[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
110 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...OUTER RAIN BANDS OF ALBERTO CAUSING LIGHT RAIN ALONG THE
CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH
CAROLINA COAST.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND JASPER...BEAUFORT...COASTAL COLLETON...
CHARLESTON...COASTAL JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 12 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.8N...LONGITUDE 78.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 100 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SC...OR ABOUT 150 MILES EAST OF SAVANNAH
GA. STORM MOTION WAS SW OR 235 DEGREES AT 6 MPH. STORM INTENSITY
WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO CONTINUES TO MOVE VERY SLOWLY OFF OF THE
SOUTH CAROLINA COAST EARLY THIS MORNING. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
ASSOCIATED WITH ALBERTO ARE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS OF SOUTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA...AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
THE CASE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME LIGHT RAIN HAS REACHED
THE CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST...BUT ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE BELOW
1/4 INCH OVERNIGHT.

BASED ON THE LATEST TRACK FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER...ALBERTO WILL MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH TO THE SOUTH
CAROLINA COAST ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS WOULD BE THE MOST
LIKELY TIME THAT AREAS IN THE WATCH WOULD SEE TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS OF 40 MPH OR GREATER.

WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK.
IT IS TOO EARLY TO PROVIDE EXACT WIND AND SURGE FORECAST VALUES
FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.

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

FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH...HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND
COMPLY WITH ANY ORDERS THAT ARE ISSUED.

FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...IT IS RECOMMENDED
THAT YOU PERFORM THE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES.

REGARDING THE COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR.

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

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 3 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ330-350-352-374-210515-
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CHARLESTON HARBOR-
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM EDISTO BEACH SC TO SAVANNAH GA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
110 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY...WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY. SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 6 TO 9 FEET IN THE
NEARSHORE WATERS AND 9 TO 12 FEET IN THE OFFSHORE GEORGIA WATERS
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

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INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-COASTAL COLLETON-
CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
110 AM EDT SUN MAY 20 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 44
PERCENT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE CHARLESTON COUNTY COAST...WITH LESSER
CHANCES INLAND.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AT THIS TIME...WITH ALBERTO EXPECTED TO REMAIN OFFSHORE...A
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...THE EXTENDED
PERIOD OF ELEVATED WINDS WILL CAUSE TIDES TO BE ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL
PREDICTIONS INTO MONDAY...CAUSING SOME BEACH EROSION...ESPECIALLY
AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY EVENING.
ALSO...SOME MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE
MONDAY EVENING IN LOCATIONS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING DURING TYPICAL
NOR'EASTER HIGH TIDES.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE SOUTHERN SOUTH
CAROLINA BEACHES SUNDAY

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