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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: My Favorite Headache
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!
121
posted on
09/17/2003 9:13:41 PM PDT
by
potlatch
(If you want breakfast in bed - - - sleep in the kitchen!)
To: Ramius
Yeah, and if Patty Murry doesn't impress (or the opposite, I lose syntax at times), we can always raise you a Jim McDermott.
To: Howlin
I have enough mouths to feed in my house - I have no intention of feeding any uninvited ones!!!!!!
123
posted on
09/17/2003 9:14:18 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: mykdsmom
lol....I shouldn't be laughing at that in the dorm of my Christian college, but that was funny stuff. :)
124
posted on
09/17/2003 9:15:00 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
("Men stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up as if nothing had happened." Churchill)
To: My Favorite Headache
Drat I missed it. I'll have to keep a better eye on that page.
125
posted on
09/17/2003 9:15:18 PM PDT
by
amom
To: Calpernia
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.
126
posted on
09/17/2003 9:15:25 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: deport
Bookmarked for fishing. Thanks.
127
posted on
09/17/2003 9:15:35 PM PDT
by
billhilly
(Nominate Big Al Sharpton for fearless behavior.)
To: Howlin
The link won't work :-(
128
posted on
09/17/2003 9:15:54 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(anti-smokers - personification of everything wrong in this country.)
To: All
Jim Cantore Status ReportTWC 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!
To: Calpernia
LOL!!!!!!!!
130
posted on
09/17/2003 9:17:39 PM PDT
by
Brad’s Gramma
(Have YOU had your Logan Fix today? Hehe)
To: Calpernia
That's what I get for making coffee... and I, a certified honorary ,official cheerleader for the Viking Kitties!LOL
131
posted on
09/17/2003 9:17:50 PM PDT
by
MEG33
To: Howlin; Calpernia; Ramius
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.
To: Howlin
DNFTT>>mums the word!
133
posted on
09/17/2003 9:19:18 PM PDT
by
MEG33
To: Howlin
"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.
To: honeygrl
ditto.....and sorry for the pissiness earlier
135
posted on
09/17/2003 9:20:18 PM PDT
by
rwfromkansas
("Men stumble over the truth, but most pick themselves up as if nothing had happened." Churchill)
To: dennis1x
"weather junkies arent drama queens.....you however are. "
please say that was joking. we don't need another flame fest lock down thread. :)
To: Miss Marple
Miss Marple, That is HILLARY-OUS!!!! Thanks for sharing it here.
To: Howlin
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.
138
posted on
09/17/2003 9:21:12 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
To: Gabz
139
posted on
09/17/2003 9:21:40 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: MEG33
I thought you were ignoring me :))
I have to feed my squirrel and go off to bed. Signing off very soon.
140
posted on
09/17/2003 9:22:07 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does.)
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