WTUS82 KILM 062214 HLSILM URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM ANDREA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 614 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...TROPICAL STORM ANDREA IN NORTH FLORIDA...HEADING TOWARD THE EASTERN CAROLINAS... .NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM ANDREA HAS MADE LANDFALL ON THE FLORIDA GULF COAST WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 65 MPH. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AS ANDREA MOVES ACROSS GEORGIA TONIGHT AND THE EASTERN CAROLINAS ON FRIDAY. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND ON THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... PENDER...NEW HANOVER...BRUNSWICK...HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC TO SURF CITY NC. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ANDREA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 29.5N...LONGITUDE 83.4W. THIS WAS ABOUT 460 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILMINGTON NC...OR ABOUT 390 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MYRTLE BEACH SC. STORM MOTION WAS NORTHEAST...OR 40 DEGREES...AT 17 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 65 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON AROUND MIDNIGHT EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. NCZ105>110-SCZ053>056-070500- /O.CON.KILM.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER- COASTAL NEW HANOVER-INLAND BRUNSWICK-COASTAL BRUNSWICK- INLAND HORRY-COASTAL HORRY-INLAND GEORGETOWN-COASTAL GEORGETOWN- 614 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS 60 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL UPWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS... MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA AROUND 8 AM FRIDAY MORNING...SPREADING NORTH THROUGH COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. GUSTY WINDS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE CENTER OF ANDREA MOVES INTO NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SURGE INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...A SURGE OF ONE TO TWO FEET IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF CAPE FEAR ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA. HEAVY RAIN FALLING AROUND THE 7 AM HIGH TIDE FRIDAY MORNING COULD HELP PRODUCE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IN AREAS THAT DRAIN TO TIDAL CREEKS OR THE OCEAN. ...INLAND FLOODING... THREE TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE PASSAGE OF TROPICAL STORM ANDREA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SOILS ARE VERY WET...AND MUCH OF THIS RAIN WILL BECOME RUNOFF WITH A DEVELOPING FLOODING THREAT. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO THREAT WILL EXIST LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING EAST OF THE TRACK TROPICAL STORM ANDREA TAKES ACROSS THE AREA. ...COASTAL HAZARDS... MINOR TO PERHAPS MODERATE BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED DUE TO TIDES AND HIGH SURF LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EROSION WILL OCCUR AROUND THE THE 7 AM HIGH TIDE FRIDAY MORNING. STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED AND BEACH GOERS SHOULD PLAN TO REMAIN OUT OF THE WATER. $$ AMZ250-252-254-256-070500- /O.CON.KILM.TR.W.1001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM- CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM- LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM- MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM- 614 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 60 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL UPWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM ANDREA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 8 TO 12 FEET...HIGHEST LATE FRIDAY MORNING. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ANDREA PASSES WELL INLAND FROM THE COASTAL WATERS FRIDAY MORNING. $$ TRA For more information, go to middletnweather.info
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