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As of 11:23 am EDT on September 5, 2008 Rest of Today...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely with isolated thunderstorms. Near steady temperature in the lower 80s. East winds around 10 mph...increasing to 15 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent. Tonight...Tropical storm conditions expected with hurricane conditions possible. Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. East winds 25 to 35 mph with frequent gusts. Chance of rain 90 percent. Saturday...Tropical storm conditions expected with hurricane conditions possible. Showers with isolated thunderstorms in the morning...then showers likely in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 80s. Southeast winds 35 to 40 mph...becoming southwest 30 to 35 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 Tropical Storm Warning, Hurricane Watch Issued by the National Weather Service at 5:43 PM EDT on September 5, 2008 ... Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect... ... Hurricane Watch remains in effect... ... New information... The center of Tropical Storm Hanna is now about 240 miles south of Wilmington. A Tropical Storm Warning and Hurricane Watch remain in effect for eastern North Carolina coastal counties. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within the warning area within the next 24 hours. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the area as well. ... Areas affected... This statement recommends actions to be taken by persons in... coastal 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. Local shelter information is as follows... Carteret County... 2 shelters at Newport middle... which is pet friendly... and Atlantic elementary. Contact 252.728.8470 for more info. Onslow County... 6 shelters open. Contact 910.938.2059 for more info. Craven County... 4 shelters open. Contact 252.636.6608 for more info. Beaufort County... Northside High School will be opening as a shelter. This list will be updated as we receive more information from area shelters. ... Storm surge and storm tide... The combinations of storm surge... tides... and wave action on the beach will allow water levels to rise to 2 to 4 foot above normal tonight continuing into Saturday along the coast south of Cape Lookout. North of Cape Lookout the water is expected to rise by 1 to 3 feet. Storm surges of 2 to 4 feet will also be possible along the banks of the Neuse and Pamlico rivers. ... Winds... Tropical storm force winds are expected to spread north through the area this evening and continue into Saturday morning. The strongest winds of 40 to 50 mph with gusts to 60 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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