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[STORMREPORTS] Isabel Late Morning Update

From: Jesse Ferrell (WeatherMatrix) 2 (jesse{at}weathermatrix.com)
Date: Thu Sep 18 2003 - 11:40:33 EDT

9/18/03... 11AM... EYEWALL OF ISABEL COMING ASHORE ON THE NORTH CAROLINA
OUTER BANKS...

WEATHERMATRIX MEMBER JOHN CAMPBELL GUSTING TO 77 MPH...
http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=KNCSURFC1

VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH WEATHERMATRIX MEMBER JEFF GAMMONS...
http://www.weathervine.com/hurricanes/isabel/9_18_03_isabel

MORE AT: http://www.weathermatrix.net/tropical/2003/storm.php3?storm=13

HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF EAST COAST... ISABEL'S MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH... UNUSUALLY STRONG WINDS... WITH GUSTS TO HURRICANE
FORCE... MAY BE EXPERIENCED FAR INLAND OVER THE ELEVATED TERRAIN OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND... AS WELL AS ON HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS AND
OTHER STRUCTURES... PRESSURE CHART... NWS SAYS CAPE HATTERAS JUST REPORTED
A WIND GUST OF 79 MPH... AND A GUST TO 85 MPH WAS REPORTED AT OCRACOKE
NORTH CAROLINA... NORFOLK IN EASTERN VA, ELIZABETH CITY ON NC COAST...
WEATHERMATRIX MEMBER STATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM... REUTERS: 130,000
EVACUATED, D.C. SHUT DOWN, FLIGHTS CANCELLED, STATES OF EMERGENCY
DECLARED... BUOYS REPORTED 33 FOOT WAVES... 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 5 TO 8 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... THERE IS A
THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN
VIRGINIA TODAY.. 

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