Hurricane Isabel:Live Thread #2 "Force Ten Conditions In North Carolina And Further North"

NHC | 9-17-03 | My Favorite Headache

[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

[potlatch]

Prayers for all those in the hurricanes path. We were hit hard in Texas by Claudette, even though they called it a catagory I storm, it was only 5 MPR below a Cat II when it hit us!

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Yeah, and if Patty Murry doesn't impress (or the opposite, I lose syntax at times), we can always raise you a Jim McDermott.

[Gabz]

I have enough mouths to feed in my house - I have no intention of feeding any uninvited ones!!!!!!

[rwfromkansas]

lol....I shouldn't be laughing at that in the dorm of my Christian college, but that was funny stuff. :)

[amom]

Drat I missed it. I'll have to keep a better eye on that page.

[Howlin]

No, I downloaded Adobe Elements (?), but I am way too dumb to figure it out; I'm not very original. I'm a "facilitator." For instance, if you wanted to have a party, you'd have to plan it -- and then I'd go and get all the stuff and take care of all the arrangements and you'd just relax.

And, yes, I know I am babbling.

[billhilly]

Bookmarked for fishing. Thanks.

[Gabz]

The link won't work :-(

[southernnorthcarolina]

Jim Cantore Status Report

TWC Meaty Urologist Jim Cantore is on the scene at Kill Devil Hills, on the Outer Banks (or, as the natives abbreviate it, OBX), on the dunes in front of a stand of sea oats. The sea oats are actually stirring in the breeze! And, OMG, poor Jim's official TWC parka is wet, because it is raining! Yes! More on this story as it develops!

[Brad’s Gramma]

LOL!!!!!!!!

[MEG33]

That's what I get for making coffee... and I, a certified honorary ,official cheerleader for the Viking Kitties!LOL

[Scott from the Left Coast]

For instance, if you wanted to have a party, you'd have to plan it -- and then I'd go and get all the stuff and take care of all the arrangements and you'd just relax.

If you had a party, Ramius and I would drink all the beer. That's what we'd do for our part.

[MEG33]

DNFTT>>mums the word!

[honeygrl]

"Let's admit right up front that we are, in fact, weather junkies. Just get it over with. No more apologizing! "

Hello, my nickname is honeygrl and I am a weather junkie.

[rwfromkansas]

ditto.....and sorry for the pissiness earlier

[honeygrl]

"weather junkies arent drama queens.....you however are. "

please say that was joking. we don't need another flame fest lock down thread. :)

[pollywog]

Miss Marple, That is HILLARY-OUS!!!! Thanks for sharing it here.

[Calpernia]

Well if you figure out the Adobe, you have a key on your keyboard by your Insert, Home, Arrows called Print Screen. Pressing print screen takes a picture of whatever is on your monitor.

Press print screen, open up Paint brush and just hit Paste (Edit, paste). Then you can save it and open it in your Photo applications and play with it.

[Howlin]

Try this

[Calpernia]

I thought you were ignoring me :))

I have to feed my squirrel and go off to bed. Signing off very soon.