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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
712 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHING JUST SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED INFORMATION FROM THE 5 AM EDT ADVISORY.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
MARTIN...PITT...WASHINGTON...TYRRELL...MAINLAND DARE...GREENE...
BEAUFORT...MAINLAND HYDE...DUPLIN...LENOIR...JONES...CRAVEN...
PAMLICO...CARTERET...ONSLOW...OUTER BANKS DARE AND OUTER BANKS
HYDE.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN
EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR
ANY TORNADO WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 34.1N...LONGITUDE 76.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 100 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BUXTON NC...OR ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF
MOREHEAD CITY NC. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 14 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 90 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK.
DUE TO THE SIZE AND THE STRENGTH OF HURRICANE IRENE...SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS WILL OCCUR WELL AWAY FROM THE STORM CENTER. SIGNIFICANT
STORM SURGE...DAMAGING WINDS AND FRESH WATER FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE TODAY AS IRENE AFFECTS THE AREA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH NOON...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING...THEN
DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT...AND ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL WILL OCCUR EAST OF HIGHWAY 17.

AREAL FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF
HIGHWAY 17. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE TRENT RIVER
AT POLLOCKSVILLE...THE PAMLICO RIVER AT WASHINGTON...AND SWIFT
CREEK ABOVE STREETS FERRY.

A 5 TO 9 FEET OF SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AREAS
THAT WILL BE HARDEST HIT WILL BE ADJACENT TO THE PAMLICO SOUND
INCLUDING THE LOWER REACHES OF THE NEUSE AND PAMLICO
RIVERS...OCEANSIDE AREAS SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS...AND SOUNDSIDE
OUTER BANKS DARE AND HYDE COUNTIES. THESE WATER LEVELS WILL
PRODUCE MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING OF HOMES...ROADS...AND
PROPERTIES.

10 TO 15 FOOT BREAKERS WILL PRODUCE SEVERE BEACH EROSION...OCEAN
OVERWASH...AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. ISOLATED
TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST THIS MORNING.
ANY TORNADOES THAT OCCUR WILL BE BRIEF AND VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE.
PLEASE LISTEN FOR ANY TORNADO

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DURING THE STORM...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT
VENTURE OUTSIDE WHEN HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR DURING TEMPORARY
LULLS AS FLYING DEBRIS CAN EASILY...AND SUDDENLY...CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY.

HAVE A WELL-CHARGED CELL PHONE NEARBY...KEEPING NETWORK
COMMUNICATIONS AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE FOR EMERGENCIES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.

FOR SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR PORT...
AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY
DISTRESS BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS...
AND SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY AROUND 9 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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MARTIN-PITT-GREENE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-
712 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR LENOIR COUNTY...A SHELTER IS OPEN AT LENOIR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE.

FOR JONES COUNTY...VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS ARE IN EFFECT.

FOR PITT COUNTY...VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN LOW
LYING AREAS. SHELTERS ARE OPEN AT WELLCOME MIDDLE SCHOOL...
FARMVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL...DH CONLEY HIGH SCHOOL. TWO PET
SHELTERS WILL BE OPEN IN GREENVILLE AT HELENS GROOMING AT 3198 E
10TH STREET CONTACT 2 5 2 7 5 8 6 3 3 3 WITH BACKUP AT PITT
COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AT 4450 COUNTY HOME ROAD CONTACT
2 5 2 3 7 8 6 5 4 9.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR
EQUAL TO 21 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 100 PERCENT.

...WINDS...
THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. POORLY
ANCHORED MOBILE HOMES MAY BE DAMAGED...SOME SEVERELY. OTHER HOMES
MAY HAVE DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...SIDING...GUTTERS AND
WINDOWS...ESPECIALLY IF THESE ITEMS ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED.
LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BECOME AIRBORNE...CAUSING ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. SOME POWER LINES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN
BY FALLING TREES...RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MANY
LARGE BRANCHES OF TREES WILL BE SNAPPED...AND A FEW TREES WILL BE
UPROOTED.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...PRODUCING MINOR TO MODERATE
FLOODING.

...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A
TORNADO APPROACHES.

$$

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WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-CRAVEN-
PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
712 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR DARE COUNTY...MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL
VISITORS AND RESIDENTS. EVACUEES SHOULD USE HIGHWAY 64 WEST
THROUGH MANNS HARBOR DUE TO CONGESTED ROADS DUE TO NORFOLK
VIRGINIA EVACUATIONS. THERE ARE NO SHELTERS OPENED IN DARE
COUNTY. SHELTERS AVAILABLE FOR DARE COUNTY EVACUEES CAN USE T J
DAVIS RECREATION CENTER 400 E SIXTH STREET IN ROANOKE RAPIDS...
NORTHAMPTON CULTURAL AND WELLNESS CENTER 9536 HIGHWAY 305 NORTH
IN JACKSON.

