644  
WTUS82 KCAE 271818  
HLSCAE  
GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ016-018-020>022-025>031-035-037-038-041-115-116-135>137-272130-  
 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION HELENE LOCAL STATEMENT  
INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 17A  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC AL092024  
218 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 2024  
 
THIS PRODUCT COVERS THE MIDLANDS OF CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA AND EAST CENTRAL GEORGIA CSRA  
 
**HELENE WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AND CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY  
FROM THE REGION.**  
 
NEW INFORMATION  
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:  
- ALL WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED  
 
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:  
- NONE  
 
* STORM INFORMATION:  
- ABOUT 270 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBIA SC  
- 36.6N 84.6W  
- STORM INTENSITY 35 MPH  
- MOVEMENT NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 330 DEGREES AT 28 MPH  
 
SITUATION OVERVIEW  
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HELENE HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AND CONTINUES TO MOVE  
AWAY FROM THE REGION. RAINFALL HAS ENDED BUT GUSTY WINDS WILL  
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING.  
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT RIVER FLOODING IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT  
SEVERAL DAYS.  
 
POTENTIAL IMPACTS  
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* WIND:  
LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL WIND IMPACTS EXPECTED.  
 
- COMMUNITY OFFICIALS ARE NOW ASSESSING THE EXTENT OF ACTUAL WIND  
IMPACTS ACCORDINGLY.  
- EMERGENCY WORK CREWS ARE RESTORING ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY  
INFRASTRUCTURE AS NECESSARY.  
- IF YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY DIAL 9 1 1.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS  
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* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:  
 
IF YOUR HOME OR SHELTER WAS DAMAGED, BE ALERT TO THE SMELL OF GAS  
LEAKS AND BE CAUTIOUS AROUND ELECTRICAL WIRING, BROKEN GLASS, JAGGED  
METAL AND WOOD, AND PROTRUDING NAILS AND SCREWS.  
 
CHECK ON YOUR NEIGHBORS. IF NECESSARY, HELP THEM CONNECT WITH THEIR  
POINTS OF CONTACT.  
 
IF USING A GENERATOR, AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING BY FOLLOWING  
INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER. OPERATE YOUR GENERATOR IN  
A WELL-VENTILATED SPACE OUTSIDE OF YOUR LIVING AREA AND AWAY FROM  
OPEN DOORS AND WINDOWS.  
 
BE ALERT FOR ANY LINGERING WIND GUSTS WHICH COULD TAKE DOWN WEAKENED  
TREES AND/OR POWER LINES, COLLAPSE DAMAGED STRUCTURES, OR CAUSE  
FLYING DEBRIS.  
 
BE ALERT FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING FROM RISING RIVERS AND STREAMS WHICH  
MAY HAVE YET TO CREST. REMAIN INFORMED OF THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS  
AND HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS.  
 
BE ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADS WHICH COULD BE COMPROMISED OR LITTERED  
WITH DEBRIS. AVOID TRAVEL UNTIL WATER LEVELS SUBSIDE AND ROADS HAVE  
BEEN CLEARED. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS COVER  
THE ROAD. TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN!  
 
* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:  
- FOR INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATE PREPARATIONS SEE READY.GOV  
- FOR INFORMATION FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA SEE SCEMD.ORG  
- FOR INFORMATION FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA SEE GEMA.GA.GOV  
 
NEXT UPDATE  
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AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT  
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA SC REGARDING THE  
EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA.  
 

 
 
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