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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
OPHELIA LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 7
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC AL162023
1050 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2023
NCZ106-231100-
/O.CON.KILM.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL PENDER-
1050 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- SURF CITY
- HAMPSTEAD
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 40-50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 58
TO 73 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR DANGEROUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT STRONG TROPICAL
STORM FORCE.
- PREPARE: LAST MINUTE EFFORTS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
SHOULD NOW BE COMPLETE. THE AREA REMAINS SUBJECT TO
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: NOW IS THE TIME TO SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WIND.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: UNFOLDING
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN WIND EVENT ARE UNFOLDING.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LOCALIZED STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 2 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: THROUGH SATURDAY 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: SHELTER AGAINST STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1
FOOT ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: ALL FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE. EXPECT
FLOODING OF LOW-LYING ROADS AND PROPERTY.
- ACT: STAY AWAY FROM STORM SURGE PRONE AREAS. CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: UNFOLDING
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN SURGE EVENT ARE UNFOLDING.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR
FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MAJOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES ARE
LIKELY.
- PREPARE: STRONGLY CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS, ESPECIALLY
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- MAJOR FLOODING FROM RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
NUMEROUS RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES. CREEKS AND DITCHES WILL FLOOD AND MAY
CONTAIN STRONG CURRENTS.
- FLOOD WATERS MAY ENTER MANY STRUCTURES, AND SOME MAY BECOME
UNINHABITABLE. SOME ROAD SCOURS OR COMPLETE ROAD FAILURES
WILL BE POSSIBLE, ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SINKHOLES.
MANY STREETS AND PARKING LOTS MAY FLOOD, AND MAY BE
IMPACTED BY FLOWING WATER. MANY ROAD AND LOW-LYING BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED AWAY.
DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS.
- THE DELIVERY OF DRINKING WATER AND SEWER SERVICES MAY BE
INTERRUPTED. FLOOD WATERS MAY BE POLLUTED AND CONTAIN
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
* 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://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILM/TROPICAL
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://READYNC.GOV
NCZ105-231100-
/O.CON.KILM.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND PENDER-
1050 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- BURGAW
- ROCKY 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 58
TO 73 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR DANGEROUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT STRONG TROPICAL
STORM FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFING AND SIDING, ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO
PORCHES AND AWNINGS. A FEW BUILDINGS EXPERIENCING WINDOW,
DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES. DAMAGE TO VULNERABLE
STRUCTURES SUCH AS CARPORTS, SHEDS AND MOBILE HOMES IS
POSSIBLE.
- LARGE LIMBS WILL BE DOWN WITH SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED. SEVERAL FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS MAY BECOME BLOWN
OVER. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO LARGE DEBRIS
BLOCKING THE ROADWAY, ESPECIALLY WITHIN URBAN OR HEAVILY
WOODED LOCATIONS. SOME BRIDGES, CAUSEWAYS, AND ELEVATED
ROADS MAY BE IMPACTED BY HIGH WINDS MAKING DRIVING ON THEM
HAZARDOUS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE,
BUT MORE PREVALENT IN AREAS WITH ABOVE GROUND LINES.
- SMALL CRAFT THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY MOORED MAY BREAK LOOSE.
* 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: ADDITIONAL 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR
FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MAJOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES ARE
LIKELY.
- PREPARE: STRONGLY CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS, ESPECIALLY
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- MAJOR FLOODING FROM RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
NUMEROUS RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES. CREEKS AND DITCHES WILL FLOOD AND MAY
CONTAIN STRONG CURRENTS.
- FLOOD WATERS MAY ENTER MANY STRUCTURES, AND SOME MAY BECOME
UNINHABITABLE. SOME ROAD SCOURS OR COMPLETE ROAD FAILURES
WILL BE POSSIBLE, ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SINKHOLES.
MANY STREETS AND PARKING LOTS MAY FLOOD, AND MAY BE
IMPACTED BY FLOWING WATER. MANY ROAD AND LOW-LYING BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED AWAY.
DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS.
- THE DELIVERY OF DRINKING WATER AND SEWER SERVICES MAY BE
INTERRUPTED. FLOOD WATERS MAY BE POLLUTED AND CONTAIN
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
* 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://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILM/TROPICAL
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://READYNC.GOV
NCZ108-231100-
/O.CON.KILM.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL NEW HANOVER-
1050 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- CAROLINA BEACH
- WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 35-45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: UNTIL LATE SATURDAY
MORNING
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 58
TO 73 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR DANGEROUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT STRONG TROPICAL
STORM FORCE.
