SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
545 PM EDT TUE SEP 16 2003
...HURRICANE ISABEL LIKELY TO AFFECT THE AREA BY THURSDAY NIGHT...
HURRICANE ISABEL IS STILL EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHWEST INTO SOUTHEAST
VIRGINIA BY THURSDAY EVENING...AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE THURSDAY
NIGHT. THIS TRACK COULD BRING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF GREATER
THAN 35 MPH TO LOCATIONS ACROSS THE PIEDMONT...AND FOOTHILL SECTIONS
OF VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS PARTS OF NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA. IN
PARTICULAR...LOCATIONS EAST OF A LINE FROM DANVILLE...TO LYNCHBURG
AND LEXINGTON...WOULD BE AFFECTED THE MOST. IN ADDITION...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF GREATER THAN TWO INCHES MAY OCCUR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN
VIRGINIA...FROM THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. SOME HEAVY
RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WOULD ALSO OCCUR WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...
ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS AND WIND SPEEDS SHOULD BE LOWER.
WITH LANDFALL TWO DAYS OUT...THERE IS STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY
WITH THE TRACK OF ISABEL. JUST A SLIGHT CHANGE IN THE TRACK TO THE
WEST COULD BRING STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN TO ALL OF THE
COUNTY WARNING AREA.
EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND OTHER DISASTER PREPAREDNESS SERVICE AGENCIES
NEED TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF ISABEL OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36
HOURS...BY WHICH TIME THE TRACK SHOULD BECOME MORE CERTAIN.
THE LATEST TRACK INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FROM THE TROPICAL
PREDICTION CENTERS WEBSITE AT:
WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/INDEX.SHTML.
CLICK ON MAPS AND CHARTS.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.
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AMS
Yakuza.
