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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
908 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...HURRICANE SANDY POISED TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.

.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...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA COASTAL
WATERS...INCLUDING CHARLESTON HARBOR.

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

ALTHOUGH TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE NOT IN EFFECT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...COASTAL BRYAN...COASTAL CHATHAM...
COASTAL LIBERTY AND COASTAL MCINTOSH...POSSIBLE IMPACTS FROM
RELATED HAZARDS ARE STILL A CONCERN.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.5N...LONGITUDE 74.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 340 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SC...OR ABOUT 390 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAVANNAH GA. STORM MOTION WAS NE OR 35 DEGREES
AT 13 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK.

HURRICANE SANDY CONTINUES TO HAVE A LARGE WIND FIELD THAT EXTENDS
FAR TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE CIRCULATION CENTER. TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE ATLANTIC
WATERS...AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. IN THE
CHARLESTON HARBOR...WINDS MAY GUST NEAR TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH
OVERNIGHT. OVER LAND AREAS...OCCASIONAL GUSTS MAY STILL REACH NEAR
TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH ALONG THE COASTAL COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY IN
SOUTH CAROLINA AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 17.

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

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

FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH...CONTINUE WITH YOUR PREPARATIONS.

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 12 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ350-352-354-374-280915-
/O.CON.KCHS.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
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 OUT
20 NM...INCLUDING GRAYS REEF NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
WATERS FROM SAVANNAH GA TO ALTAMAHA SOUND GA EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
908 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS WILL REACH AS
HIGH AS 25 TO 35 KNOTS TONIGHT...WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS. SEAS
WILL BE AS HIGH AS 11 FEET WITHIN 20 NM OF THE COAST...BUT UP TO
17 FEET AROUND 60 NM FROM THE COAST. WINDS AND SEAS THIS HIGH WILL
POSE A DANGER TO ALL EXCEPT THE LARGEST SHIPS.

CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVERNIGHT AS SANDY PULLS
FARTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA.

CONTINUE TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES AND BE READY TO ACT.

$$

SCZ043-045-047>052-280915-
/O.CON.KCHS.TR.A.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND COLLETON-INLAND BERKELEY-INLAND JASPER-BEAUFORT-
COASTAL COLLETON-CHARLESTON-COASTAL JASPER-TIDAL BERKELEY-
908 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

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

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
HIGH SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES OF ABOUT 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST INTO EARLY SUNDAY...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND
LONG SHORE CURRENTS THAT WILL BE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE
ENTERING THE WATER. BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
AROUND THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE DUE TO THE LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND
ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS.

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE SANDY PASSES FAR OFF THE COAST...THERE IS STILL THE
POSSIBILITY FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS...ESPECIALLY
THROUGH THIS EVENING AT THE COAST AND ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
NORTHERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH COULD
BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS AND WEAK TREES AND MAY ALSO BLOW
AROUND LIGHT AND/OR UNSECURED ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND LAWN
FURNITURE.

CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVERNIGHT AS SANDY PULLS FARTHER
AWAY FROM THE AREA.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
SHALLOW SALT WATER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AROUND HIGH TIDE SUNDAY
MORNING...WHICH OCCURS BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM. HOWEVER...THE OFFSHORE
WINDS WILL LIMIT ANY IMPACTS...CONFINING ANY FLOODING TO ROADS AND
OTHER LOCATIONS IN LOW-LYING TIDAL AREAS. STRUCTURES SHOULD NOT BE
AFFECTED.



$$

AMZ330-280915-
/O.CON.KCHS.TR.W.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
CHARLESTON HARBOR-
908 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE SANDY PASSES FAR OFFSHORE...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL
REACH AS HIGH AS 20 TO 25 KNOTS TONIGHT...WITH TROPICAL STORM
FORCE GUSTS NEAR 35 KNOTS. THESE WINDS COULD EASILY CAPSIZE SMALL
CRAFT. UNSECURED BOATS IN THE HARBOR WILL LIKELY SUSTAIN DAMAGE.

WAVES WILL BE AS HIGH AS 2 TO 4 FEET...HIGHEST NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE
HARBOR AND AT THE JETTIES.

CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVERNIGHT AS SANDY PULLS FARTHER
AWAY.

$$

GAZ117-119-139-141-280915-
/O.CON.KCHS.HU.S.1018.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL BRYAN-COASTAL CHATHAM-COASTAL LIBERTY-COASTAL MCINTOSH-
908 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012

...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS CONTINUE...

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
HIGH SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES AROUND 5 FEET ARE EXPECTED TO
PERSIST INTO EARLY SUNDAY...PRODUCING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND
LONG SHORE CURRENTS THAT WILL BE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE
ENTERING THE WATER. BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE DUE TO THE LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND
ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
SHALLOW SALTWATER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH OCCURS AROUND 7 TO 9 AM. THIS COULD
RESULT IN SOME STANDING SALT WATER ON LOW-LYING ROADS NEAR THE
COAST.

...WINDS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN EFFECT.

HOWEVER...GUSTY NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL IMPACT COASTAL
GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS OF 30 OR 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST WINDS
NEAR THE COAST. THESE WINDS CAN BLOW AROUND UNSECURED AND/OR LIGHT
OBJECTS AND CAN BRING DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS.

CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVERNIGHT AS SANDY PULLS FARTHER
AWAY.

$$

RJB




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