291
WTUS81 KAKQ 220259
TCVAKQ
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SIXTEEN LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 3
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD, VA AL162023
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
VAZ085-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MIDDLESEX-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- URBANNA
- SALUDA
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ086-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MATHEWS-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- MATTHEWS
- MOBJACK
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
NCZ017-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
WESTERN CURRITUCK-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- AYDLETT
- CURRITUCK
* 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 EVENING UNTIL
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW POSSIBLY INTENSE HAVING LARGER
DAMAGE PATHS.
- PREPARE: THOSE LIVING IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR ON BOATS ARE
URGED TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE HAZARDOUS WEATHER
ARRIVES.
- ACT: LISTEN FOR TORNADO WATCHES AND WARNINGS. IF A TORNADO
WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SOME TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE
INTENSE. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE
HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- SEVERAL PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, WITH A FEW
AREAS OF CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, POWER LOSS, AND
COMMUNICATIONS FAILURES.
- LOCATIONS COULD REALIZE ROOFS TORN OFF FRAME HOUSES, MOBILE
HOMES DEMOLISHED, LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, VEHICLES
TUMBLED, AND SMALL BOATS TOSSED ABOUT.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- READYNC.ORG
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
NCZ016-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
CAMDEN-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- CAMDEN
- BARTLETT
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW POSSIBLY INTENSE HAVING LARGER
DAMAGE PATHS.
- PREPARE: THOSE LIVING IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR ON BOATS ARE
URGED TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE HAZARDOUS WEATHER
ARRIVES.
- ACT: LISTEN FOR TORNADO WATCHES AND WARNINGS. IF A TORNADO
WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SOME TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE
INTENSE. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE
HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- SEVERAL PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, WITH A FEW
AREAS OF CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, POWER LOSS, AND
COMMUNICATIONS FAILURES.
- LOCATIONS COULD REALIZE ROOFS TORN OFF FRAME HOUSES, MOBILE
HOMES DEMOLISHED, LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, VEHICLES
TUMBLED, AND SMALL BOATS TOSSED ABOUT.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- READYNC.ORGWEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ084-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
GLOUCESTER-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- GLOUCESTER
- GLOUCESTER POINT
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
NCZ032-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
PERQUIMANS-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- HERTFORD
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW POSSIBLY INTENSE HAVING LARGER
DAMAGE PATHS.
- PREPARE: THOSE LIVING IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR ON BOATS ARE
URGED TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE HAZARDOUS WEATHER
ARRIVES.
- ACT: LISTEN FOR TORNADO WATCHES AND WARNINGS. IF A TORNADO
WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SOME TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE
INTENSE. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE
HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- SEVERAL PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, WITH A FEW
AREAS OF CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, POWER LOSS, AND
COMMUNICATIONS FAILURES.
- LOCATIONS COULD REALIZE ROOFS TORN OFF FRAME HOUSES, MOBILE
HOMES DEMOLISHED, LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, VEHICLES
TUMBLED, AND SMALL BOATS TOSSED ABOUT.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- READYNC.ORG
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
NCZ015-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
PASQUOTANK-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- ELIZABETH CITY
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW POSSIBLY INTENSE HAVING LARGER
DAMAGE PATHS.
- PREPARE: THOSE LIVING IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR ON BOATS ARE
URGED TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE HAZARDOUS WEATHER
ARRIVES.
- ACT: LISTEN FOR TORNADO WATCHES AND WARNINGS. IF A TORNADO
WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SOME TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE
INTENSE. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE
HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- SEVERAL PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, WITH A FEW
AREAS OF CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, POWER LOSS, AND
COMMUNICATIONS FAILURES.
