[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
552 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST AWAY FROM
THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CANCELLED FOR CHARLESTON AND BERKELEY
COUNTIES AND FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF GEORGIA.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL
WATER LEGS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 34.1N...LONGITUDE 76.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 220 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SC. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR
20 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 90 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
CONDITIONS WILL STEADILY IMPROVE THROUGH THIS MORNING AS LARGE
AND POWERFUL HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST
AWAY FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. WINDS WILL STILL BE BREEZY
THIS MORNING OVER THE NORTHERN REGION...MAINLY FROM CHARLESTON
NORTHWARD...WITH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. CLOSER TO THE COAST FROM
ROUGHLY EDISTO BEACH NORTHWARD...GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH THROUGH
THIS MORNING WILL BE POSSIBLE.

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

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON AROUND 0930 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ350-281000-
/O.CON.KCHS.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20 NM-
552 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS WILL
CONTINUE...BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING LATER THIS MORNING. SEAS WILL
DIMINISH FROM AS HIGH AS 15 TO 20 FEET...TO 10 TO 15 FEET OR LESS
BY DAYBREAK. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.


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