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POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE EIGHT LOCAL STATEMENT ADVISORY NUMBER 4
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL082024
1102 AM EDT MON SEP 16 2024
THIS PRODUCT COVERS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
**POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE EIGHT GRADUALLY NEARS THE SOUTHEASTERN
COAST TODAY**
NEW INFORMATION
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* CHANGES TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- NONE
* CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS:
- A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL ONSLOW, EAST
CARTERET, AND WEST CARTERET
* STORM INFORMATION:
- ABOUT 230 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUXTON NC OR ABOUT 150 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MOREHEAD CITY NC
- 32.9N 78.3W
- STORM INTENSITY 50 MPH
- MOVEMENT NORTH-NORTHWEST OR 330 DEGREES AT 5 MPH
SITUATION OVERVIEW
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POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE EIGHT IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ABOUT ONE
HUNDRED MILES OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN US COAST LATE THIS MORNING AND WILL
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY TRACK TO THE NORTHWEST OVER THE WARM WATERS OF THE
GULF STREAM AS IT NEARS THE SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA COAST. POTENTIAL
TROPICAL CYCLONE EIGHT COULD BECOME A SUB-TROPICAL OR TROPICAL STORM
LATER TODAY JUST BEFORE IT MAKES LANDFALL THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS
EVENING. REGARDLESS OF TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT, EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WILL EXPERIENCE SOME IMPACTS FROM THIS SYSTEM.
THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH STORM TOTAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED FOR AREAS SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 70. THIS WILL BRING THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING
ESPECIALLY IN LOW-LYING, URBAN, AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT COASTAL SECTIONS OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THIS EVENING, MAINLY SOUTH OF OCRACOKE
INLET, POTENTIALLY BRINGING SCATTERED TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.
A FEW TORNADOES COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ACROSS
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OCCURRING THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
ALONG THE COAST AND TIDAL RIVERS, MINOR STORM SURGE WITH INUNDATION
1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
THERE ALSO REMAINS POTENTIAL FOR MINOR OCEAN OVERWASH ALONG THE COAST
THROUGH MID WEEK. STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO
EXIST ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.
DANGEROUS MARINE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE COASTAL WATERS,
SOUNDS AND RIVERS, WITH STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS SEAS. THIS WILL
CREATE TREACHEROUS CONDITIONS FOR MARINERS.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
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* FLOODING RAIN:
POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE FLOODING RAIN ARE STILL UNFOLDING ACROSS
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. REMAIN WELL GUARDED AGAINST DANGEROUS FLOOD
WATERS HAVING POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS. IF REALIZED, THESE IMPACTS
INCLUDE:
- MODERATE RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT SEVERAL EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY QUICKLY BECOME SWOLLEN WITH SWIFTER
CURRENTS AND OVERSPILL THEIR BANKS IN A FEW PLACES, ESPECIALLY
IN USUALLY VULNERABLE SPOTS. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND
DITCHES OVERFLOW.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER SOME STRUCTURES OR WEAKEN FOUNDATIONS.
SEVERAL PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE EXPANDED 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.
* SURGE:
POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN SURGE EVENT ARE NOW UNFOLDING ACROSS
VULNERABLE AREAS OF THE COAST AND TIDAL RIVERS. REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM
LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SURGE HAVING ADDITIONAL LIMITED IMPACTS. IF
REALIZED, THESE IMPACTS INCLUDE:
- LOCALIZED INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING MAINLY ALONG
IMMEDIATE SHORELINES AND IN LOW-LYING SPOTS, OR IN AREAS
FARTHER INLAND NEAR WHERE HIGHER SURGE WATERS MOVE ASHORE.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ROADS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME OVERSPREAD
WITH SURGE WATER. DRIVING CONDITIONS DANGEROUS IN PLACES WHERE
SURGE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
- MODERATE BEACH EROSION. HEAVY SURF ALSO BREACHING DUNES, MAINLY
IN USUALLY 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 EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, LITTLE TO NO IMPACT IS
ANTICIPATED.
* TORNADOES:
POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES ARE STILL UNFOLDING ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA. REMAIN WELL BRACED AGAINST A DANGEROUS TORNADO EVENT HAVING
POSSIBLE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS. IF REALIZED, THESE IMPACTS INCLUDE:
- THE OCCURRENCE OF SCATTERED TORNADOES CAN HINDER THE EXECUTION
OF EMERGENCY PLANS DURING TROPICAL EVENTS.
- SEVERAL PLACES MAY EXPERIENCE TORNADO DAMAGE WITH A FEW SPOTS
OF CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE, POWER LOSS, AND COMMUNICATIONS FAILURES.
- LOCATIONS COULD REALIZE ROOFS TORN OFF FRAME HOUSES, MOBILE
HOMES DEMOLISHED, BOXCARS OVERTURNED, LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR
UPROOTED, VEHICLES TUMBLED, AND SMALL BOATS TOSSED ABOUT.
DANGEROUS PROJECTILES CAN ADD TO THE TOLL.
* WIND:
POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN WIND EVENT ARE NOW UNFOLDING ACROSS
COASTAL ONSLOW AND CARTERET COUNTIES. REMAIN WELL SHELTERED FROM HAZARDOUS
WIND HAVING POSSIBLE LIMITED IMPACTS. IF REALIZED, THESE IMPACTS INCLUDE:
- 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, BUT WITH GREATER NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES ARE
SHALLOW ROOTED. SOME FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- A FEW ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN URBAN
OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON
BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, LITTLE TO NO IMPACT IS
ANTICIPATED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
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* OTHER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION:
NOW IS THE TIME TO STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN FOR
UPDATES AND BE READY IN CASE YOU LOSE ELECTRICAL POWER. KEEP A
BATTERY-POWERED RADIO, CHARGED CELL PHONE AND FLASHLIGHT HANDY.
KEEP YOUR CELL PHONE CHARGED AND IN POWER-SAVING MODE. IF YOU LOSE
POWER, USE IT SPARINGLY AND MAINLY FOR PERSONAL EMERGENCIES AND
CHECK-INS.
IF YOU ARE PRONE TO FLOODING OR IN AN AREA UNDER A STORM SURGE WATCH
OR WARNING, BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A QUICK AND DRAMATIC
RISE IN WATER LEVELS.
IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA, QUICKLY MOVE TO THE
SAFEST PLACE WITHIN YOUR SHELTER. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND BODY.
* 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
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