- Tropical Storm Warning for Richmond County, Virginia
- Tropical Storm Warning issued August 28 at 6:00AM EDT expiring August 29 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Wakefield http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/akq/
- Effective: Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 6 a.m.
- Expires: Monday, August 29, 2011 at 6 a.m.
...IRENE MOVING ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE...EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR NEW
YORK CITY AND INLAND OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY...
.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED THE LATEST STORM INFORMATION. MOST HURRICANE WARNINGS HAVE
BEEN DOWNGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS.
.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
VIRGINIA...NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...AND THE LOWER EASTERN
SHORE...INCLUDING THE VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
CURRITUCK SOUND...AND ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.
.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
INLAND WORCESTER...MARYLAND BEACHES.
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...CURRITUCK
SOUND...AND ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...DORCHESTER...WICOMICO...SOMERSET...HERTFORD...GATES...
PASQUOTANK...CAMDEN...INLAND CURRITUCK...BERTIE...CHOWAN...
PERQUIMANS...OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK...NORTHUMBERLAND...LANCASTER...
GLOUCESTER...MIDDLESEX...MATHEWS...YORK...ISLE OF WIGHT...NEWPORT
NEWS/HAMPTON...NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH...SUFFOLK...CHESAPEAKE...
VIRGINIA BEACH...ACCOMACK AND NORTHAMPTON VA.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
WESTMORELAND...RICHMOND.
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...CURRITUCK
SOUND...AND ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.
.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 39.2N...LONGITUDE 74.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 70 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF OCEAN CITY MD...OR ABOUT 180 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK VA. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 20 DEGREES
AT 18 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH.
.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE POTENTIAL FOR HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE OVER
A PORTION OF THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE BORDERING THE
ATLANTIC COAST. ELSEWHERE ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...AND ALONG
CHESAPEAKE BAY...ALBEMARLE SOUND...AND CURRITUCK SOUND...A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.
WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE EARLY
THIS MORNING OVER THE WARNED AREAS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO MINIMAL HURRICANE FORCE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE AND ADJACENT COASTAL ATLANTIC
WATERS.
.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD AROUND 9 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
STRONG WIND GUSTS...UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY MORNING AS HURRICANE IRENE GRADUALLY
LIFTS NORTH OF THE DELMARVA. THERE ARE DOWNED TREES...BRANCHES...AND
POWER LINES OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...AND ADDITIONAL STRONG WIND
GUSTS... GIVEN THE SATURATED GROUND...WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITIONAL
TREES AND POWER LINES TO FALL.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HAVE A WELL-CHARGED CELL PHONE NEARBY...KEEPING NETWORK
COMMUNICATIONS AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE FOR EMERGENCIES.
CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.