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

...HURRICANE IRENE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED TO INCLUDE FLASH FLOODING INFORMATION.

.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.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 35.2N...LONGITUDE 76.4W. THIS WAS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF
CAPE LOOKOUT OR 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NAGS HEAD NC. STORM MOTION
WAS NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 85 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 THIS AFTERNOON AS IRENE AFFECTS THE AREA. HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA...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 6 TO 8
INCHES OVER WESTERN AND EASTERN COUNTIES...WITH 8 TO 15 INCHES
OVER ALONG THE STORM TRACK. ADDITIONAL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. ALONG THE TRACK OF IRENE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE.

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR UNTIL 645 PM FOR BEAUFORT...
PAMLICO...CRAVEN...GREENE....JONES...LENOIR...MAINLAND HYDE...
MARTIN...PITT....TYRELL...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. RIVER FLOOD
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE TRENT RIVER AT POLLOCKSVILLE...THE
PAMLICO RIVER AT WASHINGTON...AND SWIFT CREEK ABOVE STREETS FERRY.
ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR ON SUNDAY AS RESULT
OF THE RAINFALL TODAY.

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.

STORM SURGE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT AREAS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA ADJACENT TO THE PAMLICO SOUND DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH
WATER LEVEL RISES OF 6 TO 9 FEET. FLOODING RAINS HAVE COMPOUNDED
INUNDATION PROBLEMS ALONG THE WESTERN PAMLICO SOUND AND THE
PAMLICO RIVER. HARDEST HIT AREAS WILL BE ACROSS THE PAMLICO AND
NEUSE RIVERS...EASTERN PAMLICO COUNTY...BEAUFORT COUNTY ALONG THE
PAMLICO RIVER...AND DOWNEAST CARTERET COUNTY. A 4 TO 6 FOOT RISE
IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PAMLICO SOUND IN MAINLAND HYDE
COUNTY. A 6 TO 7 FOOT RISE IS EXPECTED ON THE SOUNDSIDE OF OUTER
BANKS HYDE COUNTY. EXTENSIVE BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED OR HAS
OCCURRED AS IRENE MOVES TOWARDS THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
AREA.

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

.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 3 PM EDT.

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MARTIN-PITT-GREENE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-
147 PM 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 70 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. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE TRACK OF IRENE...
PRODUCING MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING.


$$

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WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-CRAVEN-
PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
147 PM 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. 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 60 TO 80 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS
TO 90 MPH ESPECIALLY NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE IRENE TRACKS.

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 3 TO
5 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...AREAS ADJACENT TO THE PAMLICO AND
ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...THE NEUSE AND PAMLICO RIVERS...AND ALONG THE
COAST NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT.

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.

...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-
147 PM 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 90 KNOTS. SEAS WILL PEAK
AT 25 TO 35 FEET THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TO 10 TO
20 FEET TONIGHT.


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