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MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 32
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC AL142016
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
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COASTAL COLLETON-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...
A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS HURRICANE WIND CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- BENNETTS POINT
- EDISTO BEACH
- WIGGINS
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 40-50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WIND OF 74 TO 110 MPH OF EQUIVALENT
CATEGORY 1 TO 2 INTENSITY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE WIND IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE UNDERWAY TO
SECURE ALL PROPERTIES.
- DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, WITH SOME
HAVING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES LEADING TO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH SOME
DESTROYED. DAMAGE ACCENTUATED BY AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. SOME
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS.
- DANGEROUS TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS
AND AIRBORNE PROJECTILES OUTSIDE.
- MANY LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. SEVERAL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- LARGE AREAS WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, WHICH
COULD PERSIST FOR DAYS.
- SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FREE FROM
MOORINGS.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 5-8 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: BEGINS EARLY THURSDAY EVENING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS INCREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS
ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MAJOR STORM SURGE FLOODING OF GREATER THAN 6 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS. EVACUATION EFFORTS
SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION. EVACUATIONS MUST BE
COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT
LOSS OF LIFE, OR HUMAN SUFFERING. LEAVE IF EVACUATION
ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA. CONSIDER VOLUNTARY
EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN
BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- LARGE AREAS OF DEEP INUNDATION OF SALTWATER ALONG IMMEDIATE
SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS FARTHER INLAND NEAR
RIVERS AND CREEKS, WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING ACCENTUATED BY
BATTERING WAVES. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS, WITH
SEVERAL WASHING AWAY. DAMAGE COMPOUNDED BY FLOATING DEBRIS.
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.
- LARGE SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY
ROADS WASHED OUT OR FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. FLOOD CONTROL
SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS COULD BECOME STRESSED.
- SEVERE BEACH EROSION WITH SIGNIFICANT DUNE LOSS.
- MAJOR DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS. MANY
SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY IN
UNPROTECTED ANCHORAGES, WITH SOME LIFTED ONSHORE AND
STRANDED.
- DRINKING WATER AND SEWER SERVICES NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.
- HAZARDOUS CONTAINERS AND MATERIALS POSSIBLY PRESENT IN
SURGE WATERS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 6-10 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
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BEAUFORT-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...
A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS HURRICANE WIND CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- HILTON HEAD ISLAND
- BEAUFORT
- BLUFFTON
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 45-55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WIND OF 74 TO 110 MPH OF EQUIVALENT
CATEGORY 1 TO 2 INTENSITY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE WIND IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE UNDERWAY TO
SECURE ALL PROPERTIES.
- DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, WITH SOME
HAVING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES LEADING TO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH SOME
DESTROYED. DAMAGE ACCENTUATED BY AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. SOME
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS.
- DANGEROUS TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS
AND AIRBORNE PROJECTILES OUTSIDE.
- MANY LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. SEVERAL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- LARGE AREAS WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, WHICH
COULD PERSIST FOR DAYS.
- SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FREE FROM
MOORINGS.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 7-10 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: BEGINS THURSDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS INCREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS
ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
EXTREME STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 9 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS.
EVACUATION EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
EVACUATIONS MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT
LOSS OF LIFE, OR IMMENSE HUMAN SUFFERING. LEAVE IF
EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA. CONSIDER
VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR DECISIONS MAY
RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- WIDESPREAD DEEP INUNDATION OF SALTWATER ALONG IMMEDIATE
SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS FARTHER INLAND NEAR
RIVERS AND CREEKS, WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATLY
ACCENTUATED BY POWERFUL BATTERING WAVES. MANY BUILDINGS
WASHED AWAY OR EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. DAMAGE GREATLY
COMPOUNDED BY CONSIDERABLE BATTERING BY FLOATING DEBRIS.
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.
- NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS WASHED OUT OR
SEVERELY FLOODED. FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY
BECOME STRESSED OR OVERWHELMED.
- EXTREME BEACH EROSION LIKELY WITH SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
DUNES. POTENTIAL FOR NEW INLETS CARVED INTO OR THROUGH SOME
BARRIER ISLANDS. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SAND BLOCKING ROADS ON
BARRIER ISLANDS.
