[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
527 AM EDT SAT AUG 28 2004

...LITTLE CHANGE IN TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN OFF THE SOUTHEAST
COAST...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS SPECIFIC ACTIONS BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF
MCINTOSH...LIBERTY...BRYAN...AND CHATHAM COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA AND BEAUFORT...JASPER...COLLETON...AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SURF CITY NORTH
CAROLINA SOUTHWARD TO FERNANDINA BEACH FLORIDA...WHICH INCLUDES THE
ENTIRE GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 31.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.4 WEST OR ABOUT 145 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN INTO
A MINIMAL TROPICAL STORM LATER TODAY. TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN IS
NEARLY STATIONARY AND IS FORECAST TO TURN TOWARDS THE WEST TODAY AND
THEN NORTHWEST TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. THE CURRENT FORECAST
TRACK IS SLOWER THAN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST AND BRINGS THE CENTER
ASHORE NEAR CHARLESTON ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
BECAUSE THIS SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A WEAK TROPICAL STORM AS IT
APPROACHES THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...STORM SURGE WILL BE MINIMAL.
HOWEVER ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY EVENINGS COMBINED
WITH STRONG ONSHORE WINDS...WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF COASTAL
FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION. STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET
ABOVE PREDICTED LEVELS MAY OCCUR MAINLY ON THE BEACHES NEAR
CHARLESTON. OFFSHORE WINDS OVER THE GEORGIA COAST AND SOUTHERN SOUTH
CAROLINA COAST WILL LIMIT THE STORM TIDE SOUTH OF BEAUFORT.

THE HIGHEST PREDICTED TIDES FOR CHARLESTON HARBOR ARE AT 740 PM
SATURDAY EVENING...AND 831 PM SUNDAY EVENING.

...WIND IMPACTS...
WINDS OVER THE SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA COASTAL WATERS AND ALONG
THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY AND ARE
EXPECTED TO REACH TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
INTO EARLY SUNDAY NIGHT. BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK...WINDS
ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST WILL REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH.
WHILE THE CURRENT TRACK SHOWS LITTLE WIND EFFECTS FOR COASTAL
GEORGIA...A SHIFT IN THE EXPECTED FORECAST TRACK MAY INCREASE
FORECAST WIND SPEEDS ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST.  ALL RESIDENTS UNDER
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH SHOULD PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENTS...
SEAS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AS THIS TROPICAL
DEPRESSION APPROACHES THE COAST. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.
SEAS OF 6 TO 10 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.  AS SWELL BREAKS ALONG BEACHES THIS
AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIKELY.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...
WITH THE CURRENT INTENSITY FORECAST...FLOODING RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE
MAINLY ACROSS THE LOWCOUNTRY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES MAY OCCUR OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CLOSE TO THE FORECAST TRACK...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. LESSER
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST. WITH THE
GROUND STILL FAIRLY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS...FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE. A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN CAN BE FOUND IN
ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...AS WELL AS
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS AND NOWCASTS ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT TROPICAL DEPRESSION LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 12 PM .

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