- LOCATIONS COULD REALIZE ROOFS TORN OFF FRAME HOUSES, MOBILE
HOMES DEMOLISHED, LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, VEHICLES
TUMBLED, AND SMALL BOATS TOSSED ABOUT.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- READYNC.ORG
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ078-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
LANCASTER-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- KILMARNOCK
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ098-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
VIRGINIA BEACH-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- VIRGINIA BEACH
- PRINCESS ANNE
- SANDBRIDGE
* 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 EVENING UNTIL
SATURDAY EVENING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ099-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ACCOMACK-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- CHINCOTEAGUE
- WALLOPS ISLAND
- MELFA
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ096-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SUFFOLK-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ095-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- CITY OF NORFOLK
- CITY OF PORTSMOUTH
- GHENT
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ093-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ISLE OF WIGHT-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- ISLE OF WIGHT
- SMITHFIELD
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ090-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
JAMES CITY-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- WILLIAMSBURG
- TOANO
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ524-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
NEWPORT NEWS-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- NEWPORT NEWS
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ525-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
HAMPTON/POQUOSON-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- HAMPTON
- POQUOSON
* 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: EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ523-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
YORK-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- YORKTOWN
- SEAFORD
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ089-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SURRY-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- SURRY
- DENDRON
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ100-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
NORTHAMPTON-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- EASTVILLE
* 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: EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING UNTIL SATURDAY AFTERNOON
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
NCZ102-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
EASTERN CURRITUCK-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..STORM SURGE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- COROLLA
* 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 EVENING UNTIL
SATURDAY EVENING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 2-4 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW POSSIBLY INTENSE HAVING LARGER
DAMAGE PATHS.
- PREPARE: THOSE LIVING IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR ON BOATS ARE
URGED TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE HAZARDOUS WEATHER
ARRIVES.
- ACT: LISTEN FOR TORNADO WATCHES AND WARNINGS. IF A TORNADO
WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SOME TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE
INTENSE. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE
HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- SEVERAL PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, WITH A FEW
AREAS OF CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, POWER LOSS, AND
COMMUNICATIONS FAILURES.
- LOCATIONS COULD REALIZE ROOFS TORN OFF FRAME HOUSES, MOBILE
HOMES DEMOLISHED, LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, VEHICLES
TUMBLED, AND SMALL BOATS TOSSED ABOUT.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- READYNC.ORG
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
NCZ031-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.A.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
CHOWAN-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..STORM SURGE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- EDENTON
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
SEVERAL TORNADOES WITH A FEW POSSIBLY INTENSE HAVING LARGER
DAMAGE PATHS.
- PREPARE: THOSE LIVING IN MANUFACTURED HOMES OR ON BOATS ARE
URGED TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE HAZARDOUS WEATHER
ARRIVES.
- ACT: LISTEN FOR TORNADO WATCHES AND WARNINGS. IF A TORNADO
WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SOME TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED, SOME OF WHICH COULD BE
INTENSE. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE
HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- SEVERAL PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, WITH A FEW
AREAS OF CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, POWER LOSS, AND
COMMUNICATIONS FAILURES.
- LOCATIONS COULD REALIZE ROOFS TORN OFF FRAME HOUSES, MOBILE
HOMES DEMOLISHED, LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, VEHICLES
TUMBLED, AND SMALL BOATS TOSSED ABOUT.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- READYNC.ORG
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
NCZ030-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.A.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BERTIE-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..STORM SURGE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- WINDSOR
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- READYNC.ORG
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ077-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.SS.A.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
NORTHUMBERLAND-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..STORM SURGE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- HEATHSVILLE
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
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WESTMORELAND-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
..STORM SURGE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- COLONIAL BEACH
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 2-4 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING OF
GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: EVACUATION EFFORTS AND FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD
SOON BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS BECOME
UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA TO AVOID BEING CUT OFF FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES OR
NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SEVERE STORM SURGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CAUSE INUNDATION OF
NUMEROUS ROADS AND BUILDINGS, RESULTING IN A THREAT TO LIFE
AND PROPERTY. FLOODING WILL LIKELY EXTEND INLAND FROM THE
WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE FLOODING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND
ISOLATING SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL
RESULT IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE NEAR THE SHORELINE.
- NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED OR WASHED OUT.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING SOME DUNES.
- SEVERE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS IS
EXPECTED. SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED MARINAS AND DOCKS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 2-4 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: TORNADOES NOT EXPECTED
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: TORNADOES ARE NOT EXPECTED. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO PROTECT
AGAINST TORNADOES AT THIS TIME. KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST
TORNADO SITUATION.
- ACT: LISTEN FOR CHANGES IN THE FORECAST.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
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GATES-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- GATESVILLE
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- NO STORM SURGE INUNDATION FORECAST
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: LITTLE TO NO STORM
SURGE FLOODING
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: THERE IS LITTLE TO NO THREAT OF STORM SURGE FLOODING.
ROUGH SURF, COASTAL EROSION, AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP
CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING
ARE NEEDED.
