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| #5193 (Received by flhurricane at: 7:47 PM 14.Aug.2004) TCPAT3 BULLETIN TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 23A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 8 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...CHARLEY BEGINNING TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS AS IT PASSES THE NORFOLK VIRGINIA AREA... AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...ALL WARNINGS ARE DISCONTINUED SOUTH OF OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA...AND FOR CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF SMITH POINT INCLUDING THE TIDAL POTOMAC. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO THE MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING THE ABLEMARLE SOUND...CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF SMITH POINT...DELAWARE BAY....NEW YORK HARBOR AND LONG ISLAND SOUND. AT 8 PM EDT...0000Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.9 WEST. THIS POSITION IS JUST EAST OF VIRGINIA BEACH VIRGINIA. CHARLEY IS NOW MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 33 MPH...AND THIS MOTION SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK CHARLEY WILL MOVE NEAR AND ALONG THE U.S. NORTHEAST COAST. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. FURTHER WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND CHARLEY WILL LIKELY LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS LATER TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES MAINLY TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER. ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 46 MPH WITH A GUST TO 64 MPH. THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 1008 MB...29.77 INCHES. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF UP TO 4 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 3 FT ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS EXPECTED ALONG THE U.S. CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COAST TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY AS CHARLEY MOVES BY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG THE PATH OF CHARLEY OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST U.S. COASTAL STATES. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. REPEATING THE 8 PM EDT POSITION...36.9 N... 75.9 W. MOVEMENT TOWARD...NORTHEAST NEAR 33 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 50 MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1008 MB. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 11 PM EDT. FORECASTER BEVEN |
