WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 308 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY FOR OUTER BANKS
HYDE AND DARE COUNTIES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST SUNDAY.
NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A SECONDARY COLD FRONT THIS MORNING WILL
INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH FOR MUCH
OF THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT ALONG THE OUTER BANKS. THESE WINDS
SHOULD DIMINISH BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA LATER IN THE DAY
SUNDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING
DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA
CAUTION.
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COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 326 AM EST FRI JAN 01 2010
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SUNDAY FOR
OUTER BANKS HYDE AND DARE COUNTIES...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SUNDAY.
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY OFFSHORE OF NEW
ENGLAND TODAY...AND DESPITE ITS DISTANCE OFFSHORE GALE FORCE NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE SOUNDSIDE WATER LEVELS OVER PORTIONS OF
OCRACOKE NORTH TO RODANTHE AND INCLUDING MANTEO. WATER LEVELS ARE
EXPECTED TO RISE FROM 1.5 FT TO PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 2.0 FT ABOVE NORMAL.
HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE HIGHER WATER
LEVELS AS THEY PEAK LATER TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN MINOR
SOUNDSIDE FLOODING AS THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS PERSIST INTO
SUNDAY. AS A RESULT...SOME SOUNDSIDE COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL ROADS
MAY BE PARTIALLY FLOODED ALONG WITH A FEW ROAD CLOSURES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE.
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