[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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HURRICANE MATTHEW LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 43
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC  AL142016
525 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

THIS PRODUCT COVERS SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA

...MATTHEW CONTINUES TO PRODUCE CATASTROPHIC RAIN AND STRONG DANGEROUS
WINDS...
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
    - NONE

* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
    - A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND
      PENDER...COASTAL PENDER...INLAND NEW HANOVER...COASTAL NEW
      HANOVER...INLAND BRUNSWICK...COASTAL BRUNSWICK...INLAND
      HORRY...COASTAL HORRY...INLAND GEORGETOWN AND COASTAL GEORGETOWN
    - A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
      ROBESON...BLADEN...COLUMBUS...MARLBORO...DARLINGTON...DILLON...FLORENCE...MARION
      AND WILLIAMSBURG

* STORM INFORMATION:
    - ABOUT 40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILMINGTON NC OR ABOUT 40 MILES
      EAST OF MYRTLE BEACH SC
    - 33.8N 78.2W
    - STORM INTENSITY 75 MPH
    - MOVEMENT EAST-NORTHEAST OR 70 DEGREES AT 13 MPH

SITUATION OVERVIEW
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HURRICANE MATTHEW HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY BUT CONTINUES TO PRODUCE
THE VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER ALL OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND IT
CONTINUES TO MOVE OUT OF NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. VERY STRONG TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING ALONG THE COAST AND
OVER INLAND COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT OVERWASH AND EROSION WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT
THE BEACHES AND STORM SURGE FROM BRUNSWICK COUNTY NORTHWARD THROUGH THE
EVENING.

AS THE STORM SLOWLY MOVES AWAY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE ON
SUNDAY.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* FLOODING RAIN:
PROTECT AGAINST LIFE-THREATENING RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE
DEVASTATING IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST
SOUTH CAROLINA. POTENTIAL IMPACTS INCLUDE:
    - EXTREME FLOODING FROM RAINFALL MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS
      AND RESCUES.
    - RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS WITH
      DEEP MOVING WATER. CREEKS AND DITCHES WILL BECOME SEVERELY
      FLOODED AND CONTAIN STRONG CURRENTS.
    - FLOOD WATERS MAY ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES, AND SOME MAY BECOME
      UNINHABITABLE OR WASHED AWAY. ROAD SCOURS OR COMPLETE ROAD
      FAILURE IS LIKELY IN MANY LOCATIONS, ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL
      FOR SINKHOLES. MANY STREETS AND PARKING LOTS WILL FLOOD, AND
      MAY BE IMPACTED BY SWIFT, FLOWING WATER. NUMEROUS ROAD AND
      LOW-LYING BRIDGE CLOSURES ARE LIKELY WITH SOME WEAKENED OR
      WASHED AWAY. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY DANGEROUS.
    - THE DELIVERY OF DRINKING WATER AND SEWER SERVICES MAY BE
      INTERRUPTED. FLOOD WATERS MAY BE POLLUTED AND CONTAIN HAZARDOUS
      MATERIALS.

* WIND:
PROTECT AGAINST LIFE-THREATENING WIND HAVING POSSIBLE EXTENSIVE
IMPACTS ACROSS NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE:
    - SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS LIKELY, WITH BUILDINGS RECEIVING ROOF
      DAMAGE AS WELL AS WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES.
      MOBILE HOMES POTENTIALLY SUFFERING SEVERE DAMAGE, WITH SOME
      DESTROYED. DAMAGE MAY BE ENHANCED BY PROJECTILES. LOCATIONS MAY
      BE INACCESSIBLE OR UNINHABITABLE FOR SOME TIME AFTER THE STORM
      PASSES.
    - WIDESPREAD LARGE LIMBS WILL BE DOWN AND MANY TREES SNAPPED OR
      UPROOTED, ALONG WITH FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
    - ROADS WILL BE BLOCKED IN MANY AREAS AS A RESULT OF LARGE
      DEBRIS, ESPECIALLY WITHIN URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED AREAS.
      SEVERAL BRIDGES, CAUSEWAYS, AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY
      BECOME UNSAFE.
    - WIDESPREAD AREAS WILL SUFFER FROM POWER AND COMMUNICATION
      OUTAGES.
    - SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FROM THEIR
      MOORINGS.

ALSO, PROTECT AGAINST DANGEROUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED TO
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS INLAND AREAS.