- MASSIVE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS WITH MANY
LIFTED ONSHORE AND STRANDED. MANY AIDS TO NAVIGATION LOST.
SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS PRESENTS A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION.
- WATER AND SEWER SERVICES LIKELY NOT AVAILABLE.
- HAZARDOUS CONTAINERS AND MATERIALS LIKELY PRESENT IN SURGE
WATERS.
- GAS LEAKS AND FALLEN ELECTRIC WIRES POSE A THREAT TO LIFE.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 6-10 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
SCZ051-061200-
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COASTAL JASPER-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...
A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS HURRICANE WIND CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- JASPER
- LEVY
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 40-50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WIND OF 74 TO 110 MPH OF EQUIVALENT
CATEGORY 1 TO 2 INTENSITY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE WIND IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE UNDERWAY TO
SECURE ALL PROPERTIES.
- DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, WITH SOME
HAVING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES LEADING TO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH SOME
DESTROYED. DAMAGE ACCENTUATED BY AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. SOME
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS.
- DANGEROUS TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS
AND AIRBORNE PROJECTILES OUTSIDE.
- MANY LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. SEVERAL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- LARGE AREAS WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, WHICH
COULD PERSIST FOR DAYS.
- SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FREE FROM
MOORINGS.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 7-10 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: BEGINS THURSDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS INCREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS
ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
EXTREME STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 9 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS.
EVACUATION EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
EVACUATIONS MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT
LOSS OF LIFE, OR IMMENSE HUMAN SUFFERING. LEAVE IF
EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA. CONSIDER
VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR DECISIONS MAY
RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- WIDESPREAD DEEP INUNDATION OF SALTWATER ALONG IMMEDIATE
SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS FARTHER INLAND NEAR
RIVERS AND CREEKS, WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATLY
ACCENTUATED BY POWERFUL BATTERING WAVES. MANY BUILDINGS
WASHED AWAY OR EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. DAMAGE GREATLY
COMPOUNDED BY CONSIDERABLE BATTERING BY FLOATING DEBRIS.
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.
- NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS WASHED OUT OR
SEVERELY FLOODED. FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY
BECOME STRESSED OR OVERWHELMED.
- EXTREME BEACH EROSION LIKELY WITH SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
DUNES. POTENTIAL FOR NEW INLETS CARVED INTO OR THROUGH SOME
BARRIER ISLANDS. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SAND BLOCKING ROADS ON
BARRIER ISLANDS.
- MASSIVE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS WITH MANY
LIFTED ONSHORE AND STRANDED. MANY AIDS TO NAVIGATION LOST.
SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS PRESENTS A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION.
- WATER AND SEWER SERVICES LIKELY NOT AVAILABLE.
- HAZARDOUS CONTAINERS AND MATERIALS LIKELY PRESENT IN SURGE
WATERS.
- GAS LEAKS AND FALLEN ELECTRIC WIRES POSE A THREAT TO LIFE.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
GAZ119-061200-
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COASTAL CHATHAM-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- SAVANNAH
- TYBEE ISLAND
- OSSABAW ISLAND
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 45-55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WIND OF 74 TO 110 MPH OF EQUIVALENT
CATEGORY 1 TO 2 INTENSITY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE WIND IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE UNDERWAY TO
SECURE ALL PROPERTIES.
- DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, WITH SOME
HAVING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES LEADING TO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH SOME
DESTROYED. DAMAGE ACCENTUATED BY AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. SOME
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS.
- DANGEROUS TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS
AND AIRBORNE PROJECTILES OUTSIDE.
- MANY LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. SEVERAL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- LARGE AREAS WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, WHICH
COULD PERSIST FOR DAYS.
- SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FREE FROM
MOORINGS.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 7-11 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: BEGINS THURSDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
EXTREME STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 9 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS.
