[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL CYCLONE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
525 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...ANDREA BECOMES POST-TROPICAL...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER EASTERN
SHORE...INCLUDING THE VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
CURRITUCK SOUND...ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...AND TIDAL
PORTIONS OF THE JAMES...YORK...AND RAPPAHANNOCK RIVERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
PASQUOTANK...CAMDEN...INLAND CURRITUCK...BERTIE...CHOWAN...
PERQUIMANS...OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK...YORK...ISLE OF WIGHT...
NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON...NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH...SUFFOLK...CHESAPEAKE
AND VIRGINIA BEACH.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...CURRITUCK
SOUND...ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...AND TIDAL PORTIONS OF
THE JAMES...YORK...AND RAPPAHANNOCK RIVERS.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER EASTERN
SHORE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER
EASTERN SHORE. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT
MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER EASTERN
SHORE...INCLUDING THE VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
CURRITUCK SOUND...ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...AND TIDAL
PORTIONS OF THE JAMES...YORK...AND RAPPAHANNOCK RIVERS. PLEASE
LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY TORNADO WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT
FOR YOUR AREA.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF POST-TROPICAL STORM ANDREA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 36.1N...LONGITUDE 77.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 210 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF OCEAN CITY MD...OR ABOUT 100 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF
NORFOLK VA. STORM MOTION WAS NE OR 40 DEGREES AT 28 MPH. STORM
INTENSITY WAS 45 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
REMEMBER...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK OF THE STORM
AS SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS CAN OCCUR WELL AWAY FROM THE CENTER.

THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WITH THE TRACK OF ANDREA CONTINUES TO
BE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND ASSOCIATED MINOR
FLOODING. A GENERAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...SOME OF THEM
HEAVY...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THESE SHOWERS COULD
PRODUCE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING...
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. A THREAT FOR ISOLATED
TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS.

ROUGH SURF WILL CAUSE SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION ISSUES. THE ROUGH
SURF WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

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

HAVE A WELL-CHARGED CELL PHONE NEARBY...KEEPING NETWORK
COMMUNICATIONS AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE FOR EMERGENCIES.

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

FOR SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR PORT...
AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY
DISTRESS BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS...
AND SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD AROUND 8 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

ANZ632>634-637-638-656-658-081200-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NEW POINT COMFORT TO LITTLE CREEK VA-
CURRITUCK SOUND-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM LITTLE CREEK TO CAPE HENRY VA...INCLUDING THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE TUNNEL-
JAMES RIVER FROM JAMESTOWN TO THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE-
JAMES RIVER FROM THE JAMES RIVER BRIDGE TO THE HAMPTON ROADS
BRIDGE-TUNNEL-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE CHARLES LIGHT VA TO NC VA BORDER OUT TO
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT
TO 20 NM-
525 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS POST-TROPICAL STORM ANDREA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 KNOTS RANGE WITH
GUSTS UP TO 45 KNOTS.

SEAS WILL RUN BETWEEN 8 AND 12 FEET ON THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH
TONIGHT.

$$

NCZ015>017-102-VAZ091-093>098-081200-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
PASQUOTANK-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-YORK-
ISLE OF WIGHT-NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-SUFFOLK-
CHESAPEAKE-VIRGINIA BEACH-
525 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

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

...WINDS...
MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 20 TO 30 MPH RANGE WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS EVENING.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
WATER LEVELS MAY REACH UP TO A FOOT ABOVE NORMAL THIS EVENING
ALONG AREA BEACHES...RESULTING IN SOME LOCALLY MINOR GROUND
INUNDATION ISSUES. ALSO...ROUGH SURF WILL MAKE FOR AN INCREASING
RIP CURRENT THREAT. BEACH GOERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN OUT OF
THE WATER.

$$

NCZ030>032-081200-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-
525 PM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

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

...WINDS...
MAXIMUM WINDS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH
RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR.

$$


JM




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