000 WWUS81 KAKQ 140019 SPSAKQ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 818 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 NCZ012-VAZ065-079>081-087>089-092-140115- BRUNSWICK VA-DINWIDDIE VA-GREENSVILLE VA-MECKLENBURG VA-NORTHAMPTON NC-PRINCE GEORGE VA-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA- 818 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA AND INTERIOR NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... AT 815 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS FROM SOUTH HILL AND ROANOKE RAPIDS TO DINWIDDIE AND SUSSEX. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. $$ CULLEN  000 WWUS82 KMLB 140033 SPSMLB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 832 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 FLZ047-054-058-059-064-140130- INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY-ST. LUCIE- 832 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...RAINBANDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OKEECHOBEE...INDIAN RIVER...SAINT LUCIE AND MARTIN COUNTIES... AT 830 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE CHARLEY MOVING NORTH ACROSS EASTERN OKEECHOBEE... MARTIN...SAINT LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. AS THIS RAINBAND LIFTS RAPIDLY NORTH IT WILL DOWN POWER LINES...TREES...SIGNS AND PICK UP LOOSE ITEMS THAT WERE LYING AROUND. VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL MOVE ACROSS MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE COUNTIES. DRIVING WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUE TO FLYING DEBRIS. WINDS AND GUSTS WILL BE HIGHER RIGHT ALONG THE COAST. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ 67  000 WWUS82 KMFL 140053 SPSMIA SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 852 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 FLZ063-066>075-140130- BROWARD METROPOLITAN-EASTERN COLLIER-GLADES-HENDRY-MAINLAND MONROE- MIAMI-DADE METROPOLITAN-PALM BEACH EASTERN-PALM BEACH WESTERN- WESTERN BROWARD-WESTERN COLLIER-WESTERN MIAMI DADE- 852 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED... THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE COUNTIES OF MIAMI-DADE...BROWARD...PALM BEACH...COLLIER...GLADES...AND HENDRY COUNTIES. $$ HANDEL  000 WWUS82 KMLB 140111 SPSMLB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 910 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 FLZ054-058-059-064-140200- INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE- 910 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...RAINBANDS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH MOVING ACROSS EASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY... AT 910 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAINBAND FROM HURRICANE CHARLEY MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS EASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY TOWARDS SAINT LUCIE AND INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS IN THIS RAINBAND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF FLOODING ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. $$  000 WWUS81 KAKQ 140123 SPSAKQ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 924 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 VAZ065-066-070-079>083-087>090-092-093-140230- BRUNSWICK VA-CHARLES CITY VA-CHESTERFIELD VA-DINWIDDIE VA-GREENSVILLE VA-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-JAMES CITY VA-LUNENBURG VA-MECKLENBURG VA-NEW KENT VA-PRINCE GEORGE VA-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SURRY VA-SUSSEX VA- 920 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA ALONG THE I 85 AND I 95 CORRIDORS... AT 920 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM SOUTH HILL AND EMPORIA TO CHESTER AND SURRY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. $$ CULLEN  000 WWUS85 KPUB 140125 SPSPUB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 725 PM MDT FRI AUG 13 2004 COZ072-074-075-079-080-083-086>089-093>095-097-140145- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- 725 PM MDT FRI AUG 13 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 751 WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR PUEBLO...WESTERN KIOWA...CROWLEY...OTERO...HUERFANO...BENT...LAS ANIMAS...EASTERN CUSTER...AND EASTERN COSTILLA COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KT  000 WWUS82 KMLB 140200 CCA SPSMLB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1000 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 FLZ054-058-059-064-140300- INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE- 1000 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...RAINBAND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH MOVING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE AND WESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES... AT 955 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAINBAND FROM HURRICANE CHARLEY MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY INTO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS IN THIS RAINBAND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF MINOR FLOODING ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. $$  000 WWUS82 KMLB 140159 SPSMLB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1000 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 FLZ054-058-059-064-140200- INDIAN RIVER-MARTIN-OKEECHOBEE-ST. LUCIE- 1000 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...RAINBAND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH MOVING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE AND WESTERN INDIAN RIVER COUNTIES... AT 955 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAINBAND FROM HURRICANE CHARLEY MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS NORTHEASTERN OKEECHOBEE COUNTY INTO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS IN THIS RAINBAND WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF MINOR FLOODING ALONG WITH VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-QUARTER OF A MILE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. $$  000 WWUS84 KEPZ 140204 SPSELP SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 801 PM MDT FRI AUG 13 2004 NMC013-035-TXC141-229-140356- DONA ANA NM-EL PASO TX-HUDSPETH TX-OTERO NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA BLANCA...SOCORRO...SAN ELIZARIO... MONTANA VISTA...FORT BLISS...FABENS...EL PASO...CANUTILLO... ANTHONY...UNIVERSITY PARK...SUNLAND PARK...LAS CRUCES... HOLLOMAN AFB...CHAPARRAL AND ALAMOGORDO 801 PM MDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...VERY STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EARLY TONIGHT FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER OTERO COUNTY AT 800 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO DONA ANA...HUDSPETH AND EL PASO COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH WINDS NEAR 60 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/ELP. $$ PARK  000 WWUS82 KTBW 140216 SPSTBW SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1015 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-140230- CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE- LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 1015 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH #750 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR... PASCO...SUMTER...LEVY...CITRUS...HILLSBOROUGH...SARASOTA... HERNANDO...POLK...HIGHLANDS...HARDEE...DE SOTO...PINELLAS...LEE... CHARLOTTE AND MANATEE COUNTIES ...HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$  000 WWUS85 KABQ 140221 SPSABQ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 816 PM MDT FRI AUG 13 2004 NMZ016-017-019-140315- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- 816 PM MDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND INTENSE AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING FROM ROSWELL TO RUIDOSO AND CARRIZOZO... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE LOCATED OVER LINCOLN COUNTY HAVE TRANSITIONED INTO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING. A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN EXTENDS FROM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF ROSWELL THEN NEARLY CONTINUOUSLY WESTWARD INTO LINCOLN COUNTY NORTH OR ARABELA. OTHER STORMS ARE LOCATED OVER WESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY BETWEEN CAPITAN AND CARRIZOZO. ALL STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH. REMAIN ALERT FOR THIS WEATHER MOVING SOUTH OVER ROSWELL AND ACROSS HIGHWAY 70 380 ALL THE WAY WEST TO CARRIZOZO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING. $$ 03  000 WWUS81 KBOX 140241 SPSBOX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA 1041 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 CTZ002>004-MAZ002>024-026-NHZ011-012-015-RIZ001>008-141000- BARNSTABLE MA-BLOCK ISLAND RI-BRISTOL RI-CENTRAL MIDDLESEX MA- CHESHIRE NH-DUKES MA-EASTERN ESSEX MA-EASTERN FRANKLIN MA- EASTERN HAMPDEN MA-EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH- EASTERN KENT RI-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-HARTFORD CT- NANTUCKET MA-NEWPORT RI-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-NORTHERN WORCESTER MA- NORTHWEST MIDDLESEX MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI- SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA- SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA-SUFFOLK MA-TOLLAND CT- WASHINGTON RI-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH-WESTERN ESSEX MA- WESTERN FRANKLIN MA-WESTERN HAMPDEN MA-WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA- WESTERN KENT RI-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-WINDHAM CT- 1041 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...NEW ENGLANDERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THE STILL POTENT REMAINS OF CHARLEY... HURRICANE CHARLEY HAS WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY TONIGHT AS IT MOVED ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA. HOWEVER...IT IS STILL A HURRICANE. IT WILL EMERGE OVER THE ATLANTIC OVERNIGHT...BEFORE IT MAKES A SECOND LANDFALL IN THE CAROLINAS...THEN MOVE NORTHEAST ON A PATH NEAR NEW YORK CITY INTO CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND. THE POSSIBILITY DOES EXIST... HOWEVER...FOR A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER TO THE EAST THAT COULD ENABLE CHARLEY TO RETAIN MORE OF ITS STRENGTH. RIGHT NOW...THE FORECAST IS FOR CHARLEYS PRIMARY INFLUENCE ON SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TO OCCUR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. WIND AND SURGE...CHARLEYS WORST INFLUENCE ON OUR AREA IS LIKELY TO BE FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...ESPECIALLY ON THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE STORM. ITS FORWARD SPEED WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO THE GRADIENT FLOW OF SOUTHERLY WINDS...ENHANCING THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH SEAS AND SURF. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND COAST WITH 8 FOOT SEAS AND A SURGE OF 2 TO 4 FEET...GIVEN THE CURRENT FORECAST. RAINFALL... HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD OCCUR NEAR AND JUST WEST OF THE TRACK OF CHARLEY...WHERE THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES IN A NARROW SWATH THROUGH SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. OF SPECIAL CONCERN IS WHERE MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF RAIN OCCURRED YESTERDAY AND TODAY. THERE MAY BE ANOTHER 3 INCHES IN 3 TO 6 HOURS VERY EARLY SUNDAY...WHICH MIGHT CAUSE SMALL STREAM FLOODING. FOR NOW...INTERESTS IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...STARTING WITH MARINERS AND SWIMMERS ALONG THE COAST...SHOULD PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO LATER ADVISORIES AND STATEMENTS FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON. OWNERS OF BOATS ALONG THE SOUTH COAST SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEIR MOORINGS ARE SECURE. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY WITH SLOWLY SUBSIDING SWELLS LATER SATURDAY TO CHECK AND SECURE VESSELS AND MOORINGS. AGAIN THE FINAL TRACK OF CHARLEY IS UNCERTAIN LEAVING A WIDE RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES FOR SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. PLEASE TUNE INTO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. $$ DRAG/FRANK  000 WWUS85 KABQ 140303 SPSABQ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 900 PM MDT FRI AUG 13 2004 NMZ004>007-010>013-016>021-026-140315- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 900 PM MDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 751 HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDE SPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO HAS DIMINISHED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. $$  000 WWUS81 KOKX 140307 SPSOKX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1105 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-141000- BERGEN NJ-BRONX NY-EASTERN PASSAIC NJ-ESSEX NJ-HUDSON NJ- KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NASSAU NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY- NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT- NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER NY- NORTHWEST SUFFOLK NY-ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-QUEENS NY- RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-ROCKLAND NY-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK NY- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON CT-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK NY- UNION NJ-WESTERN PASSAIC NJ- 1105 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...THE TRI STATE AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF THE STILL POTENT REMAINS OF CHARLEY... AS OF LATE EVENING...HURRICANE CHARLEY IS MOVING BACK OVER WATER...THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...NEAR DAYTONA BEACH. CHARLEY IS FORECAST TO MAKE A SECOND LANDFALL IN THE CAROLINAS AS A HURRICANE SATURDAY...THEN MOVE NORTH NORTHEAST FROM THERE AT A SPEED OF AROUND 30 MPH. ON THIS TRACK...CHARLEY WILL WEAKEN AS IT IS FORECAST TO STAY OVER LAND. THE CENTER OF THE REMNANTS OF CHARLEY ARE FORECAST TO BE POSITIONED VERY CLOSE TO NEW YORK CITY BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. IT IS LIKELY BY THEN THAT CHARLEY WILL BE EXTRATROPICAL. THE POSSIBILITY DOES EXIST...HOWEVER...FOR A TRACK SLIGHTLY FURTHER TO THE EAST THAT COULD ENABLE CHARLEY TO RETAIN MORE OF ITS STRENGTH AND TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS. EITHER WAY...THE REMNANTS OF CHARLEY ARE LIKELY TO GIVE THE ENTIRE TRI STATE REGION A HEAVY AND WINDSWEPT RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WIND AND SURGE... CHARLEYS WORST INFLUENCE ON OUR AREA IS LIKELY TO BE ON THE COASTAL WATERS...AS THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE PROGGED TO BE IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE FORECAST TRACK...WINDS OVER LAND COULD BE QUITE STRONG AS WELL. EARLY ESTIMATES ARE THAT SUSTAINED WINDS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING COULD AVERAGE AROUND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. OVER THE WATER...WINDS TO GALE...OR EVEN STORM FORCE MAY BE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE FOR VERY ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS AT LOCAL OCEAN BEACHES...WHICH WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A HIGH RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. IF CHARLEY TAKES A SLIGHTLY MORE EASTERLY TRACK...STAYING OVER THE MID ATLANTIC WATERS LONGER...STRONGER WINDS WOULD BE POSSIBLE IN OUR AREA. RAINFALL... THE HEAVIEST RAIN WITH THE REMAINS OF CHARLEY WILL FALL SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. FORTUNATELY...THIS WILL BE A QUICK MOVING SYSTEM...BUT WITH DECAYING TROPICAL SYSTEMS THERE IS ALWAYS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL. THIS WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON LOCAL CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. MAJOR PONDING OF WATER WILL ALSO BE LIKELY ON AREA ROADWAYS. FOR NOW...PERSONS IN THE ENTIRE TRI STATE AREA SHOULD PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO LATER ADVISORIES AND STATEMENTS FROM THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY. IT IS STRESSED THAT THE EXACT FINAL TRACK OF CHARLEY IS UNCERTAIN. THIS LEAVES A WIDE RANGE OF POSSIBILITIES AS FAR AS WINDS...SURGE...AND RAINFALL GO. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON CHARLEY. $$ EKSTER  000 WWUS82 KMLB 140447 SPSMLB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1248 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 140500- COASTAL VOLUSIA-COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT TO 20 NM-INDIAN RIVER- INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE- ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE- 1248 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ..TORNADO WATCH #750 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR... LAKE...VOLUSIA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...ST LUCIE...OKEECHOBEE AND MARTIN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY HAS MOVED OFFSHORE AND THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. $$ 52  890 WWUS82 KMLB 140447 SPSMLB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1248 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 AMZ550-555-570-575-FLZ041-044>047-053-054-058-059-064-141-144-147- 140500- COASTAL VOLUSIA-COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- COCOA BEACH TO JUPITER INLET OUT TO 20 NM- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH 20 NM TO 60 NM OFFSHORE- FLAGLER BEACH TO COCOA BEACH OUT TO 20 NM-INDIAN RIVER- INLAND VOLUSIA-MARTIN-NORTHERN BREVARD-NORTHERN LAKE-OKEECHOBEE- ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN BREVARD-SOUTHERN LAKE-ST. LUCIE- 1248 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ..TORNADO WATCH 750 THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR... LAKE...VOLUSIA...ORANGE...SEMINOLE...OSCEOLA...BREVARD...INDIAN RIVER...ST LUCIE...OKEECHOBEE AND MARTIN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE CIRCULATION CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY HAS MOVED OFFSHORE AND THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED FOR EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA. $$ 52  000 WWUS84 KEPZ 140451 SPSELP SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 1050 PM MDT FRI AUG 13 2004 NMC013-035-TXC141-229-140745- DONA ANA NM-EL PASO TX-HUDSPETH TX-OTERO NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIERRA BLANCA...SOCORRO...SAN ELIZARIO... MONTANA VISTA...FORT BLISS...FABENS...EL PASO...CANUTILLO... ANTHONY...UNIVERSITY PARK...SUNLAND PARK...LAS CRUCES... HOLLOMAN AFB...CHAPARRAL AND ALAMOGORDO 1050 PM MDT FRI AUG 13 2004 ...VERY STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT FOR WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY AT 1045 PM MDT. THESE STORMS WILL DEVELOP SLOWLY SOUTHEASTWARD INTO EL PASO AND HUDSPETH COUNTIES THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH WINDS NEAR 60 MPH...HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/ELP. $$ PARK  000 WWUS84 KAMA 140711 SPSAMA SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 211 AM CDT SAT AUG 14 2004 TXZ001-140815- DALLAM- 211 AM CDT SAT AUG 14 2004 AT 202 AM...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF WARE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS TO 50 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. WARE IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. $$ KRAMAR  000 WWUS82 KRAH 140727 SPSRAH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 325 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ040-041-073>076-083-084-140900- ANSON NC-CHATHAM NC-LEE NC-MONTGOMERY NC-MOORE NC-RICHMOND NC- STANLY NC-WAKE NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH... ROCKINGHAM...SANFORD...SOUTHERN PINES...TROY AND WADESBORO 325 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...BROKEN BANDS OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CROSS SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH 5 AM... A BAND OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED FROM ANSON AND STANLY COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... NORTHEAST INTO WAKE COUNTY. THE SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING AROUND A HALF INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF UP TO AN INCH. THIS RAINFALL WILL QUICKLY FILL CREEKS AND STREAMS. IN ADDITION... EXTENSIVE PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADS WILL OCCUR. