news release

…TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT…
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS TROPICAL STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
SOMEWHERE WITHIN THIS AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS

• WIND
• LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
• PEAK WIND FORECAST: 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH
• THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST
  UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: POTENTIAL FOR WIND 39
  TO 57 MPH
• THE WIND THREAT HAS REMAINED NEARLY STEADY FROM THE
  PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT.
• PLAN: PLAN FOR HAZARDOUS WIND OF EQUIVALENT TROPICAL STORM
  FORCE.
• PREPARE: EFFORTS TO PROTECT PROPERTY SHOULD NOW BE
  UNDERWAY. PREPARE FOR LIMITED WIND DAMAGE.
• ACT: ACT NOW TO COMPLETE PREPARATIONS BEFORE THE WIND
  BECOMES HAZARDOUS.
• POTENTIAL IMPACTS: LIMITED
• DAMAGE TO PORCHES, AWNINGS, CARPORTS, SHEDS, AND UNANCHORED
  MOBILE HOMES. UNSECURED LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS BLOWN ABOUT.
• MANY LARGE TREE LIMBS BROKEN OFF. A FEW TREES SNAPPED OR
  UPROOTED, BUT WITH GREATER NUMBERS IN PLACES WHERE TREES
  ARE SHALLOW ROOTED. SOME FENCES AND ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN
  OVER.
• A FEW ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM DEBRIS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN
  URBAN OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. HAZARDOUS DRIVING
  CONDITIONS ON BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS.
• SCATTERED POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
• STORM SURGE
• LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: LOCALIZED STORM SURGE POSSIBLE
• PEAK STORM SURGE INUNDATION: THE POTENTIAL FOR AROUND 1
  FOOT ABOVE GROUND SOMEWHERE WITHIN SURGE PRONE AREAS
• WINDOW OF CONCERN: WEDNESDAY MORNING UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY
  MORNING