[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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TROPICAL STORM COLIN LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 6
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC  AL032016
601 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

THIS PRODUCT COVERS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA

**TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT**

NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
    - NONE

* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
    - A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR INLAND
      BRYAN...COASTAL BRYAN...INLAND CHATHAM...COASTAL
      CHATHAM...INLAND LIBERTY...COASTAL LIBERTY...INLAND
      MCINTOSH...COASTAL MCINTOSH...INLAND BERKELEY...INLAND
      JASPER...BEAUFORT...COASTAL COLLETON...CHARLESTON...COASTAL
      JASPER AND TIDAL BERKELEY

* STORM INFORMATION:
    - ABOUT 420 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SC OR ABOUT 350 MILES
      SOUTHWEST OF SAVANNAH GA
    - 28.8N 85.5W
    - STORM INTENSITY 50 MPH
    - MOVEMENT NORTH-NORTHEAST OR 30 DEGREES AT 23 MPH

SITUATION OVERVIEW
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TROPICAL STORM COLIN LOCATED IN THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS
MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AROUND 23 MPH. THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED AND SHOULD PASS CLOSE TO THE GEORGIA AND
SOUTH CAROLINA COASTS LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

THE PRIMARY IMPACT WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL AREAS THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH
LOCALLY GREATER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE COASTAL
COUNTIES. SOME RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS MID WEEK.

THERE IS INCREASING CONCERNS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR AROUND THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE AND SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS MORE URBANIZED AREAS SUCH AS CHARLESTON AND SAVANNAH. EVEN
WITHOUT HEAVY RAINFALL...THE HIGH TIDES THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH 7.4 TO 7.7 FEET MLLW IN CHARLESTON AND 9.5 TO 9.8 FEET MLLW AT
FORT PULASKI....LIKELY RESULTING IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS GEORGIA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA COASTAL COUNTIES TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING. WIND
SPEEDS WILL DEPEND HEAVILY ON THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE TROPICAL
STORM.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.

ON AREA BEACHES...EXPECT DANGEROUS...LIFE-THREATENING CONDITIONS IN
THE SURF ZONE...INCLUDING RIP CURRENTS AND BEACH EROSION...THROUGH
TUESDAY.

POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* FLOODING RAIN:
PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. POTENTIAL
IMPACTS INCLUDE:
    - MODERATE RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT SOME EVACUATIONS AND
      RESCUES.
    - RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN WITH SWIFTER
      CURRENTS AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS IN A FEW PLACES, ESPECIALLY
      IN NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS,
      AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
    - FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES OR WEAKEN FOUNDATIONS.
      SEVERAL PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE EXPANDED AREAS OF RAPID
      INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
      AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON MOVING WATER AS
      STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW. DRIVING CONDITIONS
      BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES.

PREPARE FOR LOCALLY HAZARDOUS RAINFALL FLOODING HAVING POSSIBLE
LIMITED IMPACTS ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

* WIND:
PREPARE FOR HAZARDOUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. POTENTIAL IMPACTS
INCLUDE:
    - DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
      MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
    - MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
      UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES ARE
      SHALLOW ROOTED. SOME FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
    - SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEBRIS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN URBAN
      OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON
      BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
      PROFILE VEHICLES.
    - ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.

* TORNADOES:
PREPARE FOR A TORNADO EVENT HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS ACROSS
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. POTENTIAL IMPACTS
INCLUDE:
    - ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN HINDER THE EXECUTION OF EMERGENCY PLANS.
    - ISOLATED LOCATIONS COULD EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
      POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
    - IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS, TORNADOES COULD DAMAGE TREES, VEHICLES,
      BOATS AND BUILDINGS, ESPECIALLY MOBILE HOMES AND AND OTHER
      POORLY CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES.

* OTHER COASTAL HAZARDS:
HIGH TIDES THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO REACH FROM 7.4 TO 7.7 FEET MLLW
AT CHARLESTON AND 9.6 TO 9.8 FEET MLLW AT FORT PULASKI NEAR 10 PM. IF
HEAVY RAIN OCCURS NEAR THIS TIME...FLOODING WILL BE MORE SIGNIFICANT.

ON AREA BEACHES...TROPICAL STORM COLIN COULD PRODUCE AN ELEVATED RISK
FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS...HIGH SURF AND BEACH EROSION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:

WHEN MAKING SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS DECISIONS, DO NOT FOCUS ON THE
EXACT FORECAST TRACK AS THERE ARE INHERENT FORECAST UNCERTAINTIES
WHICH MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

IF YOU LIVE IN A PLACE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FLOODING, SUCH AS
NEAR THE OCEAN OR A LARGE INLAND LAKE, IN A LOW LYING OR POOR
DRAINAGE AREA, OR NEAR AN ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVER, PLAN TO MOVE TO SAFE
SHELTER ON HIGHER GROUND

ALWAYS HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL OFFICIALS AND COMPLY WITH ANY ORDERS
THAT ARE ISSUED. DO NOT NEEDLESSLY JEOPARDIZE YOUR LIFE OR THE LIVES
OF OTHERS.

BE A GOOD SAMARITAN AND CHECK ON THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE FULLY AWARE OF
THE SITUATION OR WHO ARE UNABLE TO MAKE PERSONAL PREPARATIONS.

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

* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- FOR INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATE PREPARATIONS SEE READY.GOV
- FOR INFORMATION ON CREATING AN EMERGENCY PLAN SEE GETAGAMEPLAN.ORG
- FOR ADDITIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION SEE REDCROSS.ORG

NEXT UPDATE
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THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC AROUND 9 PM, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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