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HURRICANE ISABEL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
900 PM EDT TUE SEP 16 2003
...HURRICANE ISABEL CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH CAROLINA
COAST...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: DARE...CARTERET...HYDE...PAMLICO...CRAVEN...BEAUFORT...TYRRELL...WASHINGTON...ONSLOW...GREENE...LENOIR...DUPLIN...JONES...MARTIN...AND PITT COUNTIES.
...WATCHES...
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE NORTH CAROLINA COAST INCLUDING THE ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISABEL WAS LOCATED ABOUT 545 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CAPE HATTERAS. ISABEL WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH. MAXIMUM 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 CAPE LOOKOUT ON THURSDAY MORNING...THEN INLAND JUST WEST OF ALBEMARLE SOUND AND INTO EASTERN VIRGINIA THURSDAY NIGHT.
WINDS OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN INCREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AROUND MIDNIGHT TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...GREATER THAN 39 MPH...ALONG THE COAST. BY MID MORNING THURSDAY...WINDS COULD BE AS HIGH AS HURRICANE FORCE...GREATER THAN 74 MPH...ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COAST.
MINOR BEACH EROSION WILL OCCUR TONIGHT ALONG THE OUTER BANKS. SOME OCEAN OVERWASH IS LIKELY ON HIGHWAY 12 ON THE OUTER BANKS... ESPECIALLY AROUND HIGH TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AROUND MIDNIGHT.
...PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR HYDE COUNTY...THERE IS A MANDATORY EVACUATION FOR OCRACOKE.
FOR DARE COUNTY...THERE IS A MANDATORY EVACUATION IN EFFECT. THERE ARE NO RED CROSS SHELTERS OPENED IN DARE COUNTY. SHELTERS ARE OPENED IN BIENVENUE ELEMENTARY IN ROCKY MOUNT. ALSO...FIKE HIGH SCHOOL IN WILSON. DARE COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. FERRIES
ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING.
FOR CARTERET COUNTY...A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IS IN EFFECT FOR
CARTERET COUNTY. A MANDATORY EVACUATION IS CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE RESIDING ON BOGUE BANKS...PEOPLE IN LOW LYING AREAS...AND PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES. SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED
IN CARTERET COUNTY FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WEST CARTERET HIGH SCHOOL AND NEWPORT MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL BE OPENED AS SHELTERS IN CARTERET COUNTY AT NOON ON WEDNESDAY.
FOR CRAVEN COUNTY...SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED AT NOON WEDNESDAY...ALL DAY THURSDAY...AND A TWO HOUR DELAY ON FRIDAY.
IN JONES COUNTY...THREE SHELTERS WILL OPEN AT 6 PM ON WEDNESDAY...AT THE COMFORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL...JONE COUNTY CIVIC CENTER...AND THE MAYSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
FOR ONSLOW COUNTY...SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE AT 1230 PM ON WEDNESDAY...AND WILL REMAIN CLOSED ALL DAY ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IS IN EFFECT. SIX RED CROSS MANAGED SHELTERS WILL BE OPENED ACROSS THE COUNTY AT 7 PM ON WEDNESDAY. CONSULT LOCAL MEDIA FOR LOCATIONS.
WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE LAST DAY TO MAKE PREPARATIONS BEFORE ISABEL ARRIVES. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO COMPLETE NECESSARY PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS WEDNESDAY.
...STORM SURGE...
AS NORTHEAST WINDS INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...WATER LEVELS ALONG THE NEUSE AND PAMLICO RIVERS WILL BEGIN TO RISE. WATER LEVELS COULD RISE TO 8 TO 10 FEET ABOVE NORMAL...ESPECIALLY NEAR NEW ERN...WASHINGTON...EASTERN PAMLICO COUNTY...AND DOWNEAST CARTERET COUNTY ALONG THE NEUSE. STORM SURGES ON THE OUTER BANKS ARE EXPECTED
TO BE AROUND 6 TO 8 FEET ON THURSDAY. STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED IN THE 2 TO 4 FEET FOR ONSLOW COUNTY.
...RAINFALL AND RIVERS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 5 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY.
INITIALLY THE RAIN WILL SOAK INTO THE GROUND. HOWEVER MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
...MARINE INFORMATION...
VERY ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING. SEAS WERE RUNNING 10 TO 15 FEET AT DIAMOND SHOALS. ON WEDNESDAY...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 AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT FOR MORE INFORMATION.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBPAGE AT
HTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/MHX
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND MIDNIGHT.
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Hurricane Statement from NHS Newport/Morehead City NC
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