Hurricane Watches and Warnings Along The Coast........

HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
727 PM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...DANGEROUS HURRICANE IRENE TO IMPACT MID ATLANTIC REGION THIS
WEEKEND...

.NEW INFORMATION...
FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATCH AND WARNING AREAS.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER EASTERN
SHORE...INCLUDING THE VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
CURRITUCK SOUND...AND ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
PASQUOTANK...CAMDEN...INLAND CURRITUCK...BERTIE...CHOWAN...
PERQUIMANS AND OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...CURRITUCK
SOUND...AND ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...INLAND
WORCESTER...MARYLAND BEACHES...HERTFORD...GATES...
NORTHUMBERLAND...LANCASTER...GLOUCESTER...MIDDLESEX...MATHEWS...
YORK...ISLE OF WIGHT...NEWPORT NEWS/HAMPTON...
NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH...SUFFOLK...CHESAPEAKE...VIRGINIA BEACH...
ACCOMACK AND NORTHAMPTON VA.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS
OF VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...CURRITUCK SOUND...AND
ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE