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As of 11:23 am EDT on September 5, 2008 Rest of Today...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Breezy with highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds around 10 mph...increasing to 20 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Tonight...Tropical storm conditions expected. Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 70s. East winds 30 to 40 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent. Saturday...Tropical storm conditions expected. Cloudy. Showers with isolated thunderstorms in the morning...then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. South winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts to around 60 mph...becoming west 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Almanac Key: T = Trace of precipitation; MM = data not available
Tornado Watch Issued by the National Weather Service at 5:03 PM EDT on September 05, 2008 Tornado Watch 889 remains in effect until 500 am EDT for the following locations NC . North Carolina counties included are Beaufort Bertie Bladen Brunswick Camden Carteret Chowan Columbus Craven Cumberland Currituck Dare Duplin Edgecombe gates Greene Halifax Harnett Hertford Hoke Hyde Johnston Jones Lenoir Martin Nash New Hanover Northampton Onslow Pamlico Pasquotank Pender Perquimans Pitt Robeson Sampson Scotland Tyrrell Washington Wayne Wilson Back to top Inland Tropical Wind Warning Issued by the National Weather Service at 5:43 PM EDT on September 5, 2008 ... Tropical Storm Wind Warning remains in effect from 8 PM this evening to 8 PM EDT Saturday... ... New information... The center of Tropical Storm Hanna is now about 240 miles south of Wilmington. A Tropical Storm Wind Warning remains in effect for the coastal plain of eastern North Carolina. A Tropical Storm Wind Warning means that tropical storm force winds are expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours. ... Areas affected... This statement recommends actions to be taken by persons in... eastern North Carolina. ... Storm information... At 500 PM EDT... the center of Tropical Storm Hanna was located near latitude 30.8 north... longitude 78.7 west... or about 240 miles south of Wilmington North Carolina. Hanna is moving toward the north near 20 mph. This motion is expected continue tonight... with a turn toward the northeast and a faster forward speed expected on Saturday. On the forecast track... the center of Hanna should cross the southeastern coast of the United States tonight or early Saturday... then move along the mid-Atlantic coast later Saturday and Saturday night. Maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph... with higher gusts. Although no significant change in strength is forecast before landfall... it would only take a small increase in wind speed for Hanna to become a hurricane. Weakening is expected after landfall. The minimum central pressure just reported by the aircraft was 984 mb... 28.06 inches. ... Watches/warnings... Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.Gov on the internet for more information about these additional hazards. Tornado Watch. ... Precautionary/preparedness actions... All precautionary and preparedness actions should be completed at this time... and if not they should be rushed to completion immediately. Information of area shelters is as follows... Lenoir County... Lenoir Community College opening at 6 PM and is pet friendly. Contact 252.526.6666 for more info. Pitt County... 3 shelters open. Visit www.Pittcountync.Gov for info or call 252.902.3970. Martin County... Williamston High School opens at 7 PM. Duplin County... James kenan High School opens at 6 PM. This list will be updated as more info on shelters becomes available. ... Winds... Tropical storm force winds are expected to spread north through the area later this evening and continue into Saturday morning. The strongest winds of 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 55 mph are most likely from late tonight continuing into early Saturday morning. Conditions will improve from south to north during Saturday afternoon and evening. ... Inland flooding... Rainfall amounts of 3 to 7 inches are possible with isolated higher amounts. This could result in minor flooding of normally flood prone locations. ... Tornadoes... The potential for tornadoes will continue as Hanna approaches and crosses the region this evening into Saturday. ... Next update... This statement will be updated around midnight. Back to top
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