URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1144 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...
.HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE AREA FROM THE NORTH WILL PRODUCE
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND ELEVATED SEAS TODAY. A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA WATERS. SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED
THIS WEEKEND WITH HURRICANE MATTHEW PASSING JUST SOUTH OF THE
WATERS...THOUGH THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT
TRACK OF HURRICANE MATTHEW. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS
FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON
MATTHEW. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY TO MID NEXT
WEEK WITH HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUING TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH.
AMZ130-131-135>137-080345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1544Z-000000T0000Z/
ALBEMARLE SOUND-ALLIGATOR RIVER-PAMLICO SOUND-
PAMLICO AND PUNGO RIVERS-NEUSE AND BAY RIVERS-
1144 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 30 TO 40 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 KT.
* WAVES...3 TO 6 FEET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 34 TO 63 KT ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO A TROPICAL STORM WITHIN 36 HOURS.
&&
$$
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1144 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...
.HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE AREA FROM THE NORTH WILL PRODUCE
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND ELEVATED SEAS TODAY. A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA WATERS. SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED
THIS WEEKEND WITH HURRICANE MATTHEW PASSING JUST SOUTH OF THE
WATERS...THOUGH THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT
TRACK OF HURRICANE MATTHEW. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS
FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON
MATTHEW. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY TO MID NEXT
WEEK WITH HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUING TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH.
AMZ150-152-154-156-080345-
/O.CAN.KMHX.SC.Y.0094.000000T0000Z-161011T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1544Z-000000T0000Z/
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM
INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
S OF OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT 20 NM-
1144 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT. THE SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 35 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 KT.
* SEAS...10 TO 15 FEET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 34 TO 63 KT ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO A TROPICAL STORM WITHIN 36 HOURS.
&&
$$
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1144 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA...
.HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE AREA FROM THE NORTH WILL PRODUCE
GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS AND ELEVATED SEAS TODAY. A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA WATERS. SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED
THIS WEEKEND WITH HURRICANE MATTHEW PASSING JUST SOUTH OF THE
WATERS...THOUGH THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXACT
TRACK OF HURRICANE MATTHEW. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR FORECASTS
FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON
MATTHEW. STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE EARLY TO MID NEXT
WEEK WITH HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUING TO BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH.
AMZ158-080345-
/O.UPG.KMHX.TR.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMHX.HU.A.1014.161007T1544Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1544Z-000000T0000Z/
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM-
1144 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT. A HURRICANE WATCH
HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT. THE
TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 30 TO 50 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 KT.
* SEAS...12 TO 17 FEET.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS SUSTAINED WINDS OF 34 TO 63 KT ARE
EXPECTED DUE TO A TROPICAL STORM WITHIN 36 HOURS.
A HURRICANE WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 64 KTS OR
HIGHER ASSOCIATED WITH A HURRICANE ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN 48 HOURS.
&&
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ081-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
MAINLAND HYDE-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- SWAN QUARTER
- FAIRFIELD
- ENGELHARD
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: SATURDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED WIND
IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW
BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- HAZARDOUS WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER
MAY RESULT IN INJURY. 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, 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.
* 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: BEGINS EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: MODERATE
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
DANGEROUS STORM SURGE FLOODING OF GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, EARNESTLY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS. EVACUATION
EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION. EVACUATIONS
MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE. LEAVE IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA.
CONSIDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR
DECISIONS MAY NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- AREAS OF INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING ACCENTUATED
BY WAVES. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS, MAINLY NEAR THE
COAST.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS
BECOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT, ESPECIALLY IN USUALLY
VULNERABLE LOW SPOTS.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING DUNES. STRONG
AND NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
- MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED ANCHORAGES.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MAJOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS WELL EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE LIKELY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
LIFE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED,
HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. POOR DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN
BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES. IF VULNERABLE,
RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER ON HIGHER GROUND BEFORE FLOOD
WATERS ARRIVE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- MAJOR RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT MANY EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES
MAY BECOME DANGEROUS RIVERS. IN MOUNTAIN AREAS, DESTRUCTIVE
RUNOFF MAY RUN QUICKLY DOWN VALLEYS WHILE INCREASING
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES. FLOOD CONTROL
SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER MANY STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. MANY PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
MOVING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME DANGEROUS. MANY ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES WITH SOME
WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ092-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
JONES-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- TRENTON
- MAYSVILLE
- POLLOCKSVILLE
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 35-45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: SATURDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED WIND
IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW
BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- HAZARDOUS WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER
MAY RESULT IN INJURY. 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, 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.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 8-12 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT OF
EXTREME FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS VASTLY EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE VERY LIKELY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
LIFE, OR HUMAN SUFFERING. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. POOR
DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK
LIVES. IF VULNERABLE, RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER ON HIGHER
GROUND BEFORE FLOOD WATERS ARRIVE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- EXTREME RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS
AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS IN MANY PLACES WITH DEEP MOVING WATER. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY BECOME RAGING RIVERS. IN
MOUNTAIN AREAS, DEADLY RUNOFF MAY RAGE DOWN VALLEYS WHILE
INCREASING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES.
FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. NUMEROUS PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
RAGING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES
WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ046-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
TYRRELL-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- COLUMBIA
- GUM NECK
- KILKENNY
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- REMAIN BRACED AGAINST THE REASONABLE THREAT FOR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, EFFORTS SHOULD FULLY FOCUS ON AVOIDING INJURY.
PROPERTIES REMAIN SUBJECT TO LIMITED WIND IMPACTS.
- NOW IS THE TIME TO HIDE FROM THE WIND. REMAIN SHELTERED
UNTIL THE HAZARDOUS WIND SUBSIDES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: STILL UNFOLDING
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN WIND EVENT ARE STILL
UNFOLDING.
- THE EXTENT OF REALIZED IMPACTS WILL DEPEND ON THE ACTUAL
STRENGTH, DURATION, AND EXPOSURE OF THE WIND AS EXPERIENCED
AT PARTICULAR LOCATIONS.
* 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: BEGINS EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR PEAK
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF GREATER THAN 1 FOOT ABOVE GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED STORM
SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO
COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE.
- LOCALIZED INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS
OF LOCAL OFFICIALS. CONSIDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF
RECOMMENDED. LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE
ISSUED.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- 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.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- EMERGENCY CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE A THREAT OF
FLOODING.
- BE SAFE AND REMAIN READY TO PROTECT AGAINST FLOODING RAIN
IMPACTS.
- IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT, HEED
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- MAJOR RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT MANY EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES
MAY BECOME DANGEROUS RIVERS. IN MOUNTAIN AREAS, DESTRUCTIVE
RUNOFF MAY RUN QUICKLY DOWN VALLEYS WHILE INCREASING
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES. FLOOD CONTROL
SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER MANY STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. MANY PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
MOVING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME DANGEROUS. MANY ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES WITH SOME
WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY CONSIDERATIONS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR
TORNADOES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY
WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ080-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
BEAUFORT-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- WASHINGTON
- BELHAVEN
- AURORA
* 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: SATURDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED WIND
IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW
BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- HAZARDOUS WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER
MAY RESULT IN INJURY. 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, 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.
* 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: BEGINS EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: MODERATE
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
DANGEROUS STORM SURGE FLOODING OF GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, EARNESTLY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS. EVACUATION
EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION. EVACUATIONS
MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE. LEAVE IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA.
CONSIDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR
DECISIONS MAY NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- AREAS OF INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING ACCENTUATED
BY WAVES. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS, MAINLY NEAR THE
COAST.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS
BECOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT, ESPECIALLY IN USUALLY
VULNERABLE LOW SPOTS.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING DUNES. STRONG
AND NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
- MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED ANCHORAGES.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 6-10 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT OF
EXTREME FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS VASTLY EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE VERY LIKELY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
LIFE, OR HUMAN SUFFERING. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. POOR
DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK
LIVES. IF VULNERABLE, RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER ON HIGHER
GROUND BEFORE FLOOD WATERS ARRIVE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- EXTREME RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS
AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS IN MANY PLACES WITH DEEP MOVING WATER. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY BECOME RAGING RIVERS. IN
MOUNTAIN AREAS, DEADLY RUNOFF MAY RAGE DOWN VALLEYS WHILE
INCREASING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES.
FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. NUMEROUS PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
RAGING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES
WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ079-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
GREENE-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- SNOW HILL
- HOOKERTON
- WALSTONBURG
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- REMAIN BRACED AGAINST THE REASONABLE THREAT FOR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, EFFORTS SHOULD FULLY FOCUS ON AVOIDING INJURY.
PROPERTIES REMAIN SUBJECT TO LIMITED WIND IMPACTS.
- NOW IS THE TIME TO HIDE FROM THE WIND. REMAIN SHELTERED
UNTIL THE HAZARDOUS WIND SUBSIDES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: STILL UNFOLDING
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN WIND EVENT ARE STILL
UNFOLDING.
- THE EXTENT OF REALIZED IMPACTS WILL DEPEND ON THE ACTUAL
STRENGTH, DURATION, AND EXPOSURE OF THE WIND AS EXPERIENCED
AT PARTICULAR LOCATIONS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- EMERGENCY CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE A THREAT OF
FLOODING.
