[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

Thu Sep 1 19:30:02 CDT 2016

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HURRICANE HERMINE LOCAL STATEMENT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 18A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC  AL092016
829 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016

THIS PRODUCT COVERS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

**TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH
FRIDAY**

NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
    - NONE

* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
    - A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
      JENKINS...SCREVEN...CANDLER...BULLOCH...EFFINGHAM...TATTNALL...EVANS...INLAND
      BRYAN...COASTAL BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...COASTAL
      CHATHAM...LONG...INLAND LIBERTY...COASTAL LIBERTY...INLAND
      MCINTOSH...COASTAL MCINTOSH...ALLENDALE...HAMPTON...INLAND
      COLLETON...DORCHESTER...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND
      JASPER...BEAUFORT...COASTAL COLLETON...CHARLESTON...COASTAL
      JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY

* STORM INFORMATION:
    - ABOUT 380 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SC OR ABOUT 300 MILES
      SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GA
    - 29.1N 84.8W
    - STORM INTENSITY 80 MPH
    - MOVEMENT NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 30 DEGREES AT 14 MPH

SITUATION OVERVIEW
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HURRICANE HERMINE WILL MAKE LANDFALL LATE TONIGHT OVER
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. AFTER LANDFALL...HERMINE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME
A TROPICAL STORM THAT WILL TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

IMPACTS FROM HERMINE COULD BEGIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...THEN IMPACTS WILL
SPREAD TOWARD THE NORTH AND EAST INTO SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

HERMINE WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES...HIGHEST
ACROSS INLAND COUNTIES WEST OF I-95. LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.
THIS HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. WIDESPREAD
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED. SUSTAINED WINDS COULD RANGE
FROM 35 TO 45 MPH INLAND TO 45 TO 50 MPH NEAR THE COAST.
WINDS GUSTS COULD RANGE FROM 40 TO 50 MPH INLAND TO AS HIGH AS 50 TO
60 MPH NEAR THE COAST. AT ANY GIVEN LOCATION...TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS COULD OCCUR OVER A 10 TO 14 HOUR PERIOD. FURTHER...THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK FOR TORNADOES AS EARLY AS LATE TONIGHT IN SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA...FRIDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION AND INTO FRIDAY EVENING
ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS RISK OF TORNADOES COULD RESIDE
EAST OF INLAND COMMUNITIES INCLUDING MILLEN...SYLVANIA AND ALLENDALE.
FINALLY...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE...AND BEACH EROSION AND
MINOR SALT WATER FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIMES OF
THE MORNING AND EVENING HIGH TIDES FRIDAY.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* WIND:
PROTECT AGAINST DANGEROUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS
ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. POTENTIAL
IMPACTS 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.

* FLOODING RAIN:
PROTECT AGAINST DANGEROUS RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
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.

PROTECT AGAINST LOCALLY HAZARDOUS RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE
LIMITED IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

* TORNADOES:
PROTECT AGAINST 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:
EXPECT A HIGH RISK FOR LIFE-THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...MINOR SALT WATER
FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION.

* SURGE:
PROTECT AGAINST LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SURGE HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED
IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE:
    - LOCALIZED INUNDATION OF SALTWATER MAINLY ALONG IMMEDIATE
      SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS FARTHER INLAND NEAR RIVERS
      AND CREEKS.
    - SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ROADS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME OVERSPREAD
      WITH SURGE WATER. DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS IN PLACES WHERE
      SURGE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
    - MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION. HEAVY SURF POSSIBLY BREACHING
      DUNES, MAINLY IN NORMALLY VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. STRONG RIP
      CURRENTS.
    - MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS,
      AND PIERS. A FEW SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
NOW IS THE TIME TO BRING TO COMPLETION ALL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR EMERGENCY PLAN.

OUTSIDE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE WRAPPED UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BEFORE
WEATHER CONDITIONS COMPLETELY DETERIORATE. ANY REMAINING EVACUATIONS
AND RELOCATIONS SHOULD BE EXPEDITED BEFORE THE ONSET OF TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND.

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.

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 CHARLESTON SC AROUND 12 AM FRIDAY, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

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