGUE VA OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CHINCOTEAGUE TO PARRAMORE ISLAND VA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PARRAMORE ISLAND TO CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT
20 NM-
WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DE TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC FROM
20 TO 40 NM-DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-
MARYLAND BEACHES-WESTMORELAND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-GLOUCESTER-
MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-ISLE OF WIGHT-
NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-CHESAPEAKE-
VIRGINIA BEACH-ACCOMACK-NORTHAMPTON VA-
623 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM POSITION AND MOVEMENT.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
...THE CENTRAL CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE
MID ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...THE LOWER EASTERN SHORE OF
MARYLAND...INTERIOR SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS
VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA...THE MIDDLE PENINSULA
OF VIRGINIA...THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA AND THE PENINSULA OF
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AT
THIS TIME.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON THE EAST SIDE OF CHESAPEAKE BAY IN
MARYLAND...SPECIFICALLY CAMBRIDGE...WHERE SEVERE FLOODING IS
ANTICIPATED WITH WATER LEVELS AROUND 3 FT ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE
NEXT HIGH TIDE CYCLE. THE NORTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED TO TURN MORE
TO THE WEST AND DECREASE AFTER SUNSET...AND AFTER MIDNIGHT THE
LIGHTER WINDS SHOULD ALLOW THE WATER LEVELS TO RECEDE.

ELSEWHERE...STORM SURGE FLOODING OF AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS IS EXPECTED BOTH ON THE OUTER COAST OF THE EASTERN SHORE AS
WELL AS LOCATIONS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF CHESAPEAKE BAY. TIDAL
ANOMALIES WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS THE WINDS CONTINUE TO
DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. ALONG THE COAST...LARGE AND
DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. COASTAL FLOODING
WILL BE GREATEST AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. THE FOLLOWING ARE
SELECT LOCATIONS AND TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING WITH
PREDICTED WATER LEVELS AT THE TIME OF HIGH GIVEN FOR CAMBRIDGE...

CAMBRIDGE MD....1007 PM EDT...4.5 TO 5 FEET...WHICH IS SEVERE.
BISHOPS HEAD MD...700 PM EDT.
CRISFIELD MD...605 PM EDT.

...WINDS...

MOST AREAS CAN EXPECT WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
45 MPH THROUGH 9 PM...WITH A NORTHWEST DIRECTION FOR AREAS ON THE
MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. WIND SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH FROM SOUTHWEST
TO NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...AND DROP OFF
SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 8 PM.

$$

SMF


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