EVACUATION EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
EVACUATIONS MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT
LOSS OF LIFE, OR IMMENSE HUMAN SUFFERING. LEAVE IF
EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA. CONSIDER
VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR DECISIONS MAY
RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- WIDESPREAD DEEP INUNDATION OF SALTWATER ALONG IMMEDIATE
SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS FARTHER INLAND NEAR
RIVERS AND CREEKS, WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATLY
ACCENTUATED BY POWERFUL BATTERING WAVES. MANY BUILDINGS
WASHED AWAY OR EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. DAMAGE GREATLY
COMPOUNDED BY CONSIDERABLE BATTERING BY FLOATING DEBRIS.
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.
- NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS WASHED OUT OR
SEVERELY FLOODED. FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY
BECOME STRESSED OR OVERWHELMED.
- EXTREME BEACH EROSION LIKELY WITH SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
DUNES. POTENTIAL FOR NEW INLETS CARVED INTO OR THROUGH SOME
BARRIER ISLANDS. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SAND BLOCKING ROADS ON
BARRIER ISLANDS.
- MASSIVE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS WITH MANY
LIFTED ONSHORE AND STRANDED. MANY AIDS TO NAVIGATION LOST.
SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS PRESENTS A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION.
- WATER AND SEWER SERVICES LIKELY NOT AVAILABLE.
- HAZARDOUS CONTAINERS AND MATERIALS LIKELY PRESENT IN SURGE
WATERS.
- GAS LEAKS AND FALLEN ELECTRIC WIRES POSE A THREAT TO LIFE.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 6-10 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
GAZ117-061200-
/O.CON.KCHS.HU.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL BRYAN-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- FORT MCALLISTER
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 45-55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WIND OF 74 TO 110 MPH OF EQUIVALENT
CATEGORY 1 TO 2 INTENSITY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE WIND IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE UNDERWAY TO
SECURE ALL PROPERTIES.
- DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, WITH SOME
HAVING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES LEADING TO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH SOME
DESTROYED. DAMAGE ACCENTUATED BY AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. SOME
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS.
- DANGEROUS TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS
AND AIRBORNE PROJECTILES OUTSIDE.
- MANY LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. SEVERAL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- LARGE AREAS WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, WHICH
COULD PERSIST FOR DAYS.
- SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FREE FROM
MOORINGS.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 7-11 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: BEGINS THURSDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
EXTREME STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 9 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS.
EVACUATION EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
EVACUATIONS MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT
LOSS OF LIFE, OR IMMENSE HUMAN SUFFERING. LEAVE IF
EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA. CONSIDER
VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR DECISIONS MAY
RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- WIDESPREAD DEEP INUNDATION OF SALTWATER ALONG IMMEDIATE
SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS FARTHER INLAND NEAR
RIVERS AND CREEKS, WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATLY
ACCENTUATED BY POWERFUL BATTERING WAVES. MANY BUILDINGS
WASHED AWAY OR EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. DAMAGE GREATLY
COMPOUNDED BY CONSIDERABLE BATTERING BY FLOATING DEBRIS.
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.
- NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS WASHED OUT OR
SEVERELY FLOODED. FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY
BECOME STRESSED OR OVERWHELMED.
- EXTREME BEACH EROSION LIKELY WITH SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
DUNES. POTENTIAL FOR NEW INLETS CARVED INTO OR THROUGH SOME
BARRIER ISLANDS. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SAND BLOCKING ROADS ON
BARRIER ISLANDS.
- MASSIVE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS WITH MANY
LIFTED ONSHORE AND STRANDED. MANY AIDS TO NAVIGATION LOST.
SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS PRESENTS A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION.
- WATER AND SEWER SERVICES LIKELY NOT AVAILABLE.
- HAZARDOUS CONTAINERS AND MATERIALS LIKELY PRESENT IN SURGE
WATERS.
- GAS LEAKS AND FALLEN ELECTRIC WIRES POSE A THREAT TO LIFE.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 6-10 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
GAZ139-061200-
/O.CON.KCHS.HU.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL LIBERTY-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- HALFMOON LANDING
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT STRONG TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 45-60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MAJOR HURRICANE FORCE WIND GREATER THAN 110 MPH OF
EQUIVALENT CATEGORY 3 INTENSITY OR HIGHER.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC WIND IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS
TO SECURE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE.
FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY,
LOSS OF LIFE, OR IMMENSE HUMAN SUFFERING. MOVE TO SAFE
SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, SOME WITH COMPLETE
ROOF AND WALL FAILURES. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF MOBILE
HOMES. DAMAGE GREATLY ACCENTUATED BY LARGE AIRBORNE
PROJECTILES. LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS OR
MONTHS.
- UNSAFE TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMPOSSIBLE TO VENTURE OUTSIDE DUE TO FALLING OBJECTS AND
AIRBORNE PROJECTILES.
- NUMEROUS LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES
AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. MOST OR ALL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE WITH RESULTING OUTAGES POSSIBLY LASTING FOR
WEEKS OR LONGER. GAS LEAKS AND FALLEN ELECTRIC WIRES POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE.
- MANY VESSELS WILL LIKELY BREAK FREE FROM MOORINGS.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 7-11 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: BEGINS THURSDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
EXTREME STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 9 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS.
EVACUATION EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
EVACUATIONS MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT
LOSS OF LIFE, OR IMMENSE HUMAN SUFFERING. LEAVE IF
EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA. CONSIDER
VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR DECISIONS MAY
RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- WIDESPREAD DEEP INUNDATION OF SALTWATER ALONG IMMEDIATE
SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS FARTHER INLAND NEAR
RIVERS AND CREEKS, WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATLY
ACCENTUATED BY POWERFUL BATTERING WAVES. MANY BUILDINGS
WASHED AWAY OR EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. DAMAGE GREATLY
COMPOUNDED BY CONSIDERABLE BATTERING BY FLOATING DEBRIS.
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.
- NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS WASHED OUT OR
SEVERELY FLOODED. FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY
BECOME STRESSED OR OVERWHELMED.
- EXTREME BEACH EROSION LIKELY WITH SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
DUNES. POTENTIAL FOR NEW INLETS CARVED INTO OR THROUGH SOME
BARRIER ISLANDS. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SAND BLOCKING ROADS ON
BARRIER ISLANDS.
- MASSIVE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS WITH MANY
LIFTED ONSHORE AND STRANDED. MANY AIDS TO NAVIGATION LOST.
SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS PRESENTS A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION.
- WATER AND SEWER SERVICES LIKELY NOT AVAILABLE.
- HAZARDOUS CONTAINERS AND MATERIALS LIKELY PRESENT IN SURGE
WATERS.
- GAS LEAKS AND FALLEN ELECTRIC WIRES POSE A THREAT TO LIFE.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 6-10 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
GAZ141-061200-
/O.CON.KCHS.HU.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL MCINTOSH-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- SAPELO ISLAND
- DARIEN
- SHELLMAN BLUFF
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT STRONG TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 45-60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL
SATURDAY EVENING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MAJOR HURRICANE FORCE WIND GREATER THAN 110 MPH OF
EQUIVALENT CATEGORY 3 INTENSITY OR HIGHER.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC WIND IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS
TO SECURE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE.
FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY,
LOSS OF LIFE, OR IMMENSE HUMAN SUFFERING. MOVE TO SAFE
SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, SOME WITH COMPLETE
ROOF AND WALL FAILURES. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF MOBILE
HOMES. DAMAGE GREATLY ACCENTUATED BY LARGE AIRBORNE
PROJECTILES. LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS OR
MONTHS.
- UNSAFE TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMPOSSIBLE TO VENTURE OUTSIDE DUE TO FALLING OBJECTS AND
AIRBORNE PROJECTILES.
- NUMEROUS LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES
AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. MOST OR ALL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS
INFRASTRUCTURE WITH RESULTING OUTAGES POSSIBLY LASTING FOR
WEEKS OR LONGER. GAS LEAKS AND FALLEN ELECTRIC WIRES POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE.
- MANY VESSELS WILL LIKELY BREAK FREE FROM MOORINGS.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING AND HISTORIC STORM
SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 8-12 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: BEGINS THURSDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
EXTREME STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 9 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS.
