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From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) (jesse{at}weathermatrix.net)
Date: Thu Sep 18 2003 - 05:33:13 EDT
http://www.weathermatrix.net/tropical/2003/storm.php3?storm=13
WeatherMatrix Headline: 9/18/03... 5AM... THE CENTER OF ISABEL IS EXPECTED
TO MAKE LANDFALL IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY... HOWEVER... CONDITIONS
ARE DETERIORATING OVER A LARGE AREA WELL BEFORE THE CENTER REACHES THE
COAST... MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WITH ISABELARE NEAR 105 MPH... WITH HIGHER
GUSTS... DUE TO HIGH PRESSURE GRADIENT FROM HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IN NEW
ENGLAND... WIND GUSTS WILL SPREAD QUICKLY NORTHWARD THIS MORNING UP THE
EAST COAST... GUSTING 30-40MPH THIS MORNING IN EASTERN VA... REUTERS:
130,000 EVACUATED, D.C. SHUT DOWN, FLIGHTS CANCELLED, STATES OF EMERGENCY
DECLARED... BUOY: 31 FOOT WAVES, 60 KNOT WINDS, PRESSURE 28.90"... A
HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA TO
CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINA... INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...AND THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT... STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 7 TO 11
FEET... ALONG WITH EXTREMELY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES... IS
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST... 4
TO 8 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS EXPECTED IN CHESAPEAKE BAY... 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 TODAY... RADARS:
Wilmington Local Radar (Extended) | Morehead City Local Radar (Extended)
Coastal Carolinas Radar | 24-Hour Doppler-Estimated Precipitation... SEE
WEATHER CAMS...
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