[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HLSILM

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
851 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 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 COASTAL WATERS FROM SURF CITY TO THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.7 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 320
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON NC...AND ABOUT 330 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MYRTLE BEACH SC. STORM MOTION WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 13
MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 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 MIDNIGHT EDT...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

AMZ250-252-254-256-280700-
/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-
851 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...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE
OCCURRING NOW AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT.
RECENT WIND GUSTS REPORTED FROM COASTAL STATIONS AND BUOYS INCLUDE
56 KNOTS AT THE FRYING PAN SHOALS BUOY...45 KNOTS AT THE BUOY 5
MILES SOUTHEAST OF WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...43 KNOTS AT JOHNNY MERCER
PIER ON WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...AND 40 KNOTS AT OCEAN CREST PIER ON
OAK ISLAND.

SEAS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 9 TO 15 FEET...HIGHEST EAST OF
CAPE FEAR. VERY DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE
BEACHES AND INLETS.

$$

NCZ105>110-SCZ053>056-280700-
/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-
851 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 49 MPH AT JOHNNY
MERCER PIER AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH...46 MPH AT OCEAN CREST PIER ON
OAK ISLAND...46 MPH AT BALD HEAD ISLAND...AND 44 MPH AT FIGURE
EIGHT ISLAND. WIND GUSTS ALONG THE NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA
BEACHES HAVE REMAINED BELOW 40 MPH OVER THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
HIGH TIDE OCCURRED AROUND 630 PM THIS EVENING. WATER LEVELS SHOULD
FALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING...BUT WILL RISE AGAIN WITH
THE 700 AM HIGH TIDE SUNDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF TIDE AND
SURGE WILL PRODUCE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE SUNDAY MORNING. POUNDING SURF MAY PRODUCE MINOR BEACH EROSION
AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.

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

$$

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