Friday, August 26, 2011

NWS Statement--Tropical Storm WARNING for Hanover/Henrico/Richmond/Caroline

HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
1134 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...OUTER RAIN BANDS OF LARGE HURRICANE IRENE NEARING THE COAST OF
THE CAROLINAS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE WARNING FOR DORCHESTER...WICOMICO AND SOMERSET COUNTIES
IN MARYLAND.

.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 IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
DORCHESTER...WICOMICO AND SOMERSET.

A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
INLAND WORCESTER...MARYLAND BEACHES...HERTFORD...GATES...
PASQUOTANK...CAMDEN...INLAND CURRITUCK...BERTIE...CHOWAN...
PERQUIMANS...OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK...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 WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...CURRITUCK
SOUND...AND ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
NORTHAMPTON NC...HANOVER...CAROLINE...CHESTERFIELD...HENRICO...
KING WILLIAM...KING AND QUEEN...ESSEX...WESTMORELAND...RICHMOND...
BRUNSWICK...DINWIDDIE...PRINCE GEORGE...CHARLES CITY...NEW KENT...
GREENSVILLE...SUSSEX...SURRY...JAMES CITY AND SOUTHAMPTON.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER EASTERN
SHORE. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE
IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.7N...LONGITUDE 77.3W. THIS WAS ABOUT 540 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF OCEAN CITY MD...OR ABOUT 430 MILES SOUTH OF
NORFOLK VA. STORM MOTION WAS N OR 360 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM
INTENSITY WAS 105 MPH.

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