FOR ONSLOW COUNTY...VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST
OF THE COUNTY. MANDATORY EVACUATIONS ARE IN EFFECT FOR TOPSAIL
BEACH. A CURFEW WILL BE IN PLACE FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH
9 AM SUNDAY. SHELTERS ARE OPEN AT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS...DIXON
MIDDLE SCHOOL...JACKSONVILLE COMMONS...RICHLANDS HIGH...SOUTHWEST
MIDDLE...SWANSBORO HIGH...AND WHITE OAK HIGH.

FOR CARTERET COUNTY...THERE IS A MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR ALL
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF BOGUE BANKS. BOTH THE ATLANTIC BEACH
BRIDGE AND THE EMERALD ISLE BRIDGE ARE CLOSED. A CURFEW AT BOGUE
BANKS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL LIFTED. SHELTERS ARE OPEN AT THE
FOLLOWING SCHOOLS...NEWPORT MIDDLE...WEST CARTERET HIGH...
ATLANTIC ELEMENTARY...WITH A HOST SHELTER AT SMITHFIELD/SELMA
SENIOR HIGH.

FOR HYDE COUNTY...THERE ARE MANDATORY EVACUATIONS IN PLACE FOR
OCRACOKE ISLAND AND MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY. NASH COUNTY SHELTER IS
OPEN AT INGLEWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH IN ROCKY MOUNT NC. WILSON COUNTY
SHELTER IS OPEN AT RALEIGH ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH IN WILSON NC. FOR
MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL THE PUBLIC INFORMATION LINE AT
2 5 2 9 2 6 4 3 6 8.

FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY...THERE ARE MANDATORY EVACUATIONS FOR PEOPLE
LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS.

FOR TYRRELL COUNTY...THERE ARE MANDATORY EVACUATIONS FOR PEOPLE
LIVING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND MOBILE HOMES.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO
65 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT
THIS TIME IS 100 PERCENT.

...WINDS...
MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 MPH RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 100 MPH.

DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED. POORLY ANCHORED MOBILE HOMES MAY BE
DESTROYED...ALONG WITH THOSE OF OLD OR POOR CONSTRUCTION. SOME
WELL ANCHORED MOBILE HOMES WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...WALLS...AND WINDOWS...AND COULD BECOME UNINHABITABLE.
SOME HOMES OF FRAME CONSTRUCTION WILL SUSTAIN PARTIAL WALL AND
ROOF FAILURE...AND POSSIBLY BLOWN OUT WINDOWS. LOOSE OUTDOOR
ITEMS WILL BECOME PROJECTILES...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND
POSSIBLE INJURY. MANY AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE POWER OUTAGES WITH
SOME DOWNED POWER POLES. NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES
WILL SNAP. SOME TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...ESPECIALLY WHERE THE
GROUND IS SATURATED.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A DANGEROUS STORM TIDE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS 4 TO
7 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. ALONG THE COAST...THE SURGE WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE... DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE-THREATENING WAVES.

AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES ALONG THE COAST...THE COMBINED STORM
SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS WILL BE UP TO 9 FEET ABOVE MEAN
SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST... RESULTING IN WORST
CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL SOMEWHERE
WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE.

THE LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO REALIZE THE GREATEST FLOODING
INCLUDE THE OUTER BANKS....DOWNEAST CARTERET COUNTY...AREAS
ADJACENT TO THE PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...THE NEUSE AND
PAMLICO RIVERS...AND ALONG THE CRYSTAL COAST.

THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY FROM COASTAL
FLOODING...POTENTIALLY HAVING A MAJOR IMPACT.

SEVERAL COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL LIKELY BE DAMAGED...WITH THOSE
STRUCTURES NOT RAISED OR PROTECTED BY A SEAWALL BEING SUBJECT TO
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...ESPECIALLY DURING HIGH TIDE. LARGE WAVES
AND POUNDING SURF WILL ACCENTUATE PROPERTY DAMAGE IN EXPOSED
LOCATIONS. FLOOD WATERS MAY EXTEND WELL INLAND IN SPOTS. MANY
CARS WILL LIKELY BE SUBMERGED OR WASHED AWAY.

SUBSTANTIAL BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR. MANY ROADS WILL LIKELY BE
DAMAGED OR WASHED OUT BY THE FLOOD WATERS...LEAVING SECTIONS OF
COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS TEMPORARILY CUT OFF.
ROADWAY TRAVEL MAY BE DANGEROUS WITH SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING FROM RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 17. PLEASE
LISTEN FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR
AREA.

...TORNADOES...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A
TORNADO APPROACHES.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES
TODAY. LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND ROUGH SURF WILL ALSO BE A THREAT.
DUE TO RIP CURRENTS AND VERY ROUGH SURF...BEACH GOERS ARE URGED
TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER.

$$

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ALBEMARLE SOUND-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-
712 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED ANY
PLANS TO SECURE OF THEIR BOATS FOR THE STORM.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO
83 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT
THIS TIME IS 100 PERCENT.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE MOVES OVER THE AREA TODAY...HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE
IN THE 60 TO 80 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 95 KNOTS. SEAS WILL PEAK
AT 25 TO 35 FEET THIS MORNING.

...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A
TORNADO APPROACHES.

$$




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