* SURGE:
PROTECT AGAINST LIFE-THREATENING SURGE HAVING POSSIBLE EXTENSIVE
IMPACTS ALONG THE COAST OF NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA NORTH OF MURRELLS
INLET AND SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN
THIS AREA INCLUDE:
    - DANGEROUS WIDESPREAD AND DEEP STORM SURGE INUNDATION. THE SURGE
      WILL AFFECT HOMES CLOSE TO TIDAL CREEKS AND WATERWAYS FARTHER
      INLAND THAN WHAT PEOPLE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO. THE SURGE COMBINED
      WITH BATTERING WAVES WILL DAMAGE MANY HOMES ALONG THE BARRIER
      ISLANDS. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS IS LIKELY IN MANY AREAS
      AS A RESULT, WITH MANY ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS WASHING AWAY. THE
      DAMAGE WILL BE GREATLY COMPOUNDED FROM A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF
      FLOATING DEBRIS. LOCATIONS MAY BECOME UNINHABITABLE FOR AN
      EXTENDED PERIOD.
    - DELIVERY OF DRINKING WATER AND SEWER SERVICES MAY BE LOST IN
      COASTAL COMMUNITIES. SURGE WATERS WILL CONTAIN HAZARDOUS
      MATERIALS.
    - COASTAL ROADS WILL BECOME SEVERELY FLOODED AND MAY BE WASHED
      OUT COMPLETELY.
    - EXTREME BEACH EROSION WITH SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF DUNES AND THE
      POTENTIAL FOR NEW INLETS CARVED INTO SOME OF THE BARRIER
      ISLANDS. A LARGE AMOUNT OF SAND WILL BE DEPOSITED ONTO THE
      BARRIER ISLANDS BLOCKING ROADWAYS.MASSIVE DAMAGE TO MARINAS,
      DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT WILL
      BREAK AWAY FROM MOORINGS WITH MANY LIFTED ONSHORE AND STRANDED
      INLAND.NAVIGATION WILL BE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY NEAR INLETS AND
      WATERWAYS, AS NAVIGATIONAL AIDS MAY BE OFF STATION OR MISSING.
      DEBRIS IN WATERWAYS AND OTHER NAVIGABLE CHANNELS WILL MAKE
      NAVIGATION HAZARDOUS.

ALSO, PROTECT AGAINST LIFE-THREATENING SURGE HAVING POSSIBLE
SIGNIFICANT TO EXTENSIVE IMPACTS ACROSS COASTAL NEW HANOVER AND
PENDER COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA.

ALSO, PROTECT AGAINST LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SURGE HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED
IMPACTS ACROSS INLAND RIVERS AND TIDAL CREEKS NEAR THE COAST. BLOW OUT
TIDES WILL MAINLY SOUTH OF THE STORMS CENTER. WHERE WATER LEVEL MAY BE
LOWER THAN EXPECTED AT INLETS.

ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA, LITTLE TO NO IMPACT IS ANTICIPATED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* EVACUATIONS:
DO NOT RETURN TO EVACUATED AREAS UNTIL HAZARDOUS WINDS DIMINISH AND
FLOOD WATERS ABATE.

* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE. ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND COMPLY WITH ANY
ORDERS THAT ARE ISSUED. REMEMBER, DURING THE STORM 9 1 1 EMERGENCY
SERVICES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESPOND IF CONDITIONS ARE
UNSAFE. THIS SHOULD BE A BIG FACTOR IN YOUR DECISION MAKING.

CHECK-IN WITH YOUR EMERGENCY POINTS OF CONTACT AMONG FAMILY, FRIENDS,
AND WORKMATES. INFORM THEM OF YOUR STATUS AND WELL-BEING. LET THEM
KNOW HOW YOU INTEND TO RIDE OUT THE STORM AND WHEN YOU PLAN TO
CHECK-IN AGAIN.

KEEP CELL PHONES WELL CHARGED AND HANDY. ALSO, CELL PHONE CHARGERS
FOR AUTOMOBILES CAN BE HELPFUL AFTER THE STORM. LOCATE YOUR CHARGERS
AND KEEP THEM WITH YOUR CELL PHONE.

IN EMERGENCIES IT IS BEST TO REMAIN CALM. STAY INFORMED AND FOCUSED
ON THE SITUATION AT HAND. EXERCISE PATIENCE WITH THOSE YOU ENCOUNTER.
BE A GOOD SAMARITAN AND HELPFUL TO OTHERS.

IF RELOCATING TO A NEARBY SHELTER OR TO THE HOME OF A FAMILY MEMBER
OR FRIEND, DRIVE WITH EXTRA CAUTION, ESPECIALLY ON SECONDARY ROADS.
REMEMBER, MANY BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS WILL BE CLOSED ONCE HIGHER WINDS
ARRIVE. ALSO, IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER COVERING THE ROAD, SEEK AN
ALTERNATE ROUTE. ALWAYS OBEY OFFICIAL ROAD SIGNS FOR CLOSURES AND
DETOURS.

IF YOU ARE A VISITOR AND STILL IN THE AREA, LISTEN FOR THE NAME OF
THE CITY OR TOWN IN WHICH YOU ARE STAYING WITHIN LOCAL NEWS UPDATES.
BE SURE YOU KNOW THE NAME OF THE COUNTY OR PARISH IN WHICH IT
RESIDES. PAY ATTENTION FOR INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR
OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. BE READY TO ADAPT TO 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 WILMINGTON NC AROUND 9 PM EDT, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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