WIND ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 139 PM EST FRI NOV 27 2009
...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...
A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT.
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE A BIT ALONG THE
COAST THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED
ALONG THE OUTER BANKS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THE WINDS WILL THEN
GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
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: 150 PM EST FRI NOV 27 2009
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST SATURDAY...
...COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED
A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST
SATURDAY. THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST TONIGHT
BETWEEN DEEP LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTH AND HIGH PRESSURE TO THE
WEST. THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP WATER LEVELS HIGHER THAN
NORMAL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PAMLICO SOUND. MINOR FLOODING WILL
BE LIKELY FROM OCRACOKE NORTH ALONG HATTERAS ISLAND...INCLUDING
ROANOKE ISLAND. WATER LEVELS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE
EXPECTED AND THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ADJACENT
TO THE SOUND. SOME ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME FLOODED AS WELL AT
TIMES. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
AND THAT IS WHEN WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY PEAK BEFORE SLOWLY
SUBSIDING LATER.
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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