[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement
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TROPICAL STORM COLIN LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 5
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC AL032016
1217 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016
THIS PRODUCT COVERS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
**TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT**
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR INLAND BRYAN...COASTAL BRYAN...INLAND
CHATHAM...COASTAL CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...COASTAL
LIBERTY...INLAND MCINTOSH...COASTAL MCINTOSH...INLAND
BERKELEY...INLAND JASPER...BEAUFORT...COASTAL
COLLETON...CHARLESTON...COASTAL JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND
BRYAN...COASTAL BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...COASTAL
CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...COASTAL LIBERTY...INLAND
MCINTOSH...COASTAL MCINTOSH...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND
JASPER...BEAUFORT...COASTAL COLLETON...CHARLESTON...COASTAL
JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY
* STORM INFORMATION:
- ABOUT 580 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SC OR ABOUT 500 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GA
- 27.0N 87.0W
- STORM INTENSITY 50 MPH
- MOVEMENT NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 15 DEGREES AT 16 MPH
SITUATION OVERVIEW
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TROPICAL STORM COLIN LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO IS
MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AROUND 16 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED THIS AFTERNOON...AND SHOULD PASS CLOSE TO THE GEORGIA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
THE PRIMARY IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE COASTAL
COUNTIES.
THERE IS INCREASING CONCERNS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AROUND THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS MORE URBANIZED AREAS SUCH AS CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH. EVEN
WITHOUT HEAVY RAINFALL...THE HIGH TIDES THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH 7.4 TO 7.7 FEET MLLW IN CHARLESTON AND 9.6 TO 9.8 FEET MLLW AT
FORT PULASKI....RESULTING IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA COASTAL COUNTIES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WIND SPEEDS
WILL DEPEND HEAVILY ON THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE TROPICAL STORM.
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...BUT THE
THREAT WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF COLIN.
ON AREA BEACHES...EXPECT DANGEROUS...LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN
THE SURF ZONE...INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS AND BEACH EROSION...MAINLY
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* FLOODING RAIN:
PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. POTENTIAL
IMPACTS INCLUDE:
- MODERATE RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT SOME EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS IN A FEW PLACES, ESPECIALLY
IN NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS,
AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES OR WEAKEN FOUNDATIONS.
SEVERAL PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE EXPANDED AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON MOVING WATER AS
STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES.
* WIND:
PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS
COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE:
- SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFING AND SIDING MATERIALS, ALONG WITH DAMAGE
TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, AND SHEDS. A FEW BUILDINGS
EXPERIENCING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES. MOBILE
HOMES DAMAGED, ESPECIALLY IF UNANCHORED. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT
OBJECTS BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES.
- SEVERAL LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER
NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES ARE SHALLOW ROOTED. SEVERAL
FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN URBAN
OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. A FEW BRIDGES AND ACCESS ROUTES
IMPASSABLE.
- TRAVEL BY VEHICLE OR ON FOOT INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT. INCREASING
DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES OR
ELECTRIC WIRES OUTSIDE.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, BUT MORE PREVALENT
IN AREAS WITH ABOVE GROUND LINES, WHICH COULD PERSIST FOR HOURS
OR DAYS.
- SOME POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT COULD BREAK LOOSE FROM THEIR
MOORINGS.
* TORNADOES:
PREPARE FOR A TORNADO EVENT HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. POTENTIAL IMPACTS
INCLUDE:
- ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN HINDER THE EXECUTION OF EMERGENCY PLANS.
- ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS, TORNADOES COULD DAMAGE TREES, VEHICLES,
BOATS AND BUILDINGS, ESPECIALLY MOBILE HOMES AND AND OTHER
POORLY CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES.
* OTHER COASTAL HAZARDS:
HIGH TIDES THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO REACH FROM 7.4 TO 7.7 FEET MLLW
AT CHARLESTON AND 9.6 TO 9.8 FEET MLLW AT FORT PULASKI NEAR 10 PM. IF
HEAVY RAIN OCCURS NEAR THIS TIME...FLOODING WILL BE MORE SIGNIFICANT.
ON AREA BEACHES...TROPICAL STORM COLIN COULD PRODUCE AN ELEVATED RISK
FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...HIGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
IF YOU LIVE IN A PLACE THAT IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO HIGH WIND,
SUCH AS A MOBILE HOME, AN UPPER FLOOR OF A HIGH RISE BUILDING, OR ON
A BOAT, PLAN TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER. TAKE ENOUGH SUPPLIES FOR YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
IF YOU LIVE IN A PLACE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FLOODING, SUCH AS
NEAR THE OCEAN OR A LARGE INLAND LAKE, IN A LOW LYING OR POOR
DRAINAGE AREA, OR NEAR AN ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVER, PLAN TO MOVE TO SAFE
SHELTER ON HIGHER GROUND
CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR
OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST.
* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- FOR INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATE PREPARATIONS SEE READY.GOV
- FOR INFORMATION ON CREATING AN EMERGENCY PLAN SEE GETAGAMEPLAN.ORG
- FOR ADDITIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION SEE REDCROSS.ORG
NEXT UPDATE
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THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC AROUND 3 PM EDT, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.
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