- BE SAFE AND REMAIN READY TO PROTECT AGAINST FLOODING RAIN
IMPACTS.
- IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT, HEED
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- MAJOR RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT MANY EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES
MAY BECOME DANGEROUS RIVERS. IN MOUNTAIN AREAS, DESTRUCTIVE
RUNOFF MAY RUN QUICKLY DOWN VALLEYS WHILE INCREASING
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES. FLOOD CONTROL
SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER MANY STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. MANY PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
MOVING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME DANGEROUS. MANY ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES WITH SOME
WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY CONSIDERATIONS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR
TORNADOES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY
WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ091-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
LENOIR-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- KINSTON
- LA GRANGE
- PINK HILL
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 30-40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: SATURDAY MORNING
UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED WIND
IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW
BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- HAZARDOUS WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER
MAY RESULT IN INJURY. 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, 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.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 6-10 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT OF
EXTREME FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS VASTLY EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE VERY LIKELY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
LIFE, OR HUMAN SUFFERING. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. POOR
DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK
LIVES. IF VULNERABLE, RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER ON HIGHER
GROUND BEFORE FLOOD WATERS ARRIVE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- EXTREME RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS
AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS IN MANY PLACES WITH DEEP MOVING WATER. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY BECOME RAGING RIVERS. IN
MOUNTAIN AREAS, DEADLY RUNOFF MAY RAGE DOWN VALLEYS WHILE
INCREASING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES.
FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. NUMEROUS PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
RAGING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES
WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ104-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
OUTER BANKS HYDE-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- OCRACOKE
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 40-50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: SATURDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED WIND
IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW
BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- HAZARDOUS WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER
MAY RESULT IN INJURY. 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, 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.
* 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: BEGINS EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: MODERATE
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
DANGEROUS STORM SURGE FLOODING OF GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, EARNESTLY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS. EVACUATION
EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION. EVACUATIONS
MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE. LEAVE IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA.
CONSIDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR
DECISIONS MAY NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- AREAS OF INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING ACCENTUATED
BY WAVES. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS, MAINLY NEAR THE
COAST.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS
BECOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT, ESPECIALLY IN USUALLY
VULNERABLE LOW SPOTS.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING DUNES. STRONG
AND NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
- MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED ANCHORAGES.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MAJOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS WELL EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE LIKELY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
LIFE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED,
HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. POOR DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN
BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES. IF VULNERABLE,
RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER ON HIGHER GROUND BEFORE FLOOD
WATERS ARRIVE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- MAJOR RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT MANY EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES
MAY BECOME DANGEROUS RIVERS. IN MOUNTAIN AREAS, DESTRUCTIVE
RUNOFF MAY RUN QUICKLY DOWN VALLEYS WHILE INCREASING
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES. FLOOD CONTROL
SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER MANY STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. MANY PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
MOVING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME DANGEROUS. MANY ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES WITH SOME
WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ093-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
CRAVEN-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- NEW BERN
- HAVELOCK
- VANCEBORO
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 35-45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: SATURDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED WIND
IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW
BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- HAZARDOUS WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER
MAY RESULT IN INJURY. 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, 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.
* 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: BEGINS SATURDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: MODERATE
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
DANGEROUS STORM SURGE FLOODING OF GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, EARNESTLY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS. EVACUATION
EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION. EVACUATIONS
MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE. LEAVE IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA.
CONSIDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR
DECISIONS MAY NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- AREAS OF INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING ACCENTUATED
BY WAVES. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS, MAINLY NEAR THE
COAST.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS
BECOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT, ESPECIALLY IN USUALLY
VULNERABLE LOW SPOTS.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING DUNES. STRONG
AND NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
- MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED ANCHORAGES.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 6-10 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT OF
EXTREME FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS VASTLY EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE VERY LIKELY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
LIFE, OR HUMAN SUFFERING. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. POOR
DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK
LIVES. IF VULNERABLE, RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER ON HIGHER
GROUND BEFORE FLOOD WATERS ARRIVE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- EXTREME RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS
AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS IN MANY PLACES WITH DEEP MOVING WATER. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY BECOME RAGING RIVERS. IN
MOUNTAIN AREAS, DEADLY RUNOFF MAY RAGE DOWN VALLEYS WHILE
INCREASING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES.
FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. NUMEROUS PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
RAGING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES
WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ090-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
DUPLIN-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- KENANSVILLE
- WARSAWBEULAVILLE
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 35-45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: SATURDAY MORNING
UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED WIND
IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW
BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- HAZARDOUS WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER
MAY RESULT IN INJURY. 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, 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.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 8-12 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT OF
EXTREME FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS VASTLY EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE VERY LIKELY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
LIFE, OR HUMAN SUFFERING. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. POOR
DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK
LIVES. IF VULNERABLE, RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER ON HIGHER
GROUND BEFORE FLOOD WATERS ARRIVE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- EXTREME RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS
AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS IN MANY PLACES WITH DEEP MOVING WATER. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY BECOME RAGING RIVERS. IN
MOUNTAIN AREAS, DEADLY RUNOFF MAY RAGE DOWN VALLEYS WHILE
INCREASING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES.
FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. NUMEROUS PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
RAGING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES
WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ045-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
WASHINGTON-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- PLYMOUTH
- CRESWELL
- WENONA
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- REMAIN BRACED AGAINST THE REASONABLE THREAT FOR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, EFFORTS SHOULD FULLY FOCUS ON AVOIDING INJURY.
PROPERTIES REMAIN SUBJECT TO LIMITED WIND IMPACTS.
- NOW IS THE TIME TO HIDE FROM THE WIND. REMAIN SHELTERED
UNTIL THE HAZARDOUS WIND SUBSIDES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: STILL UNFOLDING
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN WIND EVENT ARE STILL
UNFOLDING.
- THE EXTENT OF REALIZED IMPACTS WILL DEPEND ON THE ACTUAL
STRENGTH, DURATION, AND EXPOSURE OF THE WIND AS EXPERIENCED
AT PARTICULAR LOCATIONS.
* 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: BEGINS EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR PEAK
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF GREATER THAN 1 FOOT ABOVE GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED STORM
SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO
COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE.
- LOCALIZED INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS
OF LOCAL OFFICIALS. CONSIDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF
RECOMMENDED. LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE
ISSUED.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- 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.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- EMERGENCY CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE A THREAT OF
FLOODING.
- BE SAFE AND REMAIN READY TO PROTECT AGAINST FLOODING RAIN
IMPACTS.
- IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT, HEED
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- MAJOR RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT MANY EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES
MAY BECOME DANGEROUS RIVERS. IN MOUNTAIN AREAS, DESTRUCTIVE
RUNOFF MAY RUN QUICKLY DOWN VALLEYS WHILE INCREASING
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES. FLOOD CONTROL
SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER MANY STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. MANY PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
MOVING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME DANGEROUS. MANY ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES WITH SOME
WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY CONSIDERATIONS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR
TORNADOES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY
WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ103-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- KILL DEVIL HILLS
- MANTEO
- BUXTON
* 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: SATURDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL EARLY MONDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED WIND
IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW
BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- HAZARDOUS WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER
MAY RESULT IN INJURY. 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, 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.
* 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: BEGINS EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: MODERATE
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
DANGEROUS STORM SURGE FLOODING OF GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, EARNESTLY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS. EVACUATION
EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION. EVACUATIONS
MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE. LEAVE IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA.
CONSIDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR
DECISIONS MAY NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- AREAS OF INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING ACCENTUATED
BY WAVES. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS, MAINLY NEAR THE
COAST.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS
BECOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT, ESPECIALLY IN USUALLY
VULNERABLE LOW SPOTS.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING DUNES. STRONG
AND NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
- MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED ANCHORAGES.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MAJOR FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS WELL EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE LIKELY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
LIFE. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED,
HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. POOR DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN
BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES. IF VULNERABLE,
RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER ON HIGHER GROUND BEFORE FLOOD
WATERS ARRIVE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- MAJOR RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT MANY EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES
MAY BECOME DANGEROUS RIVERS. IN MOUNTAIN AREAS, DESTRUCTIVE
RUNOFF MAY RUN QUICKLY DOWN VALLEYS WHILE INCREASING
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES. FLOOD CONTROL
SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER MANY STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. MANY PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
MOVING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME DANGEROUS. MANY ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES WITH SOME
WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ047-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
MAINLAND DARE-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- MANNS HARBOR
- EAST LAKE
- STUMPY POINT
* 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: SATURDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED WIND
IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW
BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- HAZARDOUS WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER
MAY RESULT IN INJURY. 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, 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.
* 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: BEGINS EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR PEAK
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF GREATER THAN 1 FOOT ABOVE GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED STORM
SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS. EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO
COMPLETION BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE.
- LOCALIZED INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS
OF LOCAL OFFICIALS. CONSIDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF
RECOMMENDED. LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE
ISSUED.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
- 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.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: MODERATE
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
MODERATE FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS NOTABLY EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.
