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HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
535 PM EDT SUN OCT 17 1999
...IRENE TURNS TO THE NORTHEAST AND ACCELERATES TOWARD THE
NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE HATTERAS NORTH
CAROLINA TO THE VIRGINIA/NORTH CAROLINA BORDER INCLUDING THE
ALBEMARLE AND CURRITUCK SOUNDS...
THIS STATEMENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NORTH
CAROLINA...
BERTIE...CAMDEN...CHOWAN...CURRITUCK...PASQUOTANK...PERQUIMANS.
...CURRENT INTENSITY AND POSITION OF STORM...
AT 5 PM THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.7
NORTH AND LONGITUDE 78.5 WEST OR ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
EAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR
75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS MAINLY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 978 MB OR 28.88 INCHES OF
MERCURY. IRENE WAS MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 14 MPH.
...WIND AND WAVE INFORMATION...
EAST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS ARE OCCURRING OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA WITH SEAS OF 4 TO 5 FEET. WINDS
WILL INCREASE FROM THE EAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON POSSIBLY REACHING
SPEEDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS BY EVENING.
WINDS OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN WILL INCREASE...POSSIBLY REACHING 30 TO
40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS THIS EVENING.
...RAINFALL...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES AREAS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN SPREADING ACROSS
MOST OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. DOPPLER
RADAR INDICATES WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE NORTH
CAROLINA COASTAL PLAINS...WITH HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES
OVER THE OUTER BANKS AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. PERIODS OF HEAVY
RAIN ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TONIGHT... MAINLY ALONG COASTAL AREAS.
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO LOCALLY 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA.
RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS AND AREAS NEAR RIVERS AND STREAMBEDS. FLASH FLOODING
HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN PORTIONS OF PASQUOTANK COUNTY.
...STORM SURGE AND HIGH TIDE INFORMATION...
HIGH TIDES:
CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NC 210 AM MONDAY MORNING
232 PM MONDAY AFTERNOON
STORM SURGES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE
ALBEMARLE SOUND IN ASSOCIATION WITH HURRICANE IRENE. THIS SHOULD
RESULT IN ONLY MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.
...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE AT
HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/AKQ.
THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 830 PM OR
SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
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