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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE SANDY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
518 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012
...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...
.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.
.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT
ANYWHERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHEAST SOUTH
CAROLINA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.
.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 33.4N...LONGITUDE 71.3W. THIS WAS ABOUT 380 MILES EAST OF
WILMINGTON NC...OR ABOUT 440 MILES EAST OF MYRTLE BEACH SC. STORM
MOTION WAS NE OR 50 DEGREES AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH.
.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE SANDY CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE
REGION AND CONDITIONS OVER THE WATERS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY IMPROVE.
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS...THERE IS A GALE WARNING IN EFFECT BETWEEN
SURF CITY...NORTH CAROLINA AND LITTLE RIVER INLET...SOUTH CAROLINA...
AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET...
SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER...SOUTH CAROLINA.
A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE BEACHES FROM
SURF CITY...NORTH CAROLINA TO THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER...SOUTH CAROLINA.
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST BEFORE
MAKING ANY DEFINITE PLANS.
&&
.NEXT UPDATE...
AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL
STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON
REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE SANDY UPON THE AREA.
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SURF CITY TO CAPE FEAR NC OUT 20 NM-
CAPE FEAR NC TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
LITTLE RIVER INLET TO MURRELLS INLET SC OUT 20 NM-
MURRELLS INLET TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC OUT 20 NM-
518 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WINDS AND SEAS...
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
WILMINGTON...NORTH CAROLINA MARINE FORECAST FOR THE LATEST WINDS
AND SEAS FORECAST.
...COASTAL HAZARDS...
A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN SURF
CITY...NORTH CAROLINA AND LITTLE RIVER INLET...SOUTH CAROLINA...
AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM LITTLE RIVER INLET...SOUTH
CAROLINA TO THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER...SOUTH CAROLINA. PLEASE REFER
TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON...NORTH CAROLINA
MARINE FORECAST FOR SPECIFIC WIND AND SEAS FORECAST.
$$
NCZ105>108-282230-
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INLAND PENDER-COASTAL PENDER-INLAND NEW HANOVER-
COASTAL NEW HANOVER-
518 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS EVENT IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO HAVE AN IMPACT ACROSS THE
AREA AT THIS TIME. USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE PREPAREDNESS
PLANS AND REMAIN PREPARED FOR FUTURE EVENTS.
&&
...COASTAL HAZARDS...
A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE BEACH FROM SURF
CITY...NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWARD TO THE SOUTH SANTEE RIVER PORTIONS
OF THE AREA. SEE LATEST SURF FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION.
$$
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