- TO BE SAFE, EARNESTLY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- DANGEROUS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE ACTION MAY
RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE. IF FLOOD RELATED
WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- 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.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ094-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
PAMLICO-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- HOBUCKEN
- BAYBORO
- ARAPAHOE
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 35-45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: SATURDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED WIND
IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW
BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- HAZARDOUS WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER
MAY RESULT IN INJURY. 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, 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.
* 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: BEGINS SATURDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: MODERATE
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
DANGEROUS STORM SURGE FLOODING OF GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, EARNESTLY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS. EVACUATION
EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION. EVACUATIONS
MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE. LEAVE IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA.
CONSIDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR
DECISIONS MAY NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- AREAS OF INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING ACCENTUATED
BY WAVES. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS, MAINLY NEAR THE
COAST.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS
BECOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT, ESPECIALLY IN USUALLY
VULNERABLE LOW SPOTS.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING DUNES. STRONG
AND NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
- MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED ANCHORAGES.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 6-10 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT OF
EXTREME FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS VASTLY EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE VERY LIKELY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
LIFE, OR HUMAN SUFFERING. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. POOR
DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK
LIVES. IF VULNERABLE, RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER ON HIGHER
GROUND BEFORE FLOOD WATERS ARRIVE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- EXTREME RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS
AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS IN MANY PLACES WITH DEEP MOVING WATER. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY BECOME RAGING RIVERS. IN
MOUNTAIN AREAS, DEADLY RUNOFF MAY RAGE DOWN VALLEYS WHILE
INCREASING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES.
FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. NUMEROUS PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
RAGING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES
WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ029-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
MARTIN-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- WILLIAMSTON
- ROBERSONVILLE
- OAK CITY
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- REMAIN BRACED AGAINST THE REASONABLE THREAT FOR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, EFFORTS SHOULD FULLY FOCUS ON AVOIDING INJURY.
PROPERTIES REMAIN SUBJECT TO LIMITED WIND IMPACTS.
- NOW IS THE TIME TO HIDE FROM THE WIND. REMAIN SHELTERED
UNTIL THE HAZARDOUS WIND SUBSIDES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: STILL UNFOLDING
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN WIND EVENT ARE STILL
UNFOLDING.
- THE EXTENT OF REALIZED IMPACTS WILL DEPEND ON THE ACTUAL
STRENGTH, DURATION, AND EXPOSURE OF THE WIND AS EXPERIENCED
AT PARTICULAR LOCATIONS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- EMERGENCY CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE A THREAT OF
FLOODING.
- BE SAFE AND REMAIN READY TO PROTECT AGAINST FLOODING RAIN
IMPACTS.
- IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT, HEED
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- MAJOR RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT MANY EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES
MAY BECOME DANGEROUS RIVERS. IN MOUNTAIN AREAS, DESTRUCTIVE
RUNOFF MAY RUN QUICKLY DOWN VALLEYS WHILE INCREASING
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES. FLOOD CONTROL
SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER MANY STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. MANY PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
MOVING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME DANGEROUS. MANY ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES WITH SOME
WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY CONSIDERATIONS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR
TORNADOES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY
WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ098-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.HU.A.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
ONSLOW-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...
A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS HURRICANE WIND CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- JACKSONVILLE
- RICHLANDS
- NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 40-50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 75 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: SATURDAY MORNING
UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: MODERATE
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
STRONG TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 58 TO 73 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, EARNESTLY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SIGNIFICANT WIND IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE
PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- DANGEROUS WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER
MAY RESULT IN INJURY. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND
BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- SOME DAMAGE TO ROOFING AND SIDING MATERIALS, ALONG WITH
DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, AND SHEDS. A FEW
BUILDINGS EXPERIENCING WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR
FAILURES. MOBILE HOMES DAMAGED, ESPECIALLY IF UNANCHORED.
UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BECOME DANGEROUS PROJECTILES.
- SEVERAL LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER
NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES ARE SHALLOW ROOTED. SEVERAL
FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN
URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. A FEW BRIDGES, CAUSEWAYS,
AND ACCESS ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES, BUT MORE
PREVALENT IN AREAS WITH ABOVE GROUND LINES.
* 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: BEGINS SATURDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: MODERATE
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
DANGEROUS STORM SURGE FLOODING OF GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, EARNESTLY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS. EVACUATION
EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION. EVACUATIONS
MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE. LEAVE IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA.
CONSIDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR
DECISIONS MAY NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- AREAS OF INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING ACCENTUATED
BY WAVES. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS, MAINLY NEAR THE
COAST.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS
BECOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT, ESPECIALLY IN USUALLY
VULNERABLE LOW SPOTS.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING DUNES. STRONG
AND NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
- MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED ANCHORAGES.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 10-14 INCHES, WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT OF
EXTREME FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS VASTLY EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE VERY LIKELY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
LIFE, OR HUMAN SUFFERING. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. POOR
DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK
LIVES. IF VULNERABLE, RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER ON HIGHER
GROUND BEFORE FLOOD WATERS ARRIVE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- EXTREME RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS
AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS IN MANY PLACES WITH DEEP MOVING WATER. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY BECOME RAGING RIVERS. IN
MOUNTAIN AREAS, DEADLY RUNOFF MAY RAGE DOWN VALLEYS WHILE
INCREASING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES.
FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. NUMEROUS PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
RAGING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES
WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ044-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
PITT-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- GREENVILLE
- FARMVILLE
- GRIFTON
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- REMAIN BRACED AGAINST THE REASONABLE THREAT FOR TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, EFFORTS SHOULD FULLY FOCUS ON AVOIDING INJURY.
PROPERTIES REMAIN SUBJECT TO LIMITED WIND IMPACTS.
- NOW IS THE TIME TO HIDE FROM THE WIND. REMAIN SHELTERED
UNTIL THE HAZARDOUS WIND SUBSIDES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: STILL UNFOLDING
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM THE MAIN WIND EVENT ARE STILL
UNFOLDING.
- THE EXTENT OF REALIZED IMPACTS WILL DEPEND ON THE ACTUAL
STRENGTH, DURATION, AND EXPOSURE OF THE WIND AS EXPERIENCED
AT PARTICULAR LOCATIONS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 4-8 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- EMERGENCY CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD INCLUDE A THREAT OF
FLOODING.
- BE SAFE AND REMAIN READY TO PROTECT AGAINST FLOODING RAIN
IMPACTS.
- IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT, HEED
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- MAJOR RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT MANY EVACUATIONS AND
RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY RAPIDLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN
MULTIPLE PLACES. SMALL STREAMS, CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES
MAY BECOME DANGEROUS RIVERS. IN MOUNTAIN AREAS, DESTRUCTIVE
RUNOFF MAY RUN QUICKLY DOWN VALLEYS WHILE INCREASING
SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES. FLOOD CONTROL
SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER MANY STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. MANY PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
MOVING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME DANGEROUS. MANY ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES WITH SOME
WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY CONSIDERATIONS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR
TORNADOES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY
WINDS MAY STILL OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/ADVISORY NUMBER 38...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC AL142016
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ095-072345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.HU.A.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMHX.TR.W.1014.161007T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
CARTERET-
1135 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...
A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS HURRICANE WIND CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS TROPICAL STORM WIND CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA AND WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- MOREHEAD CITY
- BEAUFORT
- EMERALD ISLE
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 40-50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: SATURDAY AFTERNOON
UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: ELEVATED
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 39 TO 57 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF LIMITED WIND
IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW
BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- HAZARDOUS WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER
MAY RESULT IN INJURY. 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, 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.
* 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: BEGINS SATURDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: MODERATE
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
DANGEROUS STORM SURGE FLOODING OF GREATER THAN 3 FEET ABOVE
GROUND.
- TO BE SAFE, EARNESTLY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTS. EVACUATION
EFFORTS SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION. EVACUATIONS
MUST BE COMPLETE BEFORE DRIVING CONDITIONS BECOME UNSAFE.
- LIFE-THREATENING INUNDATION IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO HEED
EVACUATION ORDERS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE. LEAVE IF EVACUATION ORDERS ARE GIVEN FOR YOUR AREA.
CONSIDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION IF RECOMMENDED. POOR
DECISIONS MAY NEEDLESSLY RISK LIVES.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT
- AREAS OF INUNDATION WITH STORM SURGE FLOODING ACCENTUATED
BY WAVES. DAMAGE TO SEVERAL BUILDINGS, MAINLY NEAR THE
COAST.
- SECTIONS OF NEAR-SHORE ESCAPE ROUTES AND SECONDARY ROADS
BECOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT, ESPECIALLY IN USUALLY
VULNERABLE LOW SPOTS.
- MAJOR BEACH EROSION WITH HEAVY SURF BREACHING DUNES. STRONG
AND NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS.
- MODERATE DAMAGE TO MARINAS, DOCKS, BOARDWALKS, AND PIERS.
SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT BROKEN AWAY FROM MOORINGS, ESPECIALLY
IN UNPROTECTED ANCHORAGES.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 6-10 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT OF
EXTREME FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS VASTLY EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE VERY LIKELY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
LIFE, OR HUMAN SUFFERING. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. POOR
DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK
LIVES. IF VULNERABLE, RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER ON HIGHER
GROUND BEFORE FLOOD WATERS ARRIVE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- EXTREME RAINFALL FLOODING MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS EVACUATIONS
AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR
BANKS IN MANY PLACES WITH DEEP MOVING WATER. SMALL STREAMS,
CREEKS, CANALS, AND DITCHES MAY BECOME RAGING RIVERS. IN
MOUNTAIN AREAS, DEADLY RUNOFF MAY RAGE DOWN VALLEYS WHILE
INCREASING SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES.
FLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND BARRIERS MAY BECOME STRESSED.
- FLOOD WATERS CAN ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES WITHIN MULTIPLE
COMMUNITIES, SOME STRUCTURES BECOMING UNINHABITABLE OR
WASHED AWAY. NUMEROUS PLACES WHERE FLOOD WATERS MAY COVER
ESCAPE ROUTES. STREETS AND PARKING LOTS BECOME RIVERS OF
RAGING WATER WITH UNDERPASSES SUBMERGED. DRIVING CONDITIONS
BECOME VERY DANGEROUS. NUMEROUS ROAD AND BRIDGE CLOSURES
WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED OUT.
* TORNADO
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST:
- SITUATION IS UNFAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MHX/TROPICAL
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 38A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC AL142016
205 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ099-080215-
/O.CON.KILM.TR.W.1013.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COLUMBUS-
205 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- WHITEVILLE
- TABOR CITY
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 40-50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: HIGH
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WIND OF 74 TO 110 MPH OF EQUIVALENT
CATEGORY 1 TO 2 INTENSITY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
EXTENSIVE WIND IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE
PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO
ADEQUATELY SHELTER MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF
LIFE. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER BEFORE THE WIND BECOMES
HAZARDOUS.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: EXTENSIVE
- SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IS LIKELY, WITH BUILDINGS RECEIVING
ROOF DAMAGE AS WELL AS WINDOW, DOOR, AND GARAGE DOOR
FAILURES. MOBILE HOMES POTENTIALLY SUFFERING SEVERE DAMAGE,
WITH SOME DESTROYED. DAMAGE MAY BE ENHANCED BY PROJECTILES.
LOCATIONS MAY BE INACCESSIBLE OR UNINHABITABLE FOR SOME
TIME AFTER THE STORM PASSES.
- WIDESPREAD LARGE LIMBS WILL BE DOWN AND MANY TREES SNAPPED
OR UPROOTED, ALONG WITH FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- ROADS WILL BE BLOCKED IN MANY AREAS AS A RESULT OF LARGE
DEBRIS, ESPECIALLY WITHIN URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED AREAS.
SEVERAL BRIDGES, CAUSEWAYS, AND ELEVATED ROADWAYS WILL
LIKELY BECOME UNSAFE.
- WIDESPREAD AREAS WILL SUFFER FROM POWER AND COMMUNICATION
OUTAGES.
- SEVERAL POORLY SECURED SMALL CRAFT MAY BREAK FROM THEIR
MOORINGS.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 8-12 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT OF
EXTREME FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS VASTLY EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE VERY LIKELY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
LIFE, OR HUMAN SUFFERING. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. POOR
DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK
LIVES. IF VULNERABLE, RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER ON HIGHER
GROUND BEFORE FLOOD WATERS ARRIVE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- EXTREME FLOODING FROM RAINFALL MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS
EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS
WITH DEEP MOVING WATER. CREEKS AND DITCHES WILL BECOME
SEVERELY FLOODED AND CONTAIN STRONG CURRENTS.
- FLOOD WATERS MAY ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES, AND SOME MAY
BECOME UNINHABITABLE OR WASHED AWAY. ROAD SCOURS OR
COMPLETE ROAD FAILURE IS LIKELY IN MANY LOCATIONS, ALONG
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SINKHOLES. MANY STREETS AND PARKING
LOTS WILL FLOOD, AND MAY BE IMPACTED BY SWIFT, FLOWING
WATER. NUMEROUS ROAD AND LOW-LYING BRIDGE CLOSURES ARE
LIKELY WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED AWAY. DRIVING
CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY 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
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILM/TROPICS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
MATTHEW LOCAL WATCH/WARNING STATEMENT/INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 38A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC AL142016
205 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
NCZ096-080215-
/O.CON.KILM.TR.W.1013.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BLADEN-
205 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
* LOCATIONS AFFECTED
- ELIZABETHTOWN
- BLADENBORO
* WIND
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
- PEAK WIND FORECAST: 35-45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH
- WINDOW FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS: EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING UNTIL EARLY SUNDAY MORNING
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: MODERATE
- THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT FOR
STRONG TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND OF 58 TO 73 MPH.
