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Hurricane Isabel:Live Thread #2 "Force Ten Conditions In North Carolina And Further North"
NHC
| 9-17-03
| My Favorite Headache
Posted on 09/17/2003 8:14:30 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
Hurricane Isabel Advisory Number 48
Statement as of 11:00 PM EDT on September 17, 2003
...Outer bands of Hurricane Isabel moving onshore...weather should gradually worsen...
A Hurricane Warning remains in effect from Cape Fear North Carolina to Chincoteague Virginia...including Pamlico and Albemarle sounds...and the Chesapeake Bay south of Smith Point. A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expected within the warning area...generally within 24 hours.
All preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion in the Hurricane Warning area.
A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect south of Cape Fear to South Santee River South Carolina...and north of Chincoteague to Sandy Hook New Jersey...including Delaware Bay. A Tropical Storm Warning also remains in effect for the Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point northward...and for the tidal Potomac.
At 11 PM EDT...0300z...the center of Hurricane Isabel was located by an Air Force reconnaissance aircraft near latitude 31.9 north... longitude 73.9 west or about 250 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina.
Isabel is moving toward the north-northwest near 13 mph. A turn to the northwest with an increase in forward speed is expected prior to landfall. On the forecast track...the center of Isabel is expected to make landfall in eastern North Carolina during the day Thursday. However...conditions will deteriorate over a large area well before the center reaches the coast. Tropical storm conditions are already spreading across the coastline.
Maximum sustained winds are near 105 mph...with higher gusts. A slight increase in strength is possible prior to landfall.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 115 miles from the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 315 miles. A buoy located west of the hurricane recently reported wind gusts to 74 mph and 32 foot waves.
An Air Force hurricane hunter plane recently reported a minimum central pressure of 956 mb...28.23 inches.
Storm surge flooding of 7 to 11 feet above normal tide levels... along with extremely large and dangerous battering waves...is expected near and to the north of where the center crosses the coast. Storm surge flooding of 4 to 8 ft above normal tide levels is expected in Chesapeake Bay and the tidal portions of adjacent rivers.
Storm total rainfalls of 6 to 10 inches...with locally higher amounts...are likely in association with Isabel.
There is a threat of isolated tornadoes over eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia on Thursday.
Repeating the 11 PM EDT position...31.9 N... 73.9 W. Movement toward...north-northwest near 13 mph. Maximum sustained winds...105 mph. Minimum central pressure... 956 mb.
For storm information specific to your area...please monitor products issued by your local weather office.
An intermediate advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at 2 am EDT followed by the next complete advisory at 5 am EDT.
Forecaster Avila
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricaneisabel; isabel; landfall
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To: xsmommy
Have you had to find puzzles,books,etc for the little ones?
1,141
posted on
09/18/2003 11:53:58 AM PDT
by
MEG33
To: MEG33
Thank you! There are idiots swimming at Buckroe Beach right now. If anyone ever deserved to drown, it would be these idiots. I'm sorry, but I have little sympathy for people that are intentionally creating emergencies for our police and Coast Guard. They are arresting people on the Beach, but they aren't going out into the water. Good! Let them wallow in their stupidity. Sorry if I seem harsh. I get tired of these type of idiots.
1,142
posted on
09/18/2003 11:54:12 AM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(God Bless Our Troops and Allies!!)
To: Howlin
Glad you still have power!
1,143
posted on
09/18/2003 11:54:12 AM PDT
by
cmsgop
(If you Sprinkle When You Tinkle,...Be a Sweetie and Wipe the Seatie......Priceless!!!!!!!!)
To: wimpycat
Never mind---the hubby is watching NFL films instead.
1,144
posted on
09/18/2003 11:54:45 AM PDT
by
wimpycat
(Down with Kooks and Kookery!)
To: Lazamataz
Better get busy or you'll die a virgin. :-p
To: Howlin
Sorry Howlin! Where are you at?? Hampton over here!
1,146
posted on
09/18/2003 11:54:45 AM PDT
by
MoJo2001
(God Bless Our Troops and Allies!!)
To: Slip18
Are you okay, Lazzie?I'm in Georgia. Georgia has never experienced a hurricane, ever.
1,147
posted on
09/18/2003 11:55:18 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
To: mykdsmom
I heard that. Weird.
I wonder if it's because this is the first one that they have seen in the day time.
To: kegler4
It was the Richaleau apartments in Bay St. Louis, MS. They did have one survivor that was found in a tree several miles inland. If you look up the Camille website you will see a before and after of the apartment building.
1,149
posted on
09/18/2003 11:55:27 AM PDT
by
U S Army EOD
(Feeling my age, but wanting to feel older)
To: honeygrl
Maybe you could give him a hand ?
1,150
posted on
09/18/2003 11:55:46 AM PDT
by
VRWC_minion
(Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
To: honeygrl
Better get busy or you'll die a virgin. :-pDoes masturbation count?
1,151
posted on
09/18/2003 11:55:49 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(I am the extended middle finger in the fist of life.)
To: MEG33
not so little. 9, almost 12 and almost 15. the older 2 are watching Fox News and laughing at Jeff Goldblatt writhing on the sand! the 9 yo has the disney channel on upstairs.
To: MoJo2001
Raleigh.
To: NautiNurse
"Would that make it a power nap? "
No, it would be a powerless nap. :)
To: 1Old Pro
What is with the dirty foam on the boardwalk? Jeff Goldblatt is picking up a piece of wood. Guess he's on clean-up committee.
To: Howlin
Thanks, Howlin. Keep your head down!
To: xsmommy
Does he have swim goggles on?
To: MoJo2001
Thank you! There are idiots swimming at Buckroe Beach right now. If anyone ever deserved to drown, it would be these idiots. I'm sorry, but I have little sympathy for people that are intentionally creating emergencies for our police and Coast Guard. They are arresting people on the Beach, but they aren't going out into the water. Good! Let them wallow in their stupidity. Sorry if I seem harsh. I get tired of these type of idiots.The way I see it, those that choose to flirt with death are on their own. I know it goes against the grain for emergency personnel, but in those cases, its best to leave those that deliberately put themselves in extreme situations to reap the rewards of their own actions. Leave them be.
1,158
posted on
09/18/2003 11:57:24 AM PDT
by
meyer
To: Corin Stormhands
Fox news said the hotel falling apart was a holiday inn
To: Lazamataz
I'm in Georgia. Georgia has never experienced a hurricane, ever. Not true Laz! We got drenched from one that moved up from the gulf several years ago. Lots of flooding. Before your time, I believe. However, you are right in that we didn't get the devasting winds.
1,160
posted on
09/18/2003 11:57:35 AM PDT
by
CFW
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