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HURRICANE WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 717 AM EDT THU SEP 04 2008 
TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA IS NOW ABOUT 430 MILES SOUTH
OF WILMINGTON. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH
REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM SURF CITY NC TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC. THIS
INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF PENDER...NEW HANOVER...BRUNSWICK...
HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.0 WEST OR ABOUT 430
MILES SOUTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.
HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN
TO THE NORTH WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER
TODAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF HANNA WILL BE NEAR
THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES LATER TODAY.
HOWEVER...RAINS AND WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH HANNA WILL REACH THE
COAST WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE CENTER.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ONLY
SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST PRIOR TO LANDFALL...AND IT IS
STILL POSSIBLE FOR HANNA TO BECOME A HURRICANE.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 985 MB OR 29.08 INCHES.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
WATER LEVEL RISES UP TO 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE
POSSIBLE FOR THE COASTLINE. HIGH TIDE IS AROUND 12:15 PM EDT
TODAY AND SOME MINOR OCEAN OVER-WASH IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS TIDE.
THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGH TIDE 1230 AM
EDT SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS GEORGETOWN...HORRY...AND
BRUNSWICK COUNTIES WHERE MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE. COASTAL FLOODING IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR AT PRONE
LOCATIONS SUCH AS SWASHES...TIDAL CREEKS NEAR THE OCEAN...AND LOW
LYING AREAS ALONG THE BEACH FRONT THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT VULNERABLE
BY BEACH EROSION.
...WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
COAST DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS...ALONG WITH
GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE...UP TO 75 MPH ALONG THE COAST...ARE
EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...AND CAPE
FEAR AREA TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING SATURDAY MORNING. IN
THE MEANTIME...SOME WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE TO WEAK STRUCTURES AND
TREES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE TRACK OF
THE STORM. ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL COULD RESULT
IN FLOODING OF PRONE LOCATIONS WITH POOR DRAINAGE.
...TORNADOES...
A POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR TORNADOES AS HANNA MOVES INTO THE
AREA. THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG THE TRACK...AND TO THE
EAST SIDE OF THE STORM.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 9 AM EDT.
$$

TROPICAL STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 717 AM EDT THU SEP 04 2008 
TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA IS NOW ABOUT 430 MILES SOUTH
OF WILMINGTON. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH
REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM SURF CITY NC TO SOUTH SANTEE RIVER SC. THIS
INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF PENDER...NEW HANOVER...BRUNSWICK...
HORRY...AND GEORGETOWN.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.
...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 500 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.0 WEST OR ABOUT 430
MILES SOUTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.
HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH. A GRADUAL TURN
TO THE NORTH WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER
TODAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF HANNA WILL BE NEAR
THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES LATER TODAY.
HOWEVER...RAINS AND WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH HANNA WILL REACH THE
COAST WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE CENTER.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ONLY
SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST PRIOR TO LANDFALL...AND IT IS
STILL POSSIBLE FOR HANNA TO BECOME A HURRICANE.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS 985 MB OR 29.08 INCHES.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
WATER LEVEL RISES UP TO 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES ARE
POSSIBLE FOR THE COASTLINE. HIGH TIDE IS AROUND 12:15 PM EDT
TODAY AND SOME MINOR OCEAN OVER-WASH IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS TIDE.
THE HIGHEST WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE HIGH TIDE 1230 AM
EDT SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS GEORGETOWN...HORRY...AND
BRUNSWICK COUNTIES WHERE MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE. COASTAL FLOODING IS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR AT PRONE
LOCATIONS SUCH AS SWASHES...TIDAL CREEKS NEAR THE OCEAN...AND LOW
LYING AREAS ALONG THE BEACH FRONT THAT HAVE BEEN LEFT VULNERABLE
BY BEACH EROSION.
...WINDS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE
NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
COAST DURING THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGEST WINDS...ALONG WITH
GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE...UP TO 75 MPH ALONG THE COAST...ARE
EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...AND CAPE
FEAR AREA TONIGHT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING SATURDAY MORNING. IN
THE MEANTIME...SOME WIND DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE TO WEAK STRUCTURES AND
TREES.
...INLAND FLOODING...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE TRACK OF
THE STORM. ISOLATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AROUND 5 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN A FEW LOCATIONS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL COULD RESULT
IN FLOODING OF PRONE LOCATIONS WITH POOR DRAINAGE.
...TORNADOES...
A POTENTIAL WILL EXIST FOR TORNADOES AS HANNA MOVES INTO THE
AREA. THE THREAT WILL BE HIGHEST ALONG THE TRACK...AND TO THE
EAST SIDE OF THE STORM.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 9 AM EDT.
$$