- TO BE SAFE, EARNESTLY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
SIGNIFICANT WIND IMPACTS. REMAINING EFFORTS TO SECURE
PROPERTIES SHOULD NOW BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION.
- DANGEROUS WIND IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO ADEQUATELY SHELTER
MAY RESULT IN INJURY. 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.
* FLOODING RAIN
- LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
- PEAK RAINFALL AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL 8-12 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: EXTREME
- THE FLOODING RAIN THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM
THE PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS SHOULD INCLUDE A REASONABLE THREAT OF
EXTREME FLOODING WHERE PEAK RAINFALL TOTALS VASTLY EXCEED
AMOUNTS CONDUCIVE FOR FLASH FLOODING AND RAPID INUNDATION.
RESCUES AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS ARE VERY LIKELY.
- TO BE SAFE, AGGRESSIVELY PREPARE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC FLOODING RAIN IMPACTS.
- LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. FAILURE TO TAKE
ACTION MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY, SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF
LIFE, OR HUMAN SUFFERING. IF FLOOD RELATED WATCHES AND
WARNINGS ARE ISSUED, HEED RECOMMENDED ACTIONS. POOR
DECISIONS MAY RESULT IN BEING CUT OFF OR NEEDLESSLY RISK
LIVES. IF VULNERABLE, RELOCATE TO SAFE SHELTER ON HIGHER
GROUND BEFORE FLOOD WATERS ARRIVE.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: DEVASTATING TO CATASTROPHIC
- EXTREME FLOODING FROM RAINFALL MAY PROMPT NUMEROUS
EVACUATIONS AND RESCUES.
- RIVERS AND STREAMS MAY OVERWHELMINGLY OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS
WITH DEEP MOVING WATER. CREEKS AND DITCHES WILL BECOME
SEVERELY FLOODED AND CONTAIN STRONG CURRENTS.
- FLOOD WATERS MAY ENTER NUMEROUS STRUCTURES, AND SOME MAY
BECOME UNINHABITABLE OR WASHED AWAY. ROAD SCOURS OR
COMPLETE ROAD FAILURE IS LIKELY IN MANY LOCATIONS, ALONG
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SINKHOLES. MANY STREETS AND PARKING
LOTS WILL FLOOD, AND MAY BE IMPACTED BY SWIFT, FLOWING
WATER. NUMEROUS ROAD AND LOW-LYING BRIDGE CLOSURES ARE
LIKELY WITH SOME WEAKENED OR WASHED AWAY. DRIVING
CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY 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
- CURRENT THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY: NONE
- THE TORNADO THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
- EMERGENCY PLANS NEED NOT INCLUDE A THREAT FOR TORNADOES.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY STILL
OCCUR.
- LITTLE TO NO PREPARATIONS NEEDED TO GUARD AGAINST TROPICAL
TORNADOES.
- ENSURE READINESS FOR THE NEXT TROPICAL TORNADO EVENT.
- POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LITTLE TO NONE
- LITTLE TO NO POTENTIAL IMPACTS FROM TORNADOES.
* FOR MORE INFORMATION:
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ILM/TROPICS
- HTTP://READY.GOV/HURRICANES
$$
OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1119 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
W CENTRAL N ATLC CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS BEYOND 20
NM...TO 250 NM OFFSHORE...INCLUDING S OF GEORGES BANK FROM 1000
FM TO...250 NM OFFSHORE
SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.
ANZ830-080300-
CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO CAPE HATTERAS TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-
1119 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 10 TO 17
FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 30 TO 40 KT.
SEAS 12 TO 18 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 13 TO 19 FT.
.MON...NE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 11
TO 16 FT.
.MON NIGHT...NE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING
TO 9 TO 13 FT.
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
$$
OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST
NWS OCEAN PREDICTION CENTER WASHINGTON DC
1119 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
W CENTRAL N ATLC CONTINENTAL SHELF AND SLOPE WATERS BEYOND 20
NM...TO 250 NM OFFSHORE...INCLUDING S OF GEORGES BANK FROM 1000
FM TO...250 NM OFFSHORE
SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.
ANZ833-080300-
CAPE HATTERAS TO CAPE FEAR TO 100 NM OFFSHORE-
1119 AM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TODAY...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SAT...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 10 TO 17 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS INCREASING TO 40 TO 60 KT. SEAS 15 TO
25 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 45 TO 60 KT...BECOMING E TO NE 40 TO 55 KT.
SEAS 13 TO 22 FT.
.SUN NIGHT...E TO NE WINDS 35 TO 45 KT...BECOMING N 30 TO 40 KT.
SEAS 13 TO 22 FT.
.MON...N WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 12 TO 21 FT.
.MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 10 TO 15 FT.
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 12 FT.
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
$$