EVACUATION EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
EVACUATIONS MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT
LOSS OF LIFE, OR IMMENSE HUMAN SUFFERING. LEAVE IF
EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA. CONSIDER
VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR DECISIONS MAY
RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- WIDESPREAD DEEP INUNDATION OF SALTWATER ALONG IMMEDIATE
SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS FARTHER INLAND NEAR
RIVERS AND CREEKS, WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATLY
ACCENTUATED BY POWERFUL BATTERING WAVES. MANY BUILDINGS
WASHED AWAY OR EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED. DAMAGE GREATLY
COMPOUNDED BY CONSIDERABLE BATTERING BY FLOATING DEBRIS.
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD.
- NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS WASHED OUT OR
SEVERELY FLOODED. FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY
BECOME STRESSED OR OVERWHELMED.
- EXTREME BEACH EROSION LIKELY WITH SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
DUNES. POTENTIAL FOR NEW INLETS CARVED INTO OR THROUGH SOME
BARRIER ISLANDS. LARGE AMOUNTS OF SAND BLOCKING ROADS ON
BARRIER ISLANDS.
- MASSIVE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS WITH MANY
LIFTED ONSHORE AND STRANDED. MANY AIDS TO NAVIGATION LOST.
SIGNIFICANT DEBRIS PRESENTS A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION.
- WATER AND SEWER SERVICES LIKELY NOT AVAILABLE.
- HAZARDOUS CONTAINERS AND MATERIALS LIKELY PRESENT IN SURGE
WATERS.
- GAS LEAKS AND FALLEN ELECTRIC WIRES POSE A THREAT TO LIFE.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 6-10 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
SCZ047-061200-
/O.EXA.KCHS.HU.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND JASPER-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...
A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS HURRICANE WIND CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- RIDGELAND
- HARDEEVILLE
- GRAYS
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WIND OF 74 TO 110 MPH OF EQUIVALENT
CATEGORY 1 TO 2 INTENSITY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE WIND IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE UNDERWAY TO
SECURE ALL PROPERTIES.
- DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, WITH SOME
HAVING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES LEADING TO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH SOME
DESTROYED. DAMAGE ACCENTUATED BY AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. SOME
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS.
- DANGEROUS TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS
AND AIRBORNE PROJECTILES OUTSIDE.
- MANY LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. SEVERAL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- LARGE AREAS WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, WHICH
COULD PERSIST FOR DAYS.
- SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FREE FROM
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
GAZ101-061200-
/O.CON.KCHS.TR.A.1004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
EFFINGHAM-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- SPRINGFIELD
- RINCON
- CLYO
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WIND OF 74 TO 110 MPH OF EQUIVALENT
CATEGORY 1 TO 2 INTENSITY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE WIND IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE UNDERWAY TO
SECURE ALL PROPERTIES.
- DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, WITH SOME
HAVING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES LEADING TO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH SOME
DESTROYED. DAMAGE ACCENTUATED BY AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. SOME
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS.
- DANGEROUS TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS
AND AIRBORNE PROJECTILES OUTSIDE.
- MANY LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. SEVERAL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- LARGE AREAS WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, WHICH
COULD PERSIST FOR DAYS.
- SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FREE FROM
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
GAZ118-061200-
/O.CON.KCHS.HU.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND CHATHAM-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- SAVANNAH AIRPORT
- HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD
- BLOOMINGDALE
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 35-45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WIND OF 74 TO 110 MPH OF EQUIVALENT
CATEGORY 1 TO 2 INTENSITY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE WIND IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE UNDERWAY TO
SECURE ALL PROPERTIES.
- DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, WITH SOME
HAVING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES LEADING TO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH SOME
DESTROYED. DAMAGE ACCENTUATED BY AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. SOME
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS.
- DANGEROUS TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS
AND AIRBORNE PROJECTILES OUTSIDE.
- MANY LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. SEVERAL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- LARGE AREAS WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, WHICH
COULD PERSIST FOR DAYS.
- SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FREE FROM
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
GAZ116-061200-
/O.CON.KCHS.HU.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND BRYAN-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- RICHMOND HILL
- PEMBROKE
- KELLER
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 35-45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WIND OF 74 TO 110 MPH OF EQUIVALENT
CATEGORY 1 TO 2 INTENSITY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE WIND IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE UNDERWAY TO
SECURE ALL PROPERTIES.
- DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, WITH SOME
HAVING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES LEADING TO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH SOME
DESTROYED. DAMAGE ACCENTUATED BY AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. SOME
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS.
- DANGEROUS TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS
AND AIRBORNE PROJECTILES OUTSIDE.
- MANY LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. SEVERAL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- LARGE AREAS WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, WHICH
COULD PERSIST FOR DAYS.
- SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FREE FROM
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
GAZ138-061200-
/O.CON.KCHS.HU.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND LIBERTY-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- HINESVILLE
- MIDWAY
- SUNBURY
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 35-45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WIND OF 74 TO 110 MPH OF EQUIVALENT
CATEGORY 1 TO 2 INTENSITY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE WIND IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE UNDERWAY TO
SECURE ALL PROPERTIES.
- DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, WITH SOME
HAVING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES LEADING TO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH SOME
DESTROYED. DAMAGE ACCENTUATED BY AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. SOME
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS.
- DANGEROUS TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS
AND AIRBORNE PROJECTILES OUTSIDE.
- MANY LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. SEVERAL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- LARGE AREAS WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, WHICH
COULD PERSIST FOR DAYS.
- SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FREE FROM
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
GAZ140-061200-
/O.CON.KCHS.HU.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND MCINTOSH-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- TOWNSEND
- SOUTH NEWPORT
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 40-50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY MORNING UNTIL
SATURDAY EVENING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WIND OF 74 TO 110 MPH OF EQUIVALENT
CATEGORY 1 TO 2 INTENSITY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE WIND IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE
PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES
HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, WITH SOME
HAVING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES LEADING TO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH SOME
DESTROYED. DAMAGE ACCENTUATED BY AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. SOME
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS.
- DANGEROUS TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS
AND AIRBORNE PROJECTILES OUTSIDE.
- MANY LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. SEVERAL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- LARGE AREAS WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, WHICH
COULD PERSIST FOR DAYS.
- SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FREE FROM
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
GAZ137-061200-
/O.CON.KCHS.TR.A.1004.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
LONG-
1156 PM EDT WED OCT 5 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- LUDOWICI
- DONALD
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 35-45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: FRIDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WIND OF 74 TO 110 MPH OF EQUIVALENT
CATEGORY 1 TO 2 INTENSITY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE WIND IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE UNDERWAY TO
SECURE ALL PROPERTIES.
- DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- CONSIDERABLE ROOF DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, WITH SOME
HAVING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES LEADING TO
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY DAMAGED, WITH SOME
DESTROYED. DAMAGE ACCENTUATED BY AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. SOME
LOCATIONS MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS.
- DANGEROUS TO SHELTER EVEN IN WELL-CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS.
IMMEDIATE DANGER OF DEATH OR INJURY FROM FALLING OBJECTS
AND AIRBORNE PROJECTILES OUTSIDE.
- MANY LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. SEVERAL BRIDGES AND
ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- LARGE AREAS WITH POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, WHICH
COULD PERSIST FOR DAYS.
- SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FREE FROM
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-5 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MINOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS ARE NEAR AMOUNTS
CONDUCIVE FOR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED FLOODING
RAIN IMPACTS.
- LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES
AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- LOCALIZED RAINFALL FLOODING COULD PROMPT A FEW EVACUATIONS.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES COULD QUICKLY RISE WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES COULD
BECOME SWOLLEN AND OVERFLOW IN SPOTS.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER A FEW STRUCTURES, ESPECIALLY IN
NORMALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. RAPID PONDING OF WATER COULD
OCCUR AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS. SEVERAL STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS BECOME
NEAR-FULL AND BEGIN TO OVERFLOW. SOME BRIEF ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANNING NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
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