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER IN INTENSITY LATER THIS MORNING HAS HURRICANE CHARLEY MOVES NORTH TOWARD COASTAL CAROLINA. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$  000 WWAK81 PAFC 141310 SPSAER SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 510 AM ADT SAT AUG 14 2004 AKZ101-131-135-142359- ...NEAR RECORD HIGHS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA THROUGH MONDAY... A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL ALASKA WILL REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE WEEKEND KEEPING DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES AT OR NEAR RECORD LEVELS THROUGH MONDAY. CORDOVA IS FORECAST TO REACH 75 ON SATURDAY, ONE DEGREE ABOVE ITS CURRENT RECORD HIGH. SAT SUN VALDEZ 74/75(1974) 77/74(1974) CORDOVA 75/74(1984) 79/73(1996) ANCHORAGE 71/80(1950) 75/76(1984) FORCAST/RECORD(YEAR) THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT FOR THIS EVENT. $$  000 WWUS82 KGSP 140836 SPSGSP SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 436 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ037-057-071-072-082-SCZ009-012>014-019-141500- CABARRUS NC-CHESTER SC-DAVIE NC-GREENWOOD SC-LAURENS SC- MECKLENBURG NC-ROWAN NC-UNION SC-UNION NC-YORK SC- 436 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE PIEDMONT... DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE CHARLEY WILL INTERACT WITH A STATIONARY FRONT TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS THE NORTH CAROLINA PIEDMONT...AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY WILL BE WEAK TODAY...STRONG UPPER LEVEL WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH CHARLEY WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS INTERACTING WITH THE FRONT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. $$ LANE  000 WWUS82 KCHS 140837 SPSCHS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 436 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 SCZ040-042>045-047>051-141700- ALLENDALE SC-BEAUFORT SC-BERKELEY SC-CHARLESTON SC- COASTAL COLLETON SC-COASTAL JASPER SC-DORCHESTER SC-HAMPTON SC- INLAND COLLETON SC-INLAND JASPER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...CHARLESTON... EDISTO BEACH...GOOSE CREEK...HAMPTON...HILTON HEAD ISLAND... MCCLELLANVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...RIDGELAND...SAINT GEORGE... SAINT STEPHEN...SUMMERVILLE...WALTERBORO AND YEMASSEE 436 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH 1 PM TODAY... AS HURRICANE CHARLEY MAKES AN APPROACH TOWARD THE NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THIS MORNING...THERE IS AN INCREASED THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE GREATER CHANCES OF TORNADOES APPEAR TO BE EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 IN SOUTH CAROLINA. LARGE WATERSPOUTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHARLEY. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ 24  000 WWUS82 KCAE 141029 SPSCAE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 625 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-141800- AIKEN SC-BAMBERG SC-BARNWELL SC-BURKE GA-CALHOUN SC-CHESTERFIELD SC- CLARENDON SC-COLUMBIA GA-EDGEFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC- LANCASTER SC-LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-MCDUFFIE GA- NEWBERRY SC-ORANGEBURG SC-RICHLAND SC-RICHMOND GA-SALUDA SC- SUMTER SC- 625 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 HURRICANE CHARLEY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST UP ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THIS MORNING. HURRICANE CHARLEY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR CAPE ROMAN BY LATE THIS MORNING. AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS STRETCHED NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE THIS MORNING. THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA WILL REMAIN WEAKLY UNSTABLE THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE BEST INSTABILITY AND SHEAR ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTION OF THE MIDLANDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE POSSIBLY PRODUCING SOME BRIEF WEAK TORNADOES. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN ORANGEBURG AND CLARENDON COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ LCV  000 WWUS82 KCAE 141027 SPSCAE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 625 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 GAZ040-063>065-077-SCZ015-016-018-020>022-025>031-035>038-041-130519- AIKEN SC-BAMBERG SC-BARNWELL SC-BURKE GA-CALHOUN SC-CHESTERFIELD SC- CLARENDON SC-COLUMBIA GA-EDGEFIELD SC-FAIRFIELD SC-KERSHAW SC- LANCASTER SC-LEE SC-LEXINGTON SC-LINCOLN GA-MCCORMICK SC-MCDUFFIE GA- NEWBERRY SC-ORANGEBURG SC-RICHLAND SC-RICHMOND GA-SALUDA SC- SUMTER SC- 625 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 HURRICANE CHARLEY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST UP ALONG THE SOUTH CAROINA COAST THIS MORNING. HURRICANE CHARLEY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL NEAR CAPE ROMAN BY LATE THIS MORNING. AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS STRETCHED NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE THIS MORNING. THE AIRMASS ACROSS THE AREA WILL REMAIN WEAKLY UNSTABLE THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE BEST INSTABILITY AND SHEAR ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTION OF THE MIDLANDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE POSSIBLY PRODUCING SOME BRIEF WEAK TORNADOES. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN ORANGEBURG AND CLARENDON COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ LCV  000 WWUS82 KRAH 141039 SPSRAH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 640 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-141200- ALAMANCE NC-ANSON NC-CHATHAM NC-CUMBERLAND NC-DAVIDSON NC-DURHAM NC- EDGECOMBE NC-FORSYTH NC-FRANKLIN NC-GRANVILLE NC-GUILFORD NC- HALIFAX NC-HARNETT NC-HOKE NC-JOHNSTON NC-LEE NC-MONTGOMERY NC- MOORE NC-NASH NC-ORANGE NC-PERSON NC-RANDOLPH NC-RICHMOND NC- SAMPSON NC-SCOTLAND NC-STANLY NC-VANCE NC-WAKE NC-WARREN NC-WAYNE NC- WILSON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON... CHAPEL HILL...CLINTON...DURHAM...FAYETTEVILLE...GOLDSBORO... GREENSBORO...HENDERSON...LAURINBURG...LEXINGTON...LILLINGTON... LOUISBURG...MOUNT OLIVE...NASHVILLE...OXFORD...PITTSBORO...RAEFORD... RALEIGH...ROANOKE RAPIDS...ROCKINGHAM...ROCKY MOUNT...ROXBORO... SANFORD...SMITHFIELD...SOUTHERN PINES...TARBORO...TROY...WADESBORO... WARRENTON...WILSON AND WINSTON-SALEM 640 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY... AREAS OF RAIN WERE BEGINNING TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MORNING HOURS. THROUGH 730 AM... SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE RALEIGH METROPOLITAN AREA... AS WELL AS ACROSS SECTIONS OF STANLY... MONTGOMERY... DAVIDSON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF TO ONE INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON WHERE THE HEAVY RAIN OCCURS. AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES... WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE AS HURRICANE CHARLEY MOVES NORTH. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 1. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES... ESPECIALLY OVER THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN. YOU WILL NEED TO BE ALERT AS THE TORNADOES WILL SPIN UP WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH LATE THIS MORNING IN SUCH PLACES AS LAURINBURG... FAYETTEVILLE AND CLINTON... AND POTENTIALLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD WAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. $$  000 WWUS82 KCHS 141129 SPSCHS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 729 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 SCZ050-141418- CHARLESTON SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON AND MCCLELLANVILLE 729 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONGEST BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH CHARLEY APPROACHING THE NORTHERN COAST OF CHARLESTON COUNTY... AT 725 PM...RADAR AND SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWED THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY AROUND 60 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE CHARLESTON HARBOR ENTRANCE. THE STORM WAS MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE NORTHERN COAST OF CHARLESTON COUNTY BETWEEN 800 AM AND 1000 AM. RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS BAND. THIS BAND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 75 MPH ON SULLIVANS ISLAND...THE ISLE OF PALMS...BULLS BAY AND NEAR MCCLELLANVILLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING. $$  000 WWUS82 KRAH 141217 SPSRAH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 815 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-141400- ALAMANCE NC-ANSON NC-CHATHAM NC-CUMBERLAND NC-DAVIDSON NC-DURHAM NC- EDGECOMBE NC-FORSYTH NC-FRANKLIN NC-GRANVILLE NC-GUILFORD NC- HALIFAX NC-HARNETT NC-HOKE NC-JOHNSTON NC-LEE NC-MONTGOMERY NC- MOORE NC-NASH NC-ORANGE NC-PERSON NC-RANDOLPH NC-RICHMOND NC- SAMPSON NC-SCOTLAND NC-STANLY NC-VANCE NC-WAKE NC-WARREN NC-WAYNE NC- WILSON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON... CHAPEL HILL...CLINTON...DURHAM...FAYETTEVILLE...GOLDSBORO... GREENSBORO...HENDERSON...LAURINBURG...LEXINGTON...LILLINGTON... LOUISBURG...MOUNT OLIVE...NASHVILLE...OXFORD...PITTSBORO...RAEFORD... RALEIGH...ROANOKE RAPIDS...ROCKINGHAM...ROCKY MOUNT...ROXBORO... SANFORD...SMITHFIELD...SOUTHERN PINES...TARBORO...TROY...WADESBORO... WARRENTON...WILSON AND WINSTON-SALEM 815 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY... ...