HURRICANE EARL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
235 PM EDT THU SEP 2 2010
...DANGEROUS AND LARGE CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE EARL CONTINUES TO POSE
A THREAT TO EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND SOUNDS.
.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
WASHINGTON...TYRRELL...MAINLAND DARE...BEAUFORT...MAINLAND HYDE...
CRAVEN...PAMLICO...CARTERET...OUTER BANKS DARE AND OUTER BANKS
HYDE COUNTIES. INCLUDING THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS AND
ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ONSLOW COUNTY.
A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...MARTIN...PITT...GREENE...DUPLIN...LENOIR AND JONES
COUNTIES.
.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 31.7N...LONGITUDE 75.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 245 MILES SOUTH
OF CAPE HATTERAS NC. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO
NEAR 125 MPH. EARL IS MOVING TOWARD THE N AT 18 MPH. A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTH- NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF EARL
WILL PASS NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS TONIGHT.
.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE EARL IS FORECAST TO TRACK JUST OFFSHORE OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA COAST...MAKING ITS CLOSEST APPROACH NEAR CAPE HATTERAS
AROUND 2 AM TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
WILL EXTEND WELL AWAY THE STORM. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
WILL BE MAINLY EAST OF A CAPE LOOKOUT TO OREGON INLET LINE. THIS
WILL BRING A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF WIND DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES
TO THESE LOCATIONS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK IS
SUBJECT TO SHIFT. DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE STORM AND PROXIMITY
TO THE COAST...EVEN A SMALL CHANGE IN TRACK COULD RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT CONDITIONS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
HOWEVER...THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WEST OF CAPE
LOOKOUT IS DIMINISHING.
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE OUTER
BANKS...WITH AROUND TWO INCHES POSSIBLE OVER DOWNEAST CARTERET
COUNTY. ISOLATED FLOODING OF LOW SPOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THE
OUTER BANKS. RAINFALL WILL DECREASE TO LESS THAN AN INCH IN THE
WESTERN PORTION OF THE WARNED LOCATIONS.
SIGNIFICANT SWELLS WILL BRING A HIGH RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS
TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 15 FEET OR HIGHER
ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE OUTER BANKS AND 10 TO 15 FEET ALONG THE
CRYSTAL COAST. STORM SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET IS POSSIBLE OCEAN SIDE
LOCATIONS NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. THIS COMBINED WITH SIGNIFICANT
WAVE ACTION WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT EROSION AND OVERWASH.
INUNDATION UP TO 4 TO 6 FEET IS ALSO POSSIBLE SOUNDSIDE ON THE
OUTER BANKS AND IN THE LOWER NEUSE RIVER AND SOUTHERN PAMLICO AND
CORE SOUND AREAS IN CARTERET COUNTY.
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ANY HURRICANE PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETE SHORTLY.
IF EVACUATING...LEAVE SOON.
BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD HAVE SECURED THEIR
CRAFT BY NOW.
LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.
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