Hurricane Local Statement for GABRIELLE

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
517 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2007

...GABRIELLE BECOMES TROPICAL...STILL FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AS 
IT APPROACHES NORTH CAROLINA...

...NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM CAPE FEAR TO SURF CITY HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED.

STORM INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...BRUNSWICK...NEW HANOVER...PENDER AND IN
NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA...GEORGETOWN AND HORRY.

...WATCHES...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FROM CAPE FEAR TO SURF CITY HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.7 WEST OR ABOUT
230 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILMINGTON.

GABRIELLE WAS MOVING GENERALLY NORTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. A GRADUAL
TURN TOWARD THE NORTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON
THIS TRACK...THE CENTER OF GABRIELLE WILL BE NEAR OR OVER THE
COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA NEAR THE OUTER BANKS TOMORROW
AFTERNOON...BUT OUTER RAIN BANDS WILL LIKELY REACH THE COAST
TONIGHT.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND ARE NOW NEAR 40 MPH...65
KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  HOWEVER...SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES...165
KM...TO THE NORTH FROM THE CENTER.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY THE RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT
WAS 1009 MB...29.80 INCHES.

THE CURRENT STORM TRACK FORECAST KEEPS THE CENTER OF GABRIELLE
ABOUT 145 MILES EAST OF CAPE FEAR ON SUNDAY MORNING...AS IT HEADS
NORTH TO NEAR CAPE HATTERAS AFTER SUNDOWN ON SUNDAY.

...WIND IMPACTS... 
WINDS FROM THE NORTH GUSTING BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
...CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING LATER IN
THE DAY.

...RAINFALL IMPACTS...
SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH GABRIELLE WILL POSSIBLY MOVE ONTO THE
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY...
BUT GABRIELLE IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE EXCESSIVE RAIN IN THE AREA.
RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST
NORTH CAROLINA ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN AN INCH...WITH LESS
EXPECTED INLAND AND OVER SOUTH CAROLINA. FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.

...SEAS AND RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL WATERS
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WITH 7 TO 9 FOOT SEAS DEVELOPING OVER THE
COASTAL WATERS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND SUNDAY. MARINERS SHOULD STAY IN
PORT TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE EAST FACEING
BEACHES FROM SURF CITY DOWN TO BALD HEAD ISLAND AND A MODERATE
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE REST OF THE BEACHES...ESPECIALLY
AROUND THE TIME OF LOW TIDE...AT 1 PM ON SUNDAY.

ALSO...A LATERAL OR LONG SHORE CURRENT RUNNING FROM THE NORTH WILL
STRENGTHEN ALONG THE BEACHES. ONLY EXPERIENCED SURF SWIMMERS
SHOULD ENTER THE WATER.

...STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
HIGH TIDE WILL BE AROUND 6 PM TODAY...AND 6 AM ON SUNDAY. STORM
TIDES WILL BE AROUND 1 FOOT ABOVE NORMAL...AND COASTAL FLOODING IS
NOT EXPECTED. BEACH EROSION IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL.

...NEXT UPDATE... 
THIS IS THE FINAL TROPICAL STORM GABRIELLE LOCAL STATEMENT TO BE
ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.


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...CORRECTED FOR RIP CURRENT RISKS ALONG THE EAST FACING BEACHES
TO INCREASE FROM MODERATE TO HIGH RISK...

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