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN AND EASTERN SANDHILL COUNTIES BY LATE MORNING... AREAS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. THROUGH 10 AM... SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT COUNTIES... STRETCHING FROM THE TRIAD REGION... EAST NORTHEAST THROUGH ROXBORO... OXFORD... HENDERSON AND WARRENTON. ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CROSS SECTIONS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN BETWEEN CLINTON AND WILSON. RALEIGH METROPOLITAN AREA... AS WELL AS ACROSS SECTIONS OF STANLY...MONTGOMERY... DAVIDSON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF TO ONE INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON WITH POCKETS OF ONE AND A HALF INCHES LIKELY. AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES... WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE AS HURRICANE CHARLEY MOVES NORTH. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 1. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES THIS MORNING... ESPECIALLY OVER THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN... AS CHARLEY APPROACHES THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. YOU WILL NEED TO BE ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY AS THE TORNADOES WILL SPIN UP WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING IN SUCH PLACES AS LAURINBURG... FAYETTEVILLE AND CLINTON... AND POTENTIALLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BECAUSE OF THIS THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH WINDS... TRAVEL THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY IS DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE THREAT HAS SUBSIDED. MOTORISTS ARE APT TO ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF POOR VISIBILITY AND WATER ON ROADS. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. AS LITTLE AS ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY. $$  000 WWUS82 KCHS 141224 SPSCHS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 824 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 SCZ044-045-050-141700- BERKELEY SC-CHARLESTON SC-DORCHESTER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...GOOSE CREEK... MCCLELLANVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...SAINT GEORGE... SAINT STEPHEN AND SUMMERVILLE 824 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT... TORNADO WATCH 752 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. AS HURRICANE CHARLEY APPROACHES THE NORTHERN SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THIS MORNING...THE INCREASED THREAT OF ISOLATED TORNADOES REMAINS FOR BERKELEY...DORCHESTER...AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES. LARGE WATERSPOUTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS NEAR THE THUNDERSTORMS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF CHARLEY. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ SCZ040-042-043-047>049-051-141700- ALLENDALE SC-BEAUFORT SC-COASTAL COLLETON SC-COASTAL JASPER SC- HAMPTON SC-INLAND COLLETON SC-INLAND JASPER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENDALE...BEAUFORT...EDISTO BEACH... HAMPTON...HILTON HEAD ISLAND...RIDGELAND...WALTERBORO AND YEMASSEE 824 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED... TORNADO WATCH 752 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BUT THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS ENDED. $$ JPC  000 WWUS82 KCAE 141246 SPSCAE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 841 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. SCZ015-021-027-028-030-035-041-141700- AIKEN SC-BAMBERG SC-BARNWELL SC-FAIRFIELD SC-LANCASTER SC- LEXINGTON SC-RICHLAND SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AIKEN...BAMBERG...BARNWELL...BELVEDERE... CAYCE...CLEARWATER...COLUMBIA...DENMARK...DENTSVILLE... FOREST ACRES...IRMO...LANCASTER...LEXINGTON...NORTH AUGUSTA... OAK GROVE...RED BANK...SEVEN OAKS...SPRINGDALE...ST. ANDREWS... VALENCIA HEIGHTS...WEST COLUMBIA...WINNSBORO AND WOODFIELD 841 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 TORNADO WATCH 752 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MIDLANDS. $$ SCZ016-022-029-031-036>038-141700- CALHOUN SC-CHESTERFIELD SC-CLARENDON SC-KERSHAW SC-LEE SC- ORANGEBURG SC-SUMTER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOPVILLE...BROOKDALE...CAMDEN... CHERAW...MANNING...ORANGEBURG...SOUTH SUMTER... SUMTER AND WILKINSON HEIGHTS 841 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 TORNADO WATCH 752 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN MIDLANDS UNTIL 100 PM. HURRICANE CHARLEY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...EAST OF CHARLESTON. TROPICAL RAIN BANDS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN MIDLANDS...SO THERE CONTINUES TO BE A THREAT OF TORNADOES. $$ AWP  000 WWUS82 KCAE 141252 CCA SPSCAE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 841 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 SCZ015-021-027-028-030-035-041-141700- AIKEN SC-BAMBERG SC-BARNWELL SC-FAIRFIELD SC-LANCASTER SC- LEXINGTON SC-RICHLAND SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AIKEN...BAMBERG...BARNWELL...BELVEDERE... CAYCE...CLEARWATER...COLUMBIA...DENMARK...DENTSVILLE... FOREST ACRES...IRMO...LANCASTER...LEXINGTON...NORTH AUGUSTA... OAK GROVE...RED BANK...SEVEN OAKS...SPRINGDALE...ST. ANDREWS... VALENCIA HEIGHTS...WEST COLUMBIA...WINNSBORO AND WOODFIELD 841 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 TORNADO WATCH 752 HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MIDLANDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ SCZ016-022-029-031-036>038-141700- CALHOUN SC-CHESTERFIELD SC-CLARENDON SC-KERSHAW SC-LEE SC- ORANGEBURG SC-SUMTER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOPVILLE...BROOKDALE...CAMDEN... CHERAW...MANNING...ORANGEBURG...SOUTH SUMTER... SUMTER AND WILKINSON HEIGHTS 841 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 TORNADO WATCH 752 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN MIDLANDS UNTIL 100 PM. HURRICANE CHARLEY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST ALONG THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST...EAST OF CHARLESTON. TROPICAL RAIN BANDS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE EXTREME EASTERN MIDLANDS...SO THERE CONTINUES TO BE A THREAT OF TORNADOES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ AWP  000 WWUS82 KILM 141322 SPSILM SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 919 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 SCZ034-046-141445- GEORGETOWN SC-HORRY SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONWAY...GEORGETOWN...LORIS... MURRELLS INLET AND MYRTLE BEACH 919 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 PM... THE EYE OF HURRICANE CHARLEY IS APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES EAST OF MCCLELLANVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA WITH THE EYE WALL MOVING INTO GEORGETOWN COUNTY. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN BY 930 AM. THE CENTER OF CHARLEY WILL MOVE TO NEAR PAWLEYS ISLAND BY 10 AM...AND WILL BE NEAR BUCKSPORT BY 1045 AM. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCAL FLOODING LIKELY. $$ 43  000 WWUS82 KILM 141319 SPSILM SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 919 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 SCZ034-046-141445- GEORGETOWN SC-HORRY SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONWAY...GEORGETOWN...LORIS... MURRELLS INLET AND MYRTLE BEACH 919 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 PM... THE EYE OF HURRICANE CHARLEY IS APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES EAST OF MCCLELLANVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA WITH THE EYE WALL MOVING INTO GEORGETOWN COUNTY. WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN BY 930 AM. THE CENTER OF CHARLEY WILL MOVE TO NEAR PAWLEYS ISLAND BY 10 PM...AND WILL BE NEAR BUCKSPORT BY 1045 AM. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCAL FLOODING LIKELY. $$ 43  000 WWUS82 KRAH 141406 SPSRAH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1000 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-141600- ALAMANCE NC-ANSON NC-CHATHAM NC-CUMBERLAND NC-DAVIDSON NC-DURHAM NC- EDGECOMBE NC-FORSYTH NC-FRANKLIN NC-GRANVILLE NC-GUILFORD NC- HALIFAX NC-HARNETT NC-HOKE NC-JOHNSTON NC-LEE NC-MONTGOMERY NC- MOORE NC-NASH NC-ORANGE NC-PERSON NC-RANDOLPH NC-RICHMOND NC- SAMPSON NC-SCOTLAND NC-STANLY NC-VANCE NC-WAKE NC-WARREN NC-WAYNE NC- WILSON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON... CHAPEL HILL...CLINTON...DURHAM...FAYETTEVILLE...GOLDSBORO... GREENSBORO...HENDERSON...LAURINBURG...LEXINGTON...LILLINGTON... LOUISBURG...MOUNT OLIVE...NASHVILLE...OXFORD...PITTSBORO...RAEFORD... RALEIGH...ROANOKE RAPIDS...ROCKINGHAM...ROCKY MOUNT...ROXBORO... SANFORD...SMITHFIELD...SOUTHERN PINES...TARBORO...TROY...WADESBORO... WARRENTON...WILSON AND WINSTON-SALEM 1000 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY... ...EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE IN THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN AND EASTERN SANDHILL COUNTIES BY EARLY AFTERNOON... AREAS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE CHARLEY WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTH PARTS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE NOON. LAURINBURG...FAYETTEVILLE AND CLINTON WILL LIKELY SEE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS BEGIN AROUND 11 AM WITH THESE RAINS APPROACHING CARTHAGE...LILLINGTON AND GOLDSBORO AS NOON APPROACHES. RAINFALL THROUGH NOON OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE LIKELY SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE... WITH AMOUNTS TO ONE HALF INCH EXTENDING TO THE VIRGINIA BORDER. WINDS OUTSIDE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE RELATIVELY LIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING...AT TEN MPH OR LESS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 1. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES TODAY... ESPECIALLY OVER THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN... AS CHARLEY APPROACHES THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST. YOU WILL NEED TO BE ALERT AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY AS THE TORNADOES WILL SPIN UP WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH AFTER NOON IN SUCH PLACES AS LAURINBURG... FAYETTEVILLE AND CLINTON... AND POTENTIALLY INCREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BECAUSE OF THIS THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH WINDS... TRAVEL THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY IS DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE THREAT HAS SUBSIDED. MOTORISTS ARE APT TO ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF POOR VISIBILITY AND WATER ON ROADS. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. AS LITTLE AS ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY. $$  000 WWUS82 KCHS 141440 SPSCHS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 1039 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 SCZ044-045-050-141700- BERKELEY SC-CHARLESTON SC-DORCHESTER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLESTON...GOOSE CREEK... MCCLELLANVILLE...MONCKS CORNER...SAINT GEORGE... SAINT STEPHEN AND SUMMERVILLE 1040 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED... TORNADO WATCH 752 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BERKELEY...DORCHESTER...AND CHARLESTON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS BUT THE THREAT FOR TORNADOES HAS ENDED. $$ JPC  000 WWUS82 KCAE 141442 SPSCAE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC 1041 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 SCZ016-022-029-031-036>038-141600- CALHOUN SC-CHESTERFIELD SC-CLARENDON SC-KERSHAW SC-LEE SC- ORANGEBURG SC-SUMTER SC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOPVILLE...BROOKDALE...CAMDEN... CHERAW...MANNING...ORANGEBURG...SOUTH SUMTER... SUMTER AND WILKINSON HEIGHTS 1041 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 TORNADO WATCH 752 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE EASTERN MIDLANDS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED. HURRICANE CHARLEY CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF SOUTH CAROLINA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DE TAILS OR UPDATES. $$ AWP  000 WWUS82 KILM 141459 SPSILM SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1058 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ099>101-SCZ033-034-046-141630- BRUNSWICK NC-COLUMBUS NC-GEORGETOWN SC-HORRY SC-MARION SC- NEW HANOVER NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CONWAY...GEORGETOWN...LELAND...LORIS... MARION...MULLINS...MURRELLS INLET...MYRTLE BEACH...SHALLOTTE... SOUTHPORT...TABOR CITY...WHITEVILLE AND WILMINGTON 1058 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...HURRICANE CHARLEY NEAR MYRTLE BEACH... ...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1 PM... AT 11 AM...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS JUST SOUTHWEST OF MYRTLE BEACH. WINDS AROUND THE CENTER WILL GUST NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH. ADDITIONAL RAINBANDS WILL MOVE INTO CAROLINA BEACH BY 1115 AM...AND INTO THE WILMINGTON AREA BY 12 PM. RAINFALL RATES FROM TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY BY 1230 PM. $$ 43  000 WWUS82 KTBW 141547 SPSTBW SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1144 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ039-042-043-048-049-051-055-141645- CITRUS-HERNANDO-HILLSBOROUGH-LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-SUMTER- 1144 AM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE IN MANATEE...EASTERN HERNANDO...EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH...EASTERN CITRUS...EASTERN LEVY...SUMTER AND EASTERN PASCO COUNTIES... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST INTO INTERIOR SECTIONS OF COASTAL COUNTIES HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FUNNEL CLOUDS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1145 AM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN SUMTER COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF...SMALL...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES. MOVE INDOORS ..AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. $$ LAT...LON 2932 8253 2746 8253 2739 8234 2742 8206 2822 8212 2931 8206 25  000 WWUS82 KRAH 141609 RRA SPSRAH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1205 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ040>042-074>077-083>086-088-141700- ANSON NC-CHATHAM NC-CUMBERLAND NC-HARNETT NC-HOKE NC-JOHNSTON NC- LEE NC-MONTGOMERY NC-MOORE NC-RICHMOND NC-SCOTLAND NC-WAKE NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAYETTEVILLE...LAURINBURG...LILLINGTON... PITTSBORO...RAEFORD...RALEIGH...ROCKINGHAM...SANFORD...SMITHFIELD... SOUTHERN PINES...TROY AND WADESBORO 1205 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELED FOR THE SOUTHERN TIER OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ANSON...CHATHAM... CUMBERLAND...HARNETT...HOKE...JOHNSTON...LEE...MONTGOMERY... MOORE...RICHMOND...SCOTLAND AND WAKE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELED. HURRICANE CHARLEY IS EXPECTED TO TAKE A SOMEWHAT MORE EASTWARD TRACK ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS TRACK WILL REDUCE THE THREAT OF TORNADOES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$  000 WWUS82 KRAH 141609 SPSRAH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1210 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-141800- ALAMANCE NC-ANSON NC-CHATHAM NC-CUMBERLAND NC-DAVIDSON NC-DURHAM NC- EDGECOMBE NC-FORSYTH NC-FRANKLIN NC-GRANVILLE NC-GUILFORD NC- HALIFAX NC-HARNETT NC-HOKE NC-JOHNSTON NC-LEE NC-MONTGOMERY NC- MOORE NC-NASH NC-ORANGE NC-PERSON NC-RANDOLPH NC-RICHMOND NC- SAMPSON NC-SCOTLAND NC-STANLY NC-VANCE NC-WAKE NC-WARREN NC-WAYNE NC- WILSON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON... CHAPEL HILL...CLINTON...DURHAM...FAYETTEVILLE...GOLDSBORO... GREENSBORO...HENDERSON...LAURINBURG...LEXINGTON...LILLINGTON... LOUISBURG...MOUNT OLIVE...NASHVILLE...OXFORD...PITTSBORO...RAEFORD... RALEIGH...ROANOKE RAPIDS...ROCKINGHAM...ROCKY MOUNT...ROXBORO... SANFORD...SMITHFIELD...SOUTHERN PINES...TARBORO...TROY...WADESBORO... WARRENTON...WILSON AND WINSTON-SALEM 1210 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...HEAVY RAIN FROM CHARLEY WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... AS HURRICANE CHARLEY MOVES INLAND OVER NORTH CAROLINA...A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE...AND WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE SANDHILLS...EASTERN PIEDMONT...AND COASTAL PLAIN. THIS INCLUDES LOCATIONS ALONG AND EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 1. SOME STRONG STORMS WILL BE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LARGE AREA OF RAIN. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND LIGHTNING. TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE COASTAL PLAIN. EMBEDDED STORMS WITHIN HURRICANE BANDS CAN QUICKLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT...THE RAIN WILL BE LIGHT FOR MOST OF THE AFTERNOON...BUT SOME HEAVY SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM ANSONVILLE TO ASHEBORO TO GREENSBORO. WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. BECAUSE OF THIS THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING AND HIGH WINDS... TRAVEL THROUGH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY IS DISCOURAGED AND SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL THE THREAT HAS SUBSIDED. MOTORISTS ARE APT TO ENCOUNTER HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF POOR VISIBILITY AND WATER ON ROADS. SOME SECONDARY ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. AS LITTLE AS ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY. && A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 1. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. $$ DGS  000 WWUS82 KTBW 141614 SPSTBW SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1215 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ052-056-057-061-141700- DE SOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-POLK- 1215 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE IN DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS AND POLK COUNTIES... AT 1215 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS...OVER DESOTO...POLK...HIGHLANDS...AND HARDEE COUNTIES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF...SMALL...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES. MOVE INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. $$ LAT...LON 2707 8203 2724 8109 2806 8147 2827 8202 25  000 WWUS81 KAKQ 141627 SPSAKQ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 1223 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 VAZ063-064-071>074-076>078-082>086-090-091-099-100-141730- ACCOMACK VA-CAROLINE VA-CHARLES CITY VA-ESSEX VA-GLOUCESTER VA-HANOVER VA-HENRICO VA-JAMES CITY VA-KING AND QUEEN VA-KING WILLIAM VA-LANCASTER VA-MATHEWS VA-MIDDLESEX VA-NEW KENT VA-NORTHAMPTON VA-NORTHUMBERLAND VA-RICHMOND VA-YORK VA- 1223 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE MIDDLE AND NORTHERN NECK AND THE DELMARVA... AT 1223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN RICHMOND TO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE CHARLES...OR FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN RICHMOND TO 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANFRONT...