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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE ARTHUR LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1156 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...EYE OF ARTHUR MAKES LANDFALL AT SHACKLEFORD BANKS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE EYE OF HURRICANE ARTHUR HAS MADE LANDFALL AT SHACKLEFORD BANKS
AT 1115 PM.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATERS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
TYRRELL...MAINLAND DARE...BEAUFORT...MAINLAND HYDE...CRAVEN...
PAMLICO...CARTERET...ONSLOW...OUTER BANKS DARE AND OUTER BANKS
HYDE.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
WASHINGTON...JONES.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY
TORNADO WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ARTHUR WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 34.6N...LONGITUDE 76.6W. THIS WAS ABOUT 80 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BUXTON NC...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOREHEAD
CITY NC. STORM MOTION WAS NE OR 35 DEGREES AT 18 MPH. STORM
INTENSITY WAS 100 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
ARTHUR WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS COASTAL EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
THROUGH THE REST OF THE OVERNIGHT...THEN ACCELERATE QUICKLY AWAY
FROM THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING.

THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FELT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT
AS THE ARTHUR CROSSES EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...HOWEVER THE WIND
THREAT WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN SECTIONS AS
ARTHUR LIFTS NORTHEAST. DAMAGE TO UN-ANCHORED MOBILE
HOMES...PORCHES...CARPORTS...AND AWNINGS ALONG WITH SOME DAMAGE TO
SHINGLES AND SIDING CONTINUE TO BE A THREAT. EXPECT LARGE BRANCHES
BROKEN OFF TREES...WITH SEVERAL SHALLOW-ROOTED AND DISEASED TREES
BLOWN DOWN LEADING TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGE. UNSECURED LIGHT-
WEIGHT OBJECTS WILL BE EASILY BLOWN AROUND AND WILL BECOME
DANGEROUS PROJECTILES. DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ON
BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. A FEW ROADS WILL BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO LARGE DEBRIS.

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS TO 7 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF TYPICAL LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

MODERATE TO HIGH WATER LEVEL RISES OF 3 TO 5 FEET...LOCALLY UP TO
6 FEET...ABOVE GROUND LEVEL CAN BE EXPECTED FOR AREAS ADJACENT TO
THE SOUNDS AND ALONG THE OCEANFRONT BEACHES. SIGNIFICANT WAVE
ACTION WILL ALSO PRODUCE INCREASED WATER LEVELS LEADING TO
OVERWASH ESPECIALLY ALONG VULNERABLE AREAS OF THE SOUNDSIDE OUTER
BANKS AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE PAMLICO SOUND.

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

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...YOU SHOULD REMAIN IN YOUR SAFE LOCATION
FOR THE DURATION OF THE STORM. STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DO NOT VENTURE OUTSIDE WHEN HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR DURING
TEMPORARY LULLS AS FLYING DEBRIS CAN EASILY...AND SUDDENLY CAUSE
SERIOUS INJURY.

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION...
PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR
LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY AROUND 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF
CONDITIONS WARRANT.

NCZ103-104-041200-
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OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
1156 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

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

FOR DARE COUNTY...A MANDATORY EVACUATION WAS ISSUED FOR HATTERAS
ISLAND EFFECTIVE AT 5 AM THIS MORNING.

&&

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP...THE THREAT FOR
SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS MAY INCREASE SOON. THE LATEST AREA FORECAST
IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 70 TO 90 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 110 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR APPROACHES...THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE
FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS UP TO 6 FEET
ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST... RESULTING
IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS
OF 6 FEET ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE.

THE LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO REALIZE THE GREATEST FLOODING
INCLUDE AREAS ALONG THE OCEANSIDE LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...THEN
THE THREAT WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUND SIDE OF THE OUTER BANKS LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY AS ARTHUR LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
THERE WILL BE ROUGH SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES IN EXCESS OF 15 FEET
PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DUNE EROSION...OCEAN OVERWASH AND DANGEROUS
RIP CURRENTS.

$$

NCZ080-093-094-041200-
/O.CON.KMHX.HU.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BEAUFORT-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-
1156 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP...THE THREAT FOR
SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS MAY INCREASE SOON. THE LATEST AREA FORECAST
IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR APPROACHES...THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE
FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS UP TO 5 FEET
ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST... RESULTING
IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE.

