HANNA STILL JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH…TROPICAL STORM WATCH   EXTENDED NORTHWARD

HANNA STILL JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH…TROPICAL STORM WATCH   EXTENDED NORTHWARD… 
  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM ALTAMAHA SOUND   GEORGIA NORTHWARD ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST TO SANDY HOOK NEW   JERSEY…INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS…INCLUDING ALL OF   CHESAPEAKE BAY….THE TIDAL POTOMAC…WASHINGTON D.C…AND THE   DELAWARE BAY.  A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM   CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24   HOURS. 
  THE HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF EDISTO BEACH   SOUTH CAROLINA TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT NORTH CAROLINA…INCLUDING   PAMLICO SOUND.  HURRICANE WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PORTIONS OF   THIS AREA TONIGHT. 
  AT 5 PM EDT…2100 UTC…THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS EXTENDED   NORTHWARD TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS.  A TROPICAL STORM WATCH   REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY TO MERRIMACK   RIVER MASSACHUSETTS…INCLUDING LONG ISLAND.  A TROPICAL STORM   WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE   WATCH AREA…GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. 
  FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA…INCLUDING POSSIBLE   INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS…PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED   BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE. 
  AT 500 PM EDT…2100Z…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS   LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH…LONGITUDE 78.7 WEST OR ABOUT 160   MILES…255 KM…SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND   ABOUT 240 MILES…385 KM…SOUTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA. 
  HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 20 MPH…32 KM/HR.  THIS   MOTION IS EXPECTED CONTINUE TONIGHT…WITH A TURN TOWARD THE   NORTHEAST AND A FASTER FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.  ON THE   FORECAST TRACK…THE CENTER OF HANNA SHOULD CROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN   COAST OF THE UNITED STATES TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY…THEN MOVE   ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. 
  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH…110 KM/HR…WITH HIGHER   GUSTS.  ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST   BEFORE LANDFALL…IT WOULD ONLY TAKE A SMALL INCREASE IN WIND SPEED   FOR HANNA TO BECOME A HURRICANE.  WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER   LANDFALL. 
  TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 290 MILES…465 KM   FROM THE CENTER. 
  THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE   HURRICANE HUNTER IS 984 MB…29.06 INCHES. 
  COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE   LEVELS…ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES…CAN BE   EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF THE PATH OF THE CENTER OF HANNA. 
  HANNA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES   FROM COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA…NORTHWARD THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA   THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES…WHERE ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF   10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.  THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE   SIGNIFICANT FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE   FLORIDA EAST COAST AND COASTAL GEORGIA. 
  ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT OVER THE COASTAL AREAS OF   SOUTH AND NORTH CAROLINA. 
  REPEATING THE 500 PM EDT POSITION…30.8 N…78.7 W.  MOVEMENT   TOWARD…NORTH NEAR 20 MPH.  MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…70 MPH.  MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…984 MB.