- PREPARE: LAST MINUTE EFFORTS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
SHOULD NOW BE COMPLETE. THE AREA REMAINS SUBJECT TO
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: NOW IS THE TIME TO SHELTER FROM DANGEROUS WIND.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: UNFOLDING
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN WIND EVENT ARE UNFOLDING.
* STORM SURGE
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LOCALIZED STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
- PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 2 FEET
ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
- WINDOW OF CONCERN: THROUGH SATURDAY 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: SHELTER AGAINST STORM SURGE FLOODING GREATER THAN 1
FOOT ABOVE GROUND.
- PREPARE: ALL FLOOD PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE. EXPECT
FLOODING OF LOW-LYING ROADS AND PROPERTY.
- ACT: STAY AWAY FROM STORM SURGE PRONE AREAS. CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF LOCAL OFFICIALS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: UNFOLDING
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN SURGE EVENT ARE UNFOLDING.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 2-4 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR
FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MAJOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES ARE
LIKELY.
- PREPARE: STRONGLY CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS, ESPECIALLY
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- MAJOR FLOODING FROM RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
NUMEROUS RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES. CREEKS AND DITCHES WILL FLOOD AND MAY
CONTAIN STRONG CURRENTS.
- FLOOD WATERS MAY ENTER MANY STRUCTURES, AND SOME MAY BECOME
UNINHABITABLE. SOME ROAD SCOURS OR COMPLETE ROAD FAILURES
WILL BE POSSIBLE, ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SINKHOLES.
MANY STREETS AND PARKING LOTS MAY FLOOD, AND MAY BE
IMPACTED BY FLOWING WATER. MANY ROAD AND LOW-LYING BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED AWAY.
DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS.
- THE DELIVERY OF DRINKING WATER AND SEWER SERVICES MAY BE
INTERRUPTED. FLOOD WATERS MAY BE POLLUTED AND CONTAIN
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
* 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://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILM/TROPICAL
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://READYNC.GOV
NCZ107-231100-
/O.CON.KILM.TR.W.1016.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
INLAND NEW HANOVER-
1050 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 2023
..TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- WILMINGTON
- CASTLE HAYNE
* 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 58
TO 73 MPH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: PLAN FOR DANGEROUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT STRONG TROPICAL
STORM FORCE.
- PREPARE: REMAINING EFFORTS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PREPARE FOR
SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE.
- ACT: MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFING AND SIDING, ALONG WITH DAMAGE TO
PORCHES AND AWNINGS. A FEW BUILDINGS EXPERIENCING WINDOW,
DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR FAILURES. DAMAGE TO VULNERABLE
STRUCTURES SUCH AS CARPORTS, SHEDS AND MOBILE HOMES IS
POSSIBLE.
- LARGE LIMBS WILL BE DOWN WITH SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED. SEVERAL FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS MAY BECOME BLOWN
OVER. SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO LARGE DEBRIS
BLOCKING THE ROADWAY, ESPECIALLY WITHIN URBAN OR HEAVILY
WOODED LOCATIONS. SOME BRIDGES, CAUSEWAYS, AND ELEVATED
ROADS MAY BE IMPACTED BY HIGH WINDS MAKING DRIVING ON THEM
HAZARDOUS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE,
BUT MORE PREVALENT IN AREAS WITH ABOVE GROUND LINES.
- SMALL CRAFT THAT ARE NOT PROPERLY MOORED MAY BREAK LOOSE.
* 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: ADDITIONAL 3-6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR
FLOODING RAIN
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS INCREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS
ASSESSMENT.
- PLAN: EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR
MAJOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN. EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES ARE
LIKELY.
- PREPARE: STRONGLY CONSIDER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS, ESPECIALLY
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.
- ACT: HEED ANY FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION WILL LIKELY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- MAJOR FLOODING FROM RAINFALL MAY PROMPT EVACUATIONS AND
NUMEROUS RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES. CREEKS AND DITCHES WILL FLOOD AND MAY
CONTAIN STRONG CURRENTS.
- FLOOD WATERS MAY ENTER MANY STRUCTURES, AND SOME MAY BECOME
UNINHABITABLE. SOME ROAD SCOURS OR COMPLETE ROAD FAILURES
WILL BE POSSIBLE, ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SINKHOLES.
MANY STREETS AND PARKING LOTS MAY FLOOD, AND MAY BE
IMPACTED BY FLOWING WATER. MANY ROAD AND LOW-LYING BRIDGE
CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED AWAY.
DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS.
- THE DELIVERY OF DRINKING WATER AND SEWER SERVICES MAY BE
INTERRUPTED. FLOOD WATERS MAY BE POLLUTED AND CONTAIN
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS.
* 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://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILM/TROPICAL
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://READYNC.GOV
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