[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE EARL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
543 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2010

...HURRICANE WATCH ISSUED AS HURRICANE EARL APPROACHES NORTH
CAROLINA COAST...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEG OF NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...INCLUDING THE CURRITUCK SOUND...AND ADJACENT ATLANTIC
COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
PASQUOTANK...CAMDEN...INLAND CURRITUCK...BERTIE...CHOWAN...
PERQUIMANS AND OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...CURRITUCK
SOUND...AND ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 22.0N...LONGITUDE 68.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 1090 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NC/VA BORDER...OR ABOUT 1070 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF DUCK NC.

STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS
135 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE EARL CONTINUES TO CHURN OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND
WILL PUSH INTO OPEN WATERS EAST OF THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
THROUGH TONIGHT...AND WILL PASS EAST OF THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER
BANKS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR INLAND LOCATIONS...TROPICAL CYCLONE CONDITIONS ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH HIGH WIND...BUT FOR COASTAL LOCATIONS AND PLACES PRONE TO
COASTAL FLOODING...THEY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH HIGH WIND AND
STORM SURGE. FOR THE MARINE WATERS...TROPICAL CYCLONE CONDITIONS
ARE ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH WIND AND DANGEROUS SEAS. TROPICAL
CYCLONES ARE COMPRISED OF HURRICANES...TROPICAL STORMS... AND
TROPICAL DEPRESSIONS. HURRICANES HAVE WINDS OF 74 MPH OR
HIGHER...WHICH EQUATES TO 64 KNOTS OR HIGHER. TROPICAL STORMS HAVE
WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH...WHICH EQUATES TO 34 TO 63 KNOTS. TROPICAL
DEPRESSIONS HAVE WINDS OF LESS THAN 39 MPH OR 33 KNOTS.

HEAVY RAIN...TORNADOES...AND WATERSPOUTS ACCOMPANY TROPICAL
CYCLONES. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT THE STATED CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS FOR THE SPECIFIED AREAS. IN
ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS...BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE
TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE
EVENTS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD AROUND 11 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

NCZ015-030>032-012145-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.HU.A.1007.100831T2143Z-000000T0000Z/
PASQUOTANK-BERTIE-CHOWAN-PERQUIMANS-
543 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2010

...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...

..NEW INFORMATION...
A HURRICANE WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED STATEMENT
WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.

$$

ANZ633-658-012145-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.HU.A.0001.100831T2143Z-000000T0000Z/
CURRITUCK SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM NC VA BORDER TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC OUT
TO 20 NM-
543 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2010

...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...

..NEW INFORMATION...
A HURRICANE WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED STATEMENT
WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.

$$

NCZ016-017-102-012145-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.HU.A.1007.100831T2143Z-000000T0000Z/
CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-
543 PM EDT TUE AUG 31 2010

...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...

..NEW INFORMATION...
A HURRICANE WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED STATEMENT
WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY.

$$

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