[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE
COASTAL CAROLINAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
STORM LOCATION HAS BEEN UPDATED. NO CHANGES TO STORM 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 COUNTIES...
PENDER...NEW HANOVER...BRUNSWICK...HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO THE SOUTH SANTEE
RIVER.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.2N...LONGITUDE 75.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 320 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON NC...OR ABOUT 320 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MYRTLE BEACH SC. STORM MOTION IS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 13
MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK. HURRICANE SANDY HAS A
VERY LARGE CIRCULATION EXTENDING HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY FROM THE
CENTER OF THE STORM. THIS MEANS EFFECTS FROM SANDY WILL BE FELT A
GREAT DISTANCE IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM THE CENTER.

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

ALL PREPARATIONS FOR HURRICANE SANDY SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN WILMINGTON AROUND 900 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ250-252-254-256-280400-
/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-
557 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

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

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

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED ALL
SAFETY PREPARATIONS...AND ALL VESSELS SHOULD BE SECURE AND IN PORT.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING...EITHER SUSTAINED OR IN
GUSTS...OVER THE COASTAL WATERS NOW. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
REACH 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. RECENT WIND GUSTS
REPORTED FROM COASTAL STATIONS AND BUOYS INCLUDE 52 KNOTS AT THE
FRYING PAN SHOALS BUOY OFFSHORE...43 KNOTS AT THE BUOY 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...40 KNOTS AT OCEAN CREST PIER ON
OAK ISLAND...38 KNOTS AT JOHNNY MERCER PIER ON WRIGHTSVILLE
BEACH...AND 29 KNOTS AT SPRINGMAID PIER ON MYRTLE BEACH.

SEAS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 11 TO 15 FEET...WITH VERY
DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES NEAR THE BEACHES AND INLETS.

$$

NCZ105>110-SCZ053>056-280400-
/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-
548 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

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

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

ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. LAWN
FURNITURE...TRASH CANS...PORTABLE BASKETBALL GOALS...AND OTHER
LOOSE OBJECTS CAN BE THROWN AROUND IN TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS.

&&

...WINDS...
NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH COULD GUST TO 40 MPH OVERNIGHT. WIND
GUSTS NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA BEACHES COULD REACH 50 MPH. RECENT
WIND GUSTS HERE IN THE COASTAL CAROLINAS INCLUDE 47 MPH ON BALD
HEAD ISLAND...42 MPH AT TOPSAIL BEACH...36 MPH AT THE WILMINGTON
AIRPORT...AND 35 MPH AT THE MYRTLE BEACH AIRPORT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS COULD PRODUCE
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WITH THE HIGH TIDE THIS EVENING...MAINLY
ALONG THE COAST NORTH OF CAPE FEAR INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF NEW
HANOVER AND PENDER COUNTIES. HIGH TIDE SHOULD OCCUR AROUND 630 PM.
THERE IS MODERATE CONFIDENCE THAT MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR
DURING THIS HIGH TIDE...AGAIN MAINLY FOR THE BEACHES NORTH OF CAPE
FEAR.

SOUTH OF CAPE FEAR INCLUDING THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BEACHES...THE
GRAND STRAND AND THE GEORGETOWN AREA...INCREASINGLY OFFSHORE WINDS
MAY ACTUALLY HELP PREVENT SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING THIS
EVENING. MINOR BEACH EROSION STILL MAY OCCUR IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AT THE BEACHES.
BREAKING WAVE HEIGHTS THIS EVENING AS HIGH AS 8 FEET ALONG COASTAL
SOUTH CAROLINA...AND 10 FEET FOR COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA...SHOULD
DIMINISH SUNDAY TO 6 TO 8 FEET FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA BEACHES...
AND 4 TO 6 FT FOR THE SOUTH CAROLINA BEACHES.

$$

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