THE LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO REALIZE THE GREATEST FLOODING WILL BE
AREAS ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHWESTERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
PAMLICO SOUND INCLUDING THE NEUSE...PAMLICO AND PUNGO RIVER.

$$

NCZ047-081-041200-
/O.CON.KMHX.HU.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE-
1156 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP...THE THREAT FOR
SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS MAY INCREASE SOON. THE LATEST AREA FORECAST
IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 65 TO 85 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 105 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR APPROACHES...THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE
FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS UP TO 4 FEET
ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST...RESULTING
IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE GROUND
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE.

$$

NCZ095-041200-
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CARTERET-
1156 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP...THE THREAT FOR
SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS MAY INCREASE SOON. THE LATEST AREA FORECAST
IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 65 TO 85 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 110 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR APPROACHES...THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE
FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS UP TO 5 FEET
ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST... RESULTING
IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE...FOR AREAS ADJACENT TO THE
PAMLICO SOUND AS WELL AS OCEANFRONT BEACHES.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
THERE WILL BE ROUGH SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES IN EXCESS OF 8 FEET
PRODUCING DUNE EROSION...OCEAN OVERWASH AND DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS.

$$

NCZ098-041200-
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ONSLOW-
1156 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP...THE THREAT FOR
SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS MAY INCREASE SOON. THE LATEST AREA FORECAST
IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 90 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR APPROACHES...THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR
COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS UP TO 5 FEET
ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST... RESULTING
IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE...FOR AREAS ADJACENT TO THE
PAMLICO SOUND AS WELL AS OCEANFRONT BEACHES.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
THERE WILL BE ROUGH SURF WITH BREAKING WAVES IN EXCESS OF 6 FEET
PRODUCING DUNE EROSION...OCEAN OVERWASH AND DANGEROUS RIP
CURRENTS.

$$

NCZ092-041200-
/O.CON.KMHX.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
JONES-
1156 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

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

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP...THE THREAT FOR
SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS MAY INCREASE SOON. THE LATEST AREA FORECAST
IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

$$

AMZ130-131-135>137-150-152-154-156-158-041200-
/O.CON.KMHX.HU.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ALBEMARLE SOUND-ALLIGATOR RIVER-PAMLICO SOUND-
PAMLICO AND PUNGO RIVERS-NEUSE AND BAY RIVERS-
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM
INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
S OF OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM-
1156 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP...THE THREAT FOR
SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS MAY INCREASE SOON. THE LATEST AREA FORECAST
IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 50 TO 70 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 100 KNOTS.

SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 15 TO 20 FEET AND LOCALLY TO 30 FEET
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OUTER PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL WATERS. WAVES IN
THE SOUND WILL BECOME EXTREMELY ROUGH...BUILDING UP TO 6 FEET IN
THE PAMLICO SOUND. WAVES ACROSS THE PAMLICO...PUNGO...NEUSE AND BAY
RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE EXTREMELY ROUGH.

$$

NCZ045-041200-
/O.CON.KMHX.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WASHINGTON-
1156 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

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

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP...THE THREAT FOR
SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS MAY INCREASE SOON. THE LATEST AREA FORECAST
IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.


$$

NCZ046-041200-
/O.CON.KMHX.HU.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
TYRRELL-
1156 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR CONTINUES TO DEVELOP...THE THREAT FOR
SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS MAY INCREASE SOON. THE LATEST AREA FORECAST
IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
AS HURRICANE ARTHUR APPROACHES...THERE IS AN INCREASING CHANCE
FOR COMBINED STORM SURGE AND ASTRONOMICAL TIDE WATERS UP TO 4 FEET
ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL WITHIN AREAS CLOSER TO THE ALBEMARLE SOUND...
RESULTING IN WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATION OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE
GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SURGE ZONE.

$$






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