NPWMHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 644 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006 ...REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALBERTO WILL INCREASE WINDS ACROSS THE OUTER BANKS TODAY AS IT MOVES THROUGH EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... .AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALBERTO BECOMES EXTRATROPICAL OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH ALONG THE OUTER BANKS...MAINLAND DARE AND HYDE COUNTIES...TYRRELL COUNTY AND DOWN EAST CARTERET COUNTY. WIND DIRECTIONS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING TO THE SOUTHWEST...AND THEN BECOME NORTHWEST BY TONIGHT AS THE LOW PASSES OVER THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS AND OFFSHORE. NCZ046-047-081-095-104-141545- /O.EXB.KMHX.WI.Y.0007.060614T1600Z-060615T0500Z/ TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE-CARTERET-OUTER BANKS HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA...MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT... EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT 644 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR DOWN EAST CARTERET...TYRRELL COUNTY...AND MAINLAND DARE AND HYDE COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALBERTO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PASS INLAND ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE MOVING OFF THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS EARLY THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM EARLY TODAY...WITH SPEEDS REACHING AS HIGH AS 25 TO 35 MPH. IN ADDITION...BRIEF HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY DURING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN WIND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. BE PREPARED FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES TODAY AND TONIGHT. $$ NCZ103-141545- /O.EXT.KMHX.WI.Y.0007.060614T1600Z-060615T0500Z/ OUTER BANKS DARE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK... NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES 644 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 AM EDT THURSDAY... THE WIND ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 1 AM EDT THURSDAY. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ALBERTO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO PASS INLAND ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE MOVING OFF THE NORTHERN OUTER BANKS EARLY THIS EVENING. SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM EARLY TODAY...WITH SPEEDS REACHING AS HIGH AS 25 TO 35 MPH. IN ADDITION...BRIEF HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY DURING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY IN WIND EXPOSED LOCATIONS. BE PREPARED FOR ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES TODAY AND TONIGHT. $$