<![CDATA[If you go to WAMU.org, the station has a simulcast of their NPR
broadcast in WinMedia, Real and MP3 formats. Here in Manassas its
raining and windy, but not too bad yet. We're fairly prepared, but
the forecast calls for winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 70 mph
this evening.
The eye of Isabel is supposed to go over the area around 4AM this
evening. Here's the NOAA forcast for the area.
Good luck all.
larry
Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
...HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE
MD/WASHINGTON DC 130 PM EDT THU SEP 18 2003
... TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR AREAS ADJACENT TO THE TIDAL POTOMAC
AND MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...
... INLAND TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
... FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
... AREAS AFFECTED... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
LOCATIONS ALONG THE CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF SMITH POINT AND ALONG
THE TIDAL POTOMAC.
THIS TROPICAL STORM WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES AND
INDEPENDENT CITIES...
IN MARYLAND... BALTIMORE CITY... CALVERT... ST MARYS... ANNE
ARUNDEL... BALTIMORE ... CHARLES... HARFORD AND PRINCE GEORGES
COUNTIES.
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
AND IN VIRGINIA... ARLINGTON... FAIRFAX... PRINCE WILLIAM...
STAFFORD... AND KING GEORGE COUNTIES INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT
CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA... FALLS CHURCH... FAIRFAX CITY... MANASSAS...
AND MANASSAS PARK.
AT 1 PM EDT... THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ISABEL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 34.9 NORTH... LONGITUDE 76.1 WEST OR ABOUT 40 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THE EYEWALL IS CURRENTLY
MOVING ASHORE ALONG THE SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 18 MPH. THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF
ISABEL IS CLOSE TO EARLIER TRACK FORECASTS. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE
IS 957 MB OR 28.26 INCHES. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 100 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES ISABEL A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE.
... PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITY SHOULD BE
RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
... RAINFALL AND INLAND FLOODING... RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH FRIDAY
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON AREAS.
FOR THE PIEDMONT AND MOUNTAIN AREAS OF MARYLAND... VIRGINIA AND WEST
VIRGINIA... RAINFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH
ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES OR MORE. THIS WOULD CAUSE SERIOUS AND
POTENTIALLY DEADLY FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. THERE IS ALSO THE
POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR FLOODING OF SOME RIVERS SUCH AS THE POTOMAC...
SHENANDOAH AND RAPPAHANNOCK. AT 1 PM RAIN WAS FALLING... SOMETIMES
MODERATE TO HEAVY... ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF BALTIMORE AND
WASHINGTON DOWN TO AROUND CHARLOTTESVILLE. ALONG AND WEST OF THE
INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR... RAINFALL OF 5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS WILL
PRODUCE MAJOR FLOODING. FURTHER EAST... 6.5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS WILL
PRODUCE MAJOR FLOODING.
... STORM SURGE... WAVES AND TIDAL FLOODING... THE THREAT OF STORM
SURGE WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY FRIDAY. WATER LEVELS
ARE ALREADY RISING ALONG THE LOWER TIDAL POTOMAC AND BAY REGION.
WATER LEVELS AT COLONIAL BEACH AND LEWISETTA ON THE LOWER TIDAL
POTOMAC ARE RUNNING ABOUT ONE AND ONE-HALF TO TWO FEET ABOVE NORMAL.
IN BALTIMORE... WATER LEVELS ARE STILL NEAR ASTRONOMICAL PREDICTIONS
BUT WILL BEGIN TO RISE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. IN
ANNAPOLIS... LEVELS WERE LESS THAN A HALF FOOT ABOVE NORMAL AS OF
1:00 PM.
ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY TIDAL SURGES OF 3 TO 6
FEET ARE POSSIBLE. THIS SURGE WOULD BE ON TOP OF THE NORMAL TIDE AND
THEN WAVES OF 4 TO 7 FEET MAY OCCUR ON TOP OF THAT. ALONG THE NORTH
SHORE OF THE TIDAL POTOMAC IN CHARLES AND ST MARYS COUNTIES A STORM
SURGE OF 4 TO 7 FEET IS POSSIBLE. THE REMAINDER OF THE TIDAL POTOMAC
COULD SEE SURGES OF 4 TO 6 FEET. EXPECT OVERFLOWS ESPECIALLY DURING
TIME OF HIGH TIDE INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
... HIGH TIDES... WASHINGTON DC 2:33 PM THU 2:24 AM FRI
3:23 PM FRI BALTIMORE HARBOR 12:14 PM THU 2:07 AM FRI 1:18
PM FRI COLONIAL BEACH 11:06 PM THU 9:12 AM FRI THOMAS
POINT LIGHT 12:05 AM FRI 11:15 AM FRI ...
WIND AND TORNADO INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS OF
40 TO 45 MPH WILL BEGIN AFFECTING SOUTHERN MARYLAND SHORTLY. AT THE
PATUXENT RIVER NAVAL AIR STATION AT 100 PM... WINDS WERE GUSTING TO
38 MPH. THE HIGHEST WIND GUSTSWILL ACCOMPANY RAINBANDS THAT WILL
OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. AS THE
RAINBANDS MOVE NORTH... WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25
TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OVERNIGHT
OF 60 TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE CENTER OF ISABEL MOVES NORTH
ACROSS VIRGINIA.
ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AS THE BANDS OF INTENSE RAINS
AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM IS IN EFFECT OVER SOUTHEASTERN
VIRGINIA AND THE EASTERN SHORE PORTION OF MARYLAND....
>So how are the east coasters doing? I've got family in D.C. and I haven't
>heard back from them yet.
>-Kevi
>
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