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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1214 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS APPROACHING THE NORTH CAROLINA
COAST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
STORM LOCATION HAS BEEN UPDATED. NO CHANGES TO INTENSITY.

.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 TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
INLAND PENDER...COASTAL PENDER...INLAND NEW HANOVER...COASTAL NEW
HANOVER...INLAND BRUNSWICK...COASTAL BRUNSWICK...INLAND HORRY...
COASTAL HORRY...INLAND GEORGETOWN AND COASTAL GEORGETOWN.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.0N...LONGITUDE 76.0W. THIS WAS ABOUT 380 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON NC...OR ABOUT 370 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MYRTLE BEACH SC. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR
30 DEGREES AT 9 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST
TRACK...BUT CONSIDER THE SIZE OF THE STORM. THE WIND FIELD IS
EXPECTED TO EXPAND IN SIZE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

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

AT THIS TIME...ALL PREPARATIONS FOR SANDY SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION RELATIVE TO
YOUR LOCATION CAN BE FOUND BELOW.

&&

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

AMZ250-252-254-256-272215-
/O.CON.KILM.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM-
1214 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

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

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

AT THIS TIME...BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
HAVE COMPLETED ALL SAFETY PREPARATION...AND ALL VESSELS SHOULD BE
SECURED AND IN PORT.

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE STORM.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WINDS HAVE ALREADY REACHED TROPICAL STORM FORCE STRENGTH NEAR THE
20 NAUTICAL MILE BOUNDARY...FRYING PAN SHOALS IS REPORTING
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 37 KNOTS WITH SIGNIFICANT WAVES OF 18 FEET.

THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS
WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. HOWEVER...AS HURRICANE SANDY APPROACHES...
STRONGER WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR
THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT.


$$

NCZ105>110-SCZ053>056-272215-
/O.CON.KILM.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-
COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK-
INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN-
1214 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

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

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

BY THIS TIME...ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE COMPLETED.
ANY OBJECTS AROUND THE HOUSE...INCLUDING LAWN FURNITURE...TRASH
CANS...BASKETBALL GOALS...AND OTHER LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD ALREADY
BE SECURED OR MOVED INSIDE.

&&

...WINDS...
CURRENTLY WIND GUSTS HAVE RISEN TO 25 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE
AREA...AND WILL STEADILY INCREASE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON. THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 30 TO
40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. HOWEVER...AS HURRICANE SANDY
APPROACHES...STRONGER WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. CONTINUE TO
CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND BE
READY TO ACT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WAS REPORTED WITH THIS MORNINGS HIGH TIDE.
MINOR ROAD FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHPORT...AS WELL AS GARDEN
CITY. MORE SIGNIFICANT ROAD FLOODING OCCURRED ON CANAL DRIVE IN
CAROLINA BEACH...AND MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED BETWEEN CANAL DRIVE AND
CAROLINA BEACH AVENUE.

MORE SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED DURING THIS EVENINGS
HIGH TIDE...WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND 630 PM. A SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FT
IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS HIGH TIDE...HIGHEST NORTH OF CAPE FEAR.
THERE IS A MODERATE LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THAT THE COMBINATION OF
THIS SURGE...AND THE LARGE SURF...WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR
EXTENSIVE BEACH EROSION...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EAST FACING
BEACHES.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. BREAKING WAVES ARE
EXPECTED TO BUILD UP TO 8 TO 12 FEET.

...INLAND FLOODING...
ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
COASTAL SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. RAIN HAS INCREASED IN COVERAGE
DURING THE LATE MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
CONDITIONS WILL START TO SLOWLY IMPROVE LATE SUNDAY. ISOLATED
AREAS OF FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE.


$$


MAC



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