NPWLWX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1055 AM EDT WED SEP 17 2003

...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF 
INTERIOR VIRGINIA...INTERIOR MARYLAND AND WEST VIRGINIA...

.HURRICANE ISABEL...LOCATED ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CAPE 
HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA AT 11 AM EDT....IS MOVING NORTH NORTHWEST AT 
9 MPH AND WILL MAKE LANDFALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG THE NORTH 
CAROLINA OUTER BANKS.  ISABEL IS THEN FORECAST TO TURN TO THE NORTH 
MOVING INLAND THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING ITS NORTHWARD TREK 
TOWARDS CANADA ON FRIDAY.  THIS COURSE WILL BRING ISABEL ACROSS 
VIRGINIA...EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND MARYLAND LATE THURSDAY INTO 
FRIDAY. THIS TRACK WILL RESULT IN THE POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM 
FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 70 MPH THURSDAY 
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING.