[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

[Nashville EMWIN]

WTUS81 KAKQ 150050
HLSAKQ
MDZ-021>025-NCZ012>017-030>032-102-VAZ074>078-084>086-089>100-
150400-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
900 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS
FROM FENWICK ISLAND DELAWARE TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NORTH CAROLINA
INCLUDING CURRITUCK AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA...THE EASTERN SHORE...FOR COUNTIES ADJACENT TO
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND THE CURRITUCK AND
ALBEMARLE SOUND.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE CHESAPEAKE
BAY...THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM FENWICK ISLAND DELAWARE TO
CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NORTH CAROLINA...AND ALBEMARLE AND CURRITUCK
SOUNDS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN MARYLAND:

DORCHESTER...SOMERSET...WICOMICO...AND WORCESTER.

IN NORTH CAROLINA:
BERTIE...CAMDEN...CHOWAN...PASQUOTANK...PERQUIMANS...AND CURRITUCK.

IN VIRGINIA:

ACCOMACK...CHESAPEAKE...ESSEX...GLOUCESTER...ISLE OF WIGHT...
JAMES CITY...LANCASTER...MATHEWS...MIDDLESEX...
NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON...NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH...NORTHAMPTON...
NORTHUMBERLAND...POQUOSON...RICHMOND...SUFFOLK...SURRY...VIRGINIA
BEACH...WILLIAMSBURG...WESTMORELAND AND YORK.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNED AREA...WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 36.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE  75.9 WEST.  THIS POSITION IS JUST
EAST OF VIRGINIA BEACH VIRGINIA.

CHARLEY IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 33 MPH...AND THIS
MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK CHARLEY
WILL MOVE NEAR AND ALONG THE U.S. NORTHEAST COAST.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. FURTHER WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND
CHARLEY WILL LIKELY LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER TONIGHT.


...WIND IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA ...AND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY AND SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA COASTS THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO
DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...GIVEN HOW WET THE GROUND IS DUE TO
RECENT RAINS.

...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...CONTINUE TO MOVE
NORTH FROM SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. THE HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE EVENING HOURS...THEN TAPPER OFF
FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO
4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. A FLOOD
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF FLOODING
OF RIVERS...STREAMS...AND CREEKS...DUE TO THIS HEAVY RAINFALL.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF MINOR BEACH EROSION AND MINOR TO MODERATE
COASTAL FLOODING TONIGHT. THIS IS DUE TO A FORECAST STORM SURGE OF 1
TO 2 FEET ACROSS MOST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...INCLUDING THE TIDAL
PORTION OF MOST RIVERS FLOWING INTO THE BAY...ALBEMARLE SOUND...AND
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. HIGHER SURGES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE POSSIBLE
ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF RIVERS FLOWING INTO THE ALBEMARLE
SOUND...INCLUDING THE CHOWAN...PERQUIMANS...AND PASQUOTANK. COASTAL
FLOODING SHOULD BE AT ITS PEAK AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE
THIS EVENING.

...MARINE INFORMATION...
SEAS ARE CURRENTLY RUNNING 4 TO 5 FEET OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. AS
SWELLS INCREASE...SEAS WILL BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET...WITH 6 TO 8 FEET
NEAR SHORE. THESE LARGE WAVES WILL PRODUCE VERY ROUGH SURF TONIGHT.
MARINERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

...RIP CURRENT INFORMATION...
THE COMBINATION OF SOUTHEAST SWELLS...AND ONSHORE WINDS WILL PRODUCE
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COAST THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS
THE WATER.

RESIDENTS IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND
THE MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON HURRICANE CHARLEY. INFORMATION IS ALSO
AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WEATHER.NOAA.GOV/AKQ.

THE NEXT SCHEDULED HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY
AROUND 9 PM...UNLESS CONDITIONS WARRANT AN UPDATE EARLIER.

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