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR EAST HIGHLAND PARK AROUND 1230 PM EDT CHAMBERLAYNE AROUND 1235 PM EDT MECHANICSVILLE AROUND 1240 PM EDT ASHCAKE AROUND 1245 PM EDT WILTON AROUND 1250 PM EDT HANOVER AROUND 1255 PM EDT OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE ASHLAND... BOWLING GREEN...CALLAO...CHAMPLAIN...DELTAVILLE...EXMORE...FAIR PORT...GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE...GLOUCESTER POINT...HIGHLAND SPRINGS... KILMARNOCK...KING AND QUEEN COURTHOUSE...KING WILLIAM...MATHEWS... MILFORD...NEW KENT...NEW POINT COMFORT...NORGE...QUEENS LAKE... ROBLEY...ROXBURY...SAINT STEPHENS CHURCH...SEAFORD...TALLEYSVILLE... TAPPAHANNOCK...TOANO...URBANNA...WARSAW AND WEST POINT. RAINFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. $$ 92  000 WWUS82 KILM 141635 SPSILM SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1235 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ096-097-099>101-SCZ034-141800- BLADEN NC-BRUNSWICK NC-COLUMBUS NC-HORRY SC-NEW HANOVER NC-PENDER NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURGAW...CONWAY...ELIZABETHTOWN... HAMPSTEAD...LELAND...LORIS...MYRTLE BEACH...SHALLOTTE...SOUTHPORT... TABOR CITY...WHITEVILLE AND WILMINGTON 1235 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EXCEPT FOR HORRY COUNTY... AT 1230 PM...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH MYRTLE BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE CENTER WILL BE NEAR SHALLOTTE AT 1 PM...AND RIEGLEWOOD BY 2 PM. AREAS AROUND THE CENTER OF CHARLEY WILL SEE WIND GUSTS NEAR HURRICANE STRENGTH. RAINFALL RATES AS HIGH AS TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED. $$ 43  000 WWUS82 KTBW 141651 SPSTBW SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1250 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-141800- CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-MANATEE-PASCO- PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER- 1250 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE IN MANATEE...CHARLOTTE...LEE... PINELLAS...DESOTO...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...POLK...HERNANDO...SARASOTA.. .HILLSBOROUGH...CITRUS...SUMTER AND PASCO COUNTIES AS WELL AS TAMPA BAY... AT 1250 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE ALSO REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS EARLIER OVER THE NATURE COAST. FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF...SMALL...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES. MOVE INDOORS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. $$ LAT...LON 2900 8270 2785 8287 2652 8225 2648 8158 2700 8153 2722 8090 2827 8155 2841 8190 2901 8186 25  000 WWUS82 KMLB 141655 SPSMLB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 1255 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ041-044>047-053-141-144-147-141900- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY-INLAND VOLUSIA COUNTY-NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- ORANGE-OSCEOLA-SEMINOLE-SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- 1255 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONG STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL PUSH THROUGH LAKE...SEMINOLE...ORANGE...OSCEOLA...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM... AT 1250 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM ASTOR TO MASCOTTE...AND INTO POLK COUNTY TO HAINES CITY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AS THEY PUSH ACROSS THE AFOREMENTIONED COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS WHO ARE OUTDOORS...PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN RECOVERY AND CLEANUP EFFORTS FROM HURRICANE CHARLEY...ARE URGED TO SEEK SHELTER IN ADVANCE OF THESE STORMS. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. $$ CRISTALDI  000 WWUS84 KLCH 141751 SPSLCH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 1238 PM CDT SAT AUG 14 2004 GMZ450-455-470-475-LAZ027>033-041>045-051>055-TXZ180>182-201-215-216- 142300- ACADIA-ALLEN-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-CALCASIEU-CAMERON- CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM- CAMERON, LA TO HIGH ISLAND, TX OUT 20 NM-EVANGELINE-HARDIN-IBERIA- JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-LAFAYETTE- LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM- LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO CAMERON, LA OUT 20 NM-LOWER ST MARTIN- NEWTON-ORANGE-RAPIDES-ST LANDRY-ST MARY-TYLER-UPPER ST MARTIN- VERMILION-VERNON- 1238 PM CDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...ANOTHER COOL NIGHT ON TAP WITH MORE RECORD LOWS EXPECTED... SATURDAY MORNING WAS A RECORD BREAKER ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA WITH MOST AREAS REPORTING RECORD DAILY LOW TEMPERATURES. ALEXANDRIA EVEN REPORTED A RECORD LOW FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH OF AUGUST WITH A MORNING LOW OF 54 DEGREES. THE OLD RECORD FOR THE MONTH WAS 57 DEGREES SET IN 1986. WITH CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE STILL OVER THE AREA PRODUCING CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS...ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY COOL NIGHT MORE TYPICAL OF EARLY OCTOBER IS EXPECTED WITH RECORD LOWS AGAIN POSSIBLE. EXISTING RECORD LOWS FOR AUGUST 15TH: BEAUMONT...64 F IN 1931 LAKE CHARLES...66 F IN 1931 LAFAYETTE...63 F IN 1931 ALEXANDRIA...65 F IN 1931 BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN NOT UNTIL THURSDAY. $$ WILEY  000 WWUS82 KJAX 141753 SPSJAX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 153 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ038-141845- FLAGLER FL- 153 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FLAGLER COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS VALID UNTIL 245 PM EDT... AT 153 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUNNELL...OR ABOUT 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF PIERSON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND BUNNELL AND FLAGLER BEACH THROUGH 245 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR DAMAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. $$ ENYEDI  000 WWUS82 KMLB 141801 SPSMLB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 200 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ047-141845- SOUTHERN BREVARD COUNTY- 200 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH OVER SOUTHEASTERN BREVARD COUNTY... AT 158 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS FROM MICCO TO SEBASTIAN INLET...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM WHICH MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG WINDS INCLUDE BAREFOOT BAY...GRANT...VALKARIA AND MELBOURNE BEACH. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. $$ CRISTALDI  000 WWUS82 KRAH 141818 SPSRAH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 219 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-142000- ALAMANCE NC-ANSON NC-CHATHAM NC-CUMBERLAND NC-DAVIDSON NC-DURHAM NC- EDGECOMBE NC-FORSYTH NC-FRANKLIN NC-GRANVILLE NC-GUILFORD NC- HALIFAX NC-HARNETT NC-HOKE NC-JOHNSTON NC-LEE NC-MONTGOMERY NC- MOORE NC-NASH NC-ORANGE NC-PERSON NC-RANDOLPH NC-RICHMOND NC- SAMPSON NC-SCOTLAND NC-STANLY NC-VANCE NC-WAKE NC-WARREN NC-WAYNE NC- WILSON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBEMARLE...ASHEBORO...BURLINGTON... CHAPEL HILL...CLINTON...DURHAM...FAYETTEVILLE...GOLDSBORO... GREENSBORO...HENDERSON...LAURINBURG...LEXINGTON...LILLINGTON... LOUISBURG...MOUNT OLIVE...NASHVILLE...OXFORD...PITTSBORO...RAEFORD... RALEIGH...ROANOKE RAPIDS...ROCKINGHAM...ROCKY MOUNT...ROXBORO... SANFORD...SMITHFIELD...SOUTHERN PINES...TARBORO...TROY...WADESBORO... WARRENTON...WILSON AND WINSTON-SALEM 219 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY IS MOVING ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN... TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY WILL MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA. HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL OCCUR IN LOCATIONS EAST OF INTERSTATE 95...FROM CLINTON TO GOLDSBORO TO TARBORO. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA THROUGH 400 PM. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND IF HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING ARE OBSERVED...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. AS LITTLE AS ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER CAN FLOAT YOUR VEHICLE OFF THE HIGHWAY. IN THE PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS...THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND END THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT COULD SEE A LITTLE SUNSHINE. WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 10 AND 20 MPH. $$ DGS  000 WWUS82 KMLB 141858 SPSMLB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 257 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ141-141945- COASTAL VOLUSIA COUNTY- 257 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STORMS WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING OVER EAST CENTRAL VOLUSIA COUNTY... AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LIGHTNING DETECTION EQUIPMENT INDICATED A STORM WITH EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING BETWEEN LAKE ASHBY AND EDGEWATER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE LIGHTNING STORM INCLUDE PORT ORANGE ...WILBUR BY THE SEA AND NEW SMYRNA BEACH. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...TAKE SHELTER IN A BUILDING OR ENCLOSED AUTOMOBILE. TREES AND OPEN SHELTERS FOUND ON A BEACH OR GOLF COURSE OFFER NO PROTECTION. $$ RL  000 WWUS82 KRAH 141922 SPSRAH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 321 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ089-142000- SAMPSON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON 321 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SAMPSON COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... STRONGER WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE CHARLEY HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST OF SAMPSON COUNTY. THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS THUS DIMINISHED OVER SAMPSON COUNTY AND THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$  000 WWUS82 KJAX 141923 SPSJAX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 323 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ033-142000- ST. JOHNS FL- 323 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ST. JOHNS COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS VALID UNTIL 400 PM EDT... AT 319 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUPONT CENTER...