Link to NC Emergency Management Page

[alicia-w]

http://www.dem.dcc.state.nc.us/hurricane/typhoon.htm

Might be helpful to someone

[tazdevil]

Do you have an active link to VA emergency management?

[Carolina_survivor]

The following has info about storm surge expectations, evacuations, river levels and etc. Might be helpful to some fellow Carolinians, and perhaps Virginians too.



Refer family and friends to http://www.EmergencyEmail.ORG/ for sign up. <

.HURRICANE ISABEL CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE NO. CAROLINA
COAST.

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES: DARE.CARTERET.HYDE.PAMLICO.CRAVEN.
BEAUFORT.TYRRELL.WA.ONSLOW.GREENE.LENOIR.DUPLIN..
.JONES.MARTIN.& PITT COUNTIES.

.WATCHES.
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE NO. CAROLINA COAST
INCLUDING THE ALBEMARLE & PAMLICO SOUNDS. A HURRICANE WATCH
MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 36
HRS.

.STORM INFORMATION.
AT 2 PM THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISABEL WAS LOCATED ABOUT 595 MILES
SOUTH SE OF CAPE HATTERAS. ISABEL WAS MOVING NO. NW
AT 7 MPH. MAX SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.MAKING ISABEL A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE.

THE CENTER OF ISABEL IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO NEAR OCRACOKE INLET
THURSDAY MORNING.THEN INLAND ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF ALBEMARLE
SOUND & INTO EASTERN VA THUR NIGHT.

WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN INCREASING WED NIGHT AFTER
MIDNIGHT TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE.GREATER THAN 39 MPH.ALONG THE
COAST. BY MID MORNING THUR WINDS COULD BE AS HIGH AS HURRICANE
FORCE.GREATER THAN 74 MPH.ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.

MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON & TONIGHT ALONG THE
OUTER BANKS. SOME OCEAN OVERWASH IS LIKELY ON HIGHWAY 12 ON THE
OUTER BANKS.ESPECIALLY AROUND THE HIGH TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR
AROUND MIDNIGHT.

.PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.
THERE IS A MANDATORY EVACUATION UNDERWAY ON OCRACOKE. THE DARE
COUNTY CONTROL GROUP HAS ISSUED A MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR DARE
COUNTY. A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IS IN EFFECT FOR CARTERET COUNTY. A
MANDATORY EVACUATION IS CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR 7 AM WED MORNING
FOR PEOPLE RESIDING ON BOGUE BANK, PEOPLE IN LOW LYING AREAS, &
PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES ACROSS CARTERET COUNTY. CURRENTLY SCHOOLS ARE
PLANNED TO BE CLOSED IN CARTERET COUNTY FROM WED THROUGH
FRIDAY. WEST CARTERET HIGH SCHOOL & NEWPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL BE
OPENED AS SHELTERS IN CARTERET COUNTY AT NOON ON WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE LAST DAY TO MAKE PREPARATIONS BEFORE ISABEL
ARRIVES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO COMPLETE NECESSARY PREPAREDNESS
ACTIONS WEDNESDAY.

.STORM SURGE.
AS NE WINDS INCREASE ON WED NIGHT & THURSDAY.WATER
LEVELS ALONG THE NEUSE & PAMLICO RIVERS WILL BEGIN TO RISE. WATER
LEVELS COULD RISE TO 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL.ESPECIALLY NEAR NEW
BERN.WA.EASTERN PAMLICO COUNTY.& DOWNEAST CARTERET
COUNTY ALONG THE NEUSE. STORM SURGES ON THE OUTER BANKS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 6 TO 8 FEET ON THURSDAY.

.RAINFALL & RIVERS.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 6 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY.
SOIL MOISTURE IS ALREADY HIGH FROM ABNORMALLY HIGH RAIN AMOUNTS THIS
YEAR.SO MOST OF THE RAIN WILL RUNOFF INTO RIVERS & STREAMS.
THIS WILL QUICKLY POSE A THREAT TO LOW LYING AREAS.

.MARINE INFORMATION.
VERY ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING. SEAS WERE RUNNING
10 TO 15 FEET AT DIAMOND SHOALS. ON WED SEAS WILL INCREASE TO
NEAR 30 FEET BY SUNSET. OCEAN SWELLS STRIKING THE BEACH WILL RESULT
IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO STAY OUT OF THE
WATER.

.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
CHECK ADVISORIES FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER & STATEMENTS
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT. MORE INFORMATION CAN
BE FOUND ON OUR WEBPAGE AT

HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/MHX

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 6 PM.

$$

[alicia-w]

http://www.vdem.state.va.us/

Voila.

[Carolina_survivor]

http://www.dem.dcc.state.nc.us/hurricane/typhoon.htm

Might be helpful to someone

Wow - that site has a really helpful storm track that shows details of the counties the hurricane will pass over, and where in the county it's expected to pass. If you're living in one of those counties like me, that's really valuable information. (For me the track line crosses over what looks like about 15 miles from home.)

Is the eye going to reform on this thing before it makes landfall? If so, and it continues on that same track, I might just get a chance to see the eye of a hurricane. Now THAT would be something I've never seen. Don't know whether to be excited or scared, but... still, thanks for the link.