[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS82 KILM 272228
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
628 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE HURRICANE WARNING FOR BRUNSWICK COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
INLAND PENDER...COASTAL PENDER...INLAND NEW HANOVER AND COASTAL
NEW HANOVER.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...THE HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 36.2N...LONGITUDE 76.0W. THIS WAS ABOUT 170 MILES
NORTHEAST OF WILMINGTON NC...OR ABOUT 240 MILES NORTHEAST OF
MYRTLE BEACH SC. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH NORTH EAST OR 15 DEGREES AT 13 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 80 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
EXPANSIVE HURRICANE IRENE CENTERED NEAR THE VA AND NC BORDER JUST
SOUTH OF VIRGINIA BEACH...WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PULL AWAY FROM
THE AREA. GUSTY WINDS AND SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING.

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

WITH HURRICANE IRENE SLOWLY MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA...STRONG
WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
THIS INCLUDES DOWNED TREES...BRANCHES AND LIMBS...AND POWER LINES
ACROSS THE AREA. SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER REMAINS ON SELECT
ROADWAYS...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING DANGEROUS. IN ADDITION...
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ACROSS BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES
COULD BECOME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL WITH THE CONTINUED WINDY
CONDITIONS.

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN WILMINGTON AROUND 730 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

NCZ105>108-280430-
/O.CON.KILM.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-
COASTAL NEW HANOVER-
628 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

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

PROGRESS ENERGY REPORTS CONTINUED PROGRESS IN RETURNING POWER TO
PENDER AND NEW HANOVER COUNTIES THIS EVENING.

...WINDS...
NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE HARD OFFSHORE WINDS WILL RESULT IN TEMPORARY BLOW OUT TIDES
THIS EVENING...WITH TIDES RUNNING UP TO 2.5 FEET BELOW NORMAL AS
WITNESSED BY THE TIDE GAGE AT JOHNNY MERCER PIER.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
LARGE AND VERY DANGEROUS SURF WILL CONTINUE WITH BREAKING WAVES
IN THE 6 TO 9 FEET RANGE. THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL ALSO REMAIN HIGH.
THESE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST WELL INTO THIS EVENING.


$$

NCZ109-272330-
/O.CAN.KILM.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND BRUNSWICK-
628 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

$$

AMZ250-252-272330-
/O.CAN.KILM.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
628 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

$$

NCZ110-272330-
/O.CAN.KILM.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL BRUNSWICK-
628 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

$$

DCH




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