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS HAVE COME IN NEAR STATE ROAD 207 AND JUST WEST OF U.S. ONE AND ALSO NEAR STATE ROAD 312 AND U.S. ONE. THEY HAVE NOT TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND ELKTON...DUPONT CENTER...CRESCENT BEACH...ST. AUGUSTINE SHORES...BUTLER BEACH...ST. AUGUSTINE SOUTH...ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH AND ST. AUGUSTINE THROUGH 400 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS IF THEY ATTEMPT LOWER TOWARD THE SURFACE ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. $$ SHASHY  000 WWUS82 KMFL 141949 SPSMIA SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 348 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ063-066-142015- GLADES-HENDRY- 348 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING LA BELLE TO PALMDALE... AT 345 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING NORTHWESTERN HENDRY COUNTY AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL GLADES COUNTY. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM LA BELLE TO PALMDALE...AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THESE AREAS THROUGH 415 PM. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE MIAMI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO. $$ DG  000 WWUS81 KAKQ 142010 SPSAKQ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 407 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ015>017-142045- CAMDEN NC-PASQUOTANK NC-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC- 411 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD CAMDEN AND PASQUOTANK COUNTIES... AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 29 MILES SOUTH OF WEEKSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR LISTERS CORNER AT 430 PM EDT AND...SYMONDS CREEK AT 435 PM EDT...ELIZABETH CITY...AND...WHITEHALL SHORES AT 440 PM EDT...CAMDEN AT 445 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...THIS STORM HAS SHOWN ROTATION OVER THE LAST HOUR AS IT MOVED THROUGH HYDE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES...AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM. $$ SAMMLER  000 WWUS81 KAKQ 142034 SPSAKQ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 432 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ012>017-031-032-102-VAZ092-096-142100- CAMDEN NC-CHOWAN NC-EASTERN CURRITUCK NC-GATES NC-HERTFORD NC-NORTHAMPTON NC-PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC-SOUTHAMPTON VA-SUFFOLK VA-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC- 432 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... AT 432 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF BOYKINS TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEEKSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WEEKSVILLE AROUND 440 PM EDT SUNBURY AROUND 445 PM EDT GRANDY AROUND 450 PM EDT SOUTH MILLS AROUND 455 PM EDT HOLLAND AROUND 500 PM EDT OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE AHOSKIE... CAMDEN...COURTLAND...ELIZABETH CITY...FRANKLIN...GATESVILLE... HERTFORD...MURFREESBORO...RYLAND AND WINFALL. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER THREE INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. $$ SIEBERS  000 WWUS82 KJAX 142059 SPSJAX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 459 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ035-142145- GILCHRIST FL- 459 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GILCHRIST COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND HAIL VALID UNTIL 545 PM EDT... AT 459 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 3 MILES EAST OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND TRENTON AND BELL THROUGH 545 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. $$ CAMP  000 WWUS82 KRAH 142101 SPSRAH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 500 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ011-027-028-043-078-142145- EDGECOMBE NC-HALIFAX NC-NASH NC-WAYNE NC-WILSON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GOLDSBORO...MOUNT OLIVE...NASHVILLE... ROANOKE RAPIDS...ROCKY MOUNT...TARBORO AND WILSON 456 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR WAYNE...WILSON...NASH...EDGECOMBE AND HALIFAX COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... STRONGEST WINDS FROM HURRICANE CHARLEY HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. AS SUCH...THE THREAT OF TORNADOES HAS ENDED AND THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$  000 WWUS82 KMLB 142115 SPSMLB SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL 513 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ053-058-142200- OKEECHOBEE-OSCEOLA- 513 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN OKEECHOBEE AND SOUTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTIES... AT 511 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS OVER MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST OKEECHOBEE AND SOUTHWEST OSCEOLA COUNTIES. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH TOWARD STATE ROAD 60. IF THE STORM STRENGTHENS FURTHER...A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. $$ 52  000 WWUS84 KEPZ 142115 SPSELP SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 314 PM MDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-150305- EL PASO TX-HUDSPETH TX-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION NM- SOUTHERN DESERT NM-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS NM- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL NM-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NM- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION NM- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT NM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALAMOGORDO...ANTHONY...CANUTILLO... CHAPARRAL...DEMING...EL PASO...FABENS...FORT BLISS...HOLLOMAN AFB... LAS CRUCES...LORDSBURG...MONTANA VISTA...SAN ELIZARIO... SIERRA BLANCA...SILVER CITY...SOCORRO...SUNLAND PARK... TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES AND UNIVERSITY PARK 314 PM MDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AGAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WESTERN TEXAS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER ISOLATED LOCATIONS. ISOLATED STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. REMEMBER NEVER TO DRIVE OR WALK ACROSS WATER COVERED ROADS BUT INSTEAD TURN AROUND AND SEEK ALTERNATE ROUTES OF TRAVEL. MOIST UNSTABLE AIR CONTINUES TO FLOW INTO WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO WHILE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE INTO THE REGION. THIS WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY RESULTING IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/ELP. $$ ROGASH  000 WWUS81 KAKQ 142117 SPSAKQ SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 514 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 NCZ016-017-102-VAZ093-095>098-142145- CAMDEN NC-CHESAPEAKE VA-EASTERN CURRITUCK NC-ISLE OF WIGHT VA-NORFOLK/PORTSMOUTH VA-SUFFOLK VA-VIRGINIA BEACH VA-WESTERN CURRITUCK NC- 514 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND INTO SOUTHERN VIRGINIA... AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HOLLAND TO 10 MILES EAST OF CAMDEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WINDSOR AROUND 530 PM EDT DEEP CREEK AROUND 545 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE CHURCHLAND... CURRITUCK...DOWNTOWN NORFOLK...DOWNTOWN PORTSMOUTH...DOWNTOWN SUFFOLK...GREAT BRIDGE...KEMPSVILLE...OCEAN VIEW...SOUTH MILLS AND VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANFRONT. RAINFALL RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. $$ SIEBERS  000 WWUS81 KLWX 142125 SPSLWX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 524 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 DCZ001-MDZ013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057-142245- ANNE ARUNDEL MD-ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA VA-CALVERT MD-CHARLES MD-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC-FAIRFAX VA-KING GEORGE VA-PRINCE GEORGES MD-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK VA-SPOTSYLVANIA VA-ST. MARYS MD-STAFFORD VA- 524 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...RAINBAND FROM CHARLEY HEADING TOWARDS NORTHERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEASTERN MARYLAND... AT 520 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF HEAVY RAND ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER FRINGES OF CHARLEY OVER THE NORTHERN NECK OF VIRGINIA. A LINE IS MOVING NORTH AROUND 35 MPH. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RAIN BAND COULD GUSTS TO 40 MPH. A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS THROUGH 645 PM EDT. RAINFALL FROM THIS BAND COULD TOTAL AROUND ONE INCH AS IT MOVES THROUGH PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING. $$ SMZ/ND  000 WWUS82 KCHS 142148 SPSCHS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 548 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 GAZ088-101-SCZ042-142215- EFFINGHAM-HAMPTON-SCREVEN- 548 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EFFINGHAM COUNTY...SCREVEN COUNTY AND HAMPTON COUNTY THROUGH 615 PM EDT... AT 548 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER ARDMORE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND SHAWNEE...KILDARE...ARDMORE...OAKY... NEWINGTON AND SHIRLEY THROUGH 615 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. MOVE INSIDE IMMEDIATELY IF THIS STORM OR OTHERS THAT DEVELOP MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. $$ PM  000 WWUS82 KJAX 142153 SPSJAX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL 553 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ035-142245- GILCHRIST FL- 553 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GILCHRIST COUNTY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS VALID UNTIL 645 PM EDT... AT 553 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL ALSO AFFECT AREAS AROUND TRENTON AND BELL THROUGH 645 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH POSSIBLE MINOR WIND DAMAGE. REPORT DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...OR YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSONVILLE DIRECTLY AT 1-800-499-1594. $$ CAMP  000 WWUS82 KCHS 142212 SPSCHS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 611 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 GAZ088-SCZ040-042-142245- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON-SCREVEN- 611 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SCREVEN COUNTY...ALLENDALE COUNTY AND HAMPTON COUNTY THROUGH 645 PM EDT... AT 611 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SHIRLEY TO 8 MILES EAST OF NEWINGTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND SHIRLEY...SCOTIA...ESTILL...VALENTINE...ROUSE... MILBURY...LURAY...GIFFORD...FAIRFAX AND DUKES THROUGH 645 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. MOVE INSIDE IMMEDIATELY IF THESE STORMS OR OTHERS THAT DEVELOP MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. $$ PM  000 WWUS81 KPHI 142220 SPSPHI SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 618 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 DEZ003-004-MDZ019-020-150100- CAROLINE MD-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-INLAND SUSSEX DE-TALBOT MD- 618 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 SOME OF THE STRONGER RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY ARE MOVING NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN NOW AND 900 PM. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS WHICH WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE WIND WILL BECOME EASTERLY AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS. $$ SZATKOWSKI  000 WWUS84 KAMA 142226 SPSAMA SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 525 PM CDT SAT AUG 14 2004 TXZ006-011-142330- HARTLEY TX-OLDHAM TX- 525 PM CDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM TO AFFECT HARTLEY AND OLDHAM COUNTIES... AT 525 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHANNING OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOYS RANCH...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH THIS STORM IS LOCATED OVER RURAL PARTS OF NORTHERN OLDHAM COUNTY...THE STORM WILL MOVE TOWARDS CHANNING AND BOYS RANCH OVER THE NEXT HOUR. HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL ALSO CAUSE RAPID RUN-OFF TO OCCUR INTO THE CANADIAN RIVER. $$  000 WWUS82 KTBW 142227 SPSTBW SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 627 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ039-142300- LEVY- 627 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE OCCURRING IN NORTHERN LEVY COUNTY... AT 625 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED TWO FUNNEL CLOUDS IN EXTREME NORTHERN LEVY COUNTY. ONE WAS LOCATED WEST OF STATE ROAD 129 AND COUNTY ROAD 346. THE OTHER WAS LOCATED NEAR COUNTY ROAD 346A AND COUNTY ROAD 321. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE STORM MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY AFFECT... FANNING SPRINGS. RURAL NORTHERN LEVY COUNTY. FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF...SMALL...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. $$ LAT...LON 2959 8298 2953 8295 2956 8271 2963 8284 24  000 WWUS82 KMFL 142229 SPSMIA SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 628 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 FLZ067-071-142315- PALM BEACH WESTERN-WESTERN BROWARD- 628 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING SOUTHWESTERN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND FAR NORTHWESTERN BROWARD COUNTY... AT 626 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ALONG OKEECHOBEE ROAD...FROM 10 TO 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OKEELANTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AT 5 MPH...PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION VISIT THE MIAMI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT MIAMIWEATHER.INFO. FOR INFORMATION IN SPANISH, VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT ELTIEMPOENMIAMI.INFO. $$ DG  000 WWUS82 KCHS 142246 SPSCHS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 646 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 SCZ040-042-142315- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON- 646 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ALLENDALE COUNTY AND HAMPTON COUNTY THROUGH 715 PM EDT... AT 646 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MILBURY TO LURAY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLENDALE TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMPTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND MILBURY... VALENTINE...MILBURY...ESTILL...LURAY...ROUSE...GIFFORD...BARTON... VARNVILLE...HAMPTON...FAIRFAX...ALLENDALE AND DUKES THROUGH 715 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. MOVE INSIDE IMMEDIATELY IF THESE STORMS OR OTHERS THAT DEVELOP MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. $$ PM  000 WWUS82 KCHS 142316 SPSCHS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 716 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 SCZ040-042-142345- ALLENDALE-HAMPTON- 716 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT ALLENDALE COUNTY AND HAMPTON COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM EDT... AT 716 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED OVER SEIGLING...OR ABOUT 2 MILES NORTH OF ALLENDALE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND SEIGLING...HAMPTON...FAIRFAX... CROCKETVILLE...BRUNSON...APPLETON...ALLENDALE...SYCAMORE...JENNYS AND ULMER THROUGH 745 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. MOVE INSIDE IMMEDIATELY IF THIS STORM OR OTHERS THAT DEVELOP MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. $$ PM  000 WWUS82 KCHS 142318 SPSCHS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC 718 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 SCZ043-044-142345- DORCHESTER-INLAND COLLETON- 718 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT DORCHESTER COUNTY AND COLLETON COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM EDT... AT 718 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CENTERED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTH OF GIVHANS TO GLOVERVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF SUMMERVILLE TO 10 MILES EAST OF WALTERBORO... MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THIS CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND GLOVERVILLE...KNIGHTSVILLE... COTTAGEVILLE...ORCHARD HILL...BROWNSVILLE...GIVHANS...ROUND O... NORMAN LANDING...SIDNEY AND RIDGEVILLE THROUGH 745 PM EDT. HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...EXCESSIVE CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. MOVE INSIDE IMMEDIATELY IF THESE STORMS OR OTHERS THAT DEVELOP MOVE INTO YOUR AREA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER ONLY...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON TOLL FREE AT 1-888-383-2024. $$ PM  000 WWUS81 KPHI 142331 SPSPHI SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 730 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 DEZ001-002-MDZ008-012-015-NJZ016-017-021>025-150300- ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-CECIL MD- COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-KENT MD-KENT DE- NEW CASTLE DE-QUEEN ANNES MD-SALEM NJ- 730 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 SOME OF THE STRONGER RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM CHARLEY ARE MOVING NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN NOW AND 1100 PM. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER ONE INCH AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS WHICH WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. THE WIND WILL BECOME EASTERLY AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS. $$ SZATKOWSKI  000 WWUS81 KILN 142342 SPSILN OHZ035-150030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 742 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 A RAIN SHOWER...PRODUCING COLD AIR FUNNELS IS AFFECTING NORTHEAST AUGLAIZE COUNTY. THESE FUNNELS NORMALLY EXTEND A FEW HUNDRED FEET BELOW THE BASE OF THE CLOUD...THEN RISE BACK UP INTO THE CLOUD. THEY NORMALLY DO NOT REACH ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND AND THEREFORE DO NOT CAUSE DAMAGE. THE SHOWER THAT IS PRODUCING THESE FUNNELS WILL DISSIPATE BY 830 PM. $$ SITES  000 WWUS81 KILN 142345 CCA SPSILN SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FORMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 744 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 OHZ035-150045- AUGLAIZE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WAPAKONETA 744 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 A RAIN SHOWER...PRODUCING COLD AIR FUNNELS IS AFFECTING NORTHEAST AUGLAIZE COUNTY. THESE FUNNELS NORMALLY EXTEND A FEW HUNDRED FEET BELOW THE BASE OF THE CLOUD...THEN RISE BACK UP INTO THE CLOUD. THEY NORMALLY DO NOT REACH ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND AND THEREFORE DO NOT CAUSE DAMAGE. THE SHOWER THAT IS PRODUCING THESE FUNNELS WILL DISSIPATE BY 830 PM. $$ SITES  000 WWUS82 KFFC 150001 SPSATL SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 759 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 GAZ076-085-086-097-098-150100- 759 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN TREUTLEN...LAURENS... JOHNSON...EMANUEL AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 757 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WADLEY TO DUBLIN. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS OVER THE NEXT HOUR. DRIVERS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS INTENSE RAINFALL MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO LIKELY. $$