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HURRICANE MILTON LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC AL142024
1112 PM EDT WED OCT 9 2024
THIS PRODUCT COVERS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA
**HURRICANE MILTON TO BRING WIND IMPACTS TO SOUTHEAST GEORGIA AND
SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA**
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- NONE
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BEAUFORT, COASTAL
BRYAN, COASTAL CHATHAM, COASTAL COLLETON, COASTAL JASPER,
COASTAL LIBERTY, COASTAL MCINTOSH, INLAND BRYAN, INLAND
CHATHAM, INLAND JASPER, INLAND LIBERTY, AND INLAND MCINTOSH
* STORM INFORMATION:
- ABOUT 380 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF CHARLESTON SC OR ABOUT 310
MILES SOUTH OF SAVANNAH GA
- 27.6N 82.0W
- STORM INTENSITY 105 MPH
- MOVEMENT EAST-NORTHEAST OR 60 DEGREES AT 16 MPH
SITUATION OVERVIEW
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HURRICANE MILTON WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EASTWARD AND WEAKEN ACROSS
CENTRAL FLORIDA TONIGHT, EMERGING OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC THURSDAY
MORNING. MILTON WILL THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE FURTHER EASTWARD ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC THROUGH FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH MILTON WILL PASS WELL SOUTH OF THE
AREA, SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS WILL EXTEND FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES FROM
WHERE THE CENTER TRACKS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BEGIN IMPACTING COASTAL
PORTIONS OF THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE
HIGHEST WINDS OCCURRING ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE AND ON ELEVATED
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. WINDS WILL THEN STEADILY WEAKEN THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL LIKELY DOWN OR UPROOT
TREES AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.
STORM SURGE INUNDATION OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMALLY DRY GROUND IS
POSSIBLE ALONG THE COAST. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR INUNDATION IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR WITH THE THURSDAY AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE. ADDITIONAL
COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITH HIGH TIDE CYCLES THURSDAY NIGHT,
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
BREAKING WAVES OF 5 FT OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE AT ALL BEACHES INTO
FRIDAY. BREAKERS COULD PEAK AROUND 4-6 FT THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
THURSDAY EVENING. MODERATE BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE GEORGIA
COAST UP TO EDISTO BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA. MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH
EROSION IS ALSO A CONCERN FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY BEACHES.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* WIND:
PROTECT AGAINST HAZARDOUS WIND HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS ACROSS
COASTAL AREAS. POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE:
- DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
- LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED,
BUT WITH GREATER NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES ARE SHALLOW
ROOTED.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEBRIS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN URBAN
OR HEAVILY WOODED LOCATIONS. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON
BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS, ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES.
- ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA,
LITTLE TO NO IMPACT IS ANTICIPATED.
* SURGE:
PROTECT AGAINST LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SURGE HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED
IMPACTS ACROSS COASTAL GEORGIA AND COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA. POTENTIAL
IMPACTS IN THIS AREA INCLUDE:
- LOCALIZED INUNDATION OF SALTWATER MAINLY ALONG IMMEDIATE
SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS FARTHER INLAND NEAR RIVERS
AND CREEKS.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ROADS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME OVERSPREAD
WITH SURGE WATER. DRIVING CONDITIONS HAZARDOUS IN PLACES WHERE
SURGE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
- MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION. HEAVY SURF POSSIBLY BREACHING
DUNES, MAINLY IN NORMALLY VULNERABLE LOCATIONS. STRONG RIP
CURRENTS.
- MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS,
AND PIERS. A FEW SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA,
LITTLE TO NO IMPACT IS ANTICIPATED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
CLOSELY MONITOR WEATHER.GOV, NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. BE READY TO ADAPT TO POSSIBLE CHANGES
TO THE FORECAST. ENSURE YOU HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS TO RECEIVE WEATHER
WARNINGS.
* ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
- FOR INFORMATION ON APPROPRIATE PREPARATIONS SEE READY.GOV
- FOR INFORMATION ON CREATING AN EMERGENCY PLAN SEE GETAGAMEPLAN.ORG
- FOR ADDITIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION SEE REDCROSS.ORG
NEXT UPDATE
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THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CHARLESTON SC AROUND 5 PM EDT, OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.
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