Hurricane Isaias – Day 7
Position: 33.8N 78.5W [10PM CDT 0300 UTC].
Movement: North-Northeast [020°] near 22 mph [35 kph].
Maximum sustained winds: 85 mph [135 kph].
Wind Gusts: 100 mph [160 kph].
Tropical Storm Wind Radius: 125 miles [205 km].
Hurricane Wind Radius: 25 miles [ 35 km].
Minimum central pressure: 988 mb.
Currently about 25 miles [ 40 km] East-Northeast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for South Santee River, South Carolina to Surf City, North Carolina.
A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for north of Surf City, North Carolina to Eastport, Maine; including Pamlico, Albemarle Sound, Chesapeake Bay, Tidal Potomac River, Delaware Bay, Long Island, Long Island Sound, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and Block Island.
A Storm Surge Warning is in effect South Santee River, South Carolina to Cape Fear, North Carolina including Pamlico, Albemarle Sounds, and the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers; Ocracoke Inlet North Carolina to the North Carolina/Virginia border.
A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for Cape Fear to Ocracoke Inlet, North Carolina.
Here’s the link for NOAA’s latest satellite images.
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