- ACT: FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS. MONITOR
FORECASTS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM STORM SURGE FLOODING.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- READYNC.ORG
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
NCZ013-221100-
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HERTFORD-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- AHOSKIE
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 15-25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- NO STORM SURGE INUNDATION FORECAST
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: LITTLE TO NO STORM
SURGE FLOODING
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: THERE IS LITTLE TO NO THREAT OF STORM SURGE FLOODING.
ROUGH SURF, COASTAL EROSION, AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP
CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING
ARE NEEDED.
- ACT: FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS. MONITOR
FORECASTS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM STORM SURGE FLOODING.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- READYNC.ORG
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
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RICHMOND-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- WARSAW
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- NO STORM SURGE INUNDATION FORECAST
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: LITTLE TO NO STORM
SURGE FLOODING
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: THERE IS LITTLE TO NO THREAT OF STORM SURGE FLOODING.
ROUGH SURF, COASTAL EROSION, AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP
CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING
ARE NEEDED.
- ACT: FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS. MONITOR
FORECASTS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM STORM SURGE FLOODING.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
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MDZ022-221100-
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WICOMICO-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- SALISBURY
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LOCALIZED STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 1-3 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT
ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: COMPLETE PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING,
ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING VULNERABLE AREAS, BEFORE CONDITIONS
BECOME UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- WIDESPREAD STORM SURGE FLOODING OF VULNERABLE AREAS WILL
RESULT IN AN ELEVATED THREAT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE TO HOMES
AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE.
- SECTIONS OF LOW-LYING VULNERABLE ROADS, PARKING LOTS AND
PROPERTY WILL LIKELY BECOME FLOODED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
COULD BECOME DANGEROUS IN PLACES WHERE FLOODING COVERS THE
ROAD.
- MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY, INCLUDING HEAVY
SURF POSSIBLY BREACHING DUNES, ESPECIALLY IN VULNERABLE
LOCATIONS. STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY.
- MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND
PIERS IS LIKELY. A FEW SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- MEMA.MARYLAND.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
VAZ097-221100-
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CHESAPEAKE-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- CHESAPEAKE
- DEEP CREEK
- GREAT BRIDGE
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 20-30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- NO STORM SURGE INUNDATION FORECAST
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: LITTLE TO NO STORM
SURGE FLOODING
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: THERE IS LITTLE TO NO THREAT OF STORM SURGE FLOODING.
ROUGH SURF, COASTAL EROSION, AND LIFE-THREATENING RIP
CURRENTS ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING
ARE NEEDED.
- ACT: FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS. MONITOR
FORECASTS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM STORM SURGE FLOODING.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- WWW.READYVIRGINIA.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
MDZ021-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
DORCHESTER-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- CAMBRIDGE
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LOCALIZED STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 1-3 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT
ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: COMPLETE PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING,
ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING VULNERABLE AREAS, BEFORE CONDITIONS
BECOME UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- WIDESPREAD STORM SURGE FLOODING OF VULNERABLE AREAS WILL
RESULT IN AN ELEVATED THREAT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE TO HOMES
AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE.
- SECTIONS OF LOW-LYING VULNERABLE ROADS, PARKING LOTS AND
PROPERTY WILL LIKELY BECOME FLOODED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
COULD BECOME DANGEROUS IN PLACES WHERE FLOODING COVERS THE
ROAD.
- MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY, INCLUDING HEAVY
SURF POSSIBLY BREACHING DUNES, ESPECIALLY IN VULNERABLE
LOCATIONS. STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY.
- MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND
PIERS IS LIKELY. A FEW SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 2-4 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
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- MEMA.MARYLAND.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
MDZ024-221100-
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INLAND WORCESTER-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- SNOW HILL
- POCOMOKE CITY
- BERLIN
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LOCALIZED STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 1-3 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT
ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: COMPLETE PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING,
ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING VULNERABLE AREAS, BEFORE CONDITIONS
BECOME UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- WIDESPREAD STORM SURGE FLOODING OF VULNERABLE AREAS WILL
RESULT IN AN ELEVATED THREAT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE TO HOMES
AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE.
- SECTIONS OF LOW-LYING VULNERABLE ROADS, PARKING LOTS AND
PROPERTY WILL LIKELY BECOME FLOODED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
COULD BECOME DANGEROUS IN PLACES WHERE FLOODING COVERS THE
ROAD.
- MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY, INCLUDING HEAVY
SURF POSSIBLY BREACHING DUNES, ESPECIALLY IN VULNERABLE
LOCATIONS. STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY.
- MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND
PIERS IS LIKELY. A FEW SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- MEMA.MARYLAND.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
MDZ023-221100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOMERSET-
1059 PM EDT THU SEP 21 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- CRISFIELD
- PRINCESS ANNE
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LOCALIZED STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 1-3 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT
ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: COMPLETE PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING,
ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING VULNERABLE AREAS, BEFORE CONDITIONS
BECOME UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- WIDESPREAD STORM SURGE FLOODING OF VULNERABLE AREAS WILL
RESULT IN AN ELEVATED THREAT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE TO HOMES
AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE.
- SECTIONS OF LOW-LYING VULNERABLE ROADS, PARKING LOTS AND
PROPERTY WILL LIKELY BECOME FLOODED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
COULD BECOME DANGEROUS IN PLACES WHERE FLOODING COVERS THE
ROAD.
- MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY, INCLUDING HEAVY
SURF POSSIBLY BREACHING DUNES, ESPECIALLY IN VULNERABLE
LOCATIONS. STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY.
- MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND
PIERS IS LIKELY. A FEW SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
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..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- OCEAN CITY
* 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: EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
TO 57 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND
DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, ESPECIALLY IF SOILS ARE SATURATED. SOME ROADWAY
SIGNS WILL SUSTAIN DAMAGE.
- A FEW ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS. HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LOCALIZED STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR 1-3 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: FRIDAY EVENING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR STORM
SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT ABOVE GROUND
- THE STORM SURGE THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1 FOOT
ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: COMPLETE PREPARATIONS FOR STORM SURGE FLOODING,
ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING VULNERABLE AREAS, BEFORE CONDITIONS
BECOME UNSAFE.
- ACT: LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR
YOUR AREA.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- WIDESPREAD STORM SURGE FLOODING OF VULNERABLE AREAS WILL
RESULT IN AN ELEVATED THREAT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE TO HOMES
AND BUSINESSES NEAR THE WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE.
- SECTIONS OF LOW-LYING VULNERABLE ROADS, PARKING LOTS AND
PROPERTY WILL LIKELY BECOME FLOODED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
COULD BECOME DANGEROUS IN PLACES WHERE FLOODING COVERS THE
ROAD.
- MODERATE TO SEVERE BEACH EROSION IS LIKELY, INCLUDING HEAVY
SURF POSSIBLY BREACHING DUNES, ESPECIALLY IN VULNERABLE
LOCATIONS. STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY.
- MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND
PIERS IS LIKELY. A FEW SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MODERATE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES
ARE POSSIBLE.
- PREPARE: CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA
VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN, WITH
SWIFT CURRENTS, AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, AND DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES AND/OR WEAKEN
FOUNDATIONS. SOME AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE AREAS OF RAPID
INUNDATION AT UNDERPASSES, LOW-LYING SPOTS, AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. SOME STREETS AND PARKING LOTS TAKE ON
MOVING WATER AS STORM DRAINS AND RETENTION PONDS OVERFLOW.
DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME HAZARDOUS. SOME ROAD AND BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS SOMEWHAT FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR A FEW
TORNADOES
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR A
FEW TORNADOES.
- PREPARE: IF YOUR SHELTER IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO
TORNADOES, PREPARE TO RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER ARRIVES.
- ACT: IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED, BE READY TO SHELTER
QUICKLY.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- A FEW TORNADOES ARE EXPECTED. AS A RESULT, EXECUTION OF
EMERGENCY PLANS COULD BE HINDERED IN AFFECTED AREAS.
- A FEW PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE, ALONG WITH
POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS DISRUPTIONS.
- ROOFS PEELED OFF SOME BUILDINGS. A FEW CHIMNEYS TOPPLED AND
MOBILE HOMES PUSHED OFF FOUNDATIONS OR OVERTURNED. LARGE
TREE TOPS AND BRANCHES SNAPPED OFF, WITH SOME TREES KNOCKED
OVER. A FEW VEHICLES BLOWN OFF ROADS.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- MEMA.MARYLAND.GOV
- WEATHER.GOV/AKQ
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