Info for Americans living in the Carolinas

[IMA_FARANG]

There is a new tropical storm that has developed on the East coast that just is entering the Carolinas area. It is a minimal tropical storm, but it is till going to bring wind and rains to the Carolinas now, and maybe more later as it moves northwest up the U.S. east coast.

It's name is Ana and although it is early for the hurricane season, which doesn't officially start until June, It's moving into the Carolinas now and this weekend.

You can get info on the track and warnings about this storm at the URL

www.nhc.gov

on the National Hurricane Service at that URL

Here is a cut and paste from the national Hurricane Service warning advisory

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WTNT31 KNHC 091159
TCPAT1

BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM ANA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 6A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012015
800 AM EDT SAT MAY 09 2015

...ANA MOVING A LITTLE FASTER TOWARD THE COAST...


SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...32.6N 77.8W
ABOUT 115 MI...185 KM S OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 100 MI...165 KM SE OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...60 MPH...95 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...7 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1001 MB...29.56 INCHES

Edited May 9, 2015 by IMA_FARANG

[IMA_FARANG]

UPDATE:

WTNT61 KNHC 101015
TCUAT1

TROPICAL STORM ANA TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL012015
615 AM EDT SUN MAY 10 2015

...CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ANA MAKES LANDFALL...

NOAA Doppler radar data and nearby surface observations indicate
that the center of Tropical Storm Ana made landfall at 0600 AM
EDT...1000 UTC...along the South Carolina coast almost midway
between Myrtle Beach and North Myrtle Beach.


SUMMARY OF 0600 AM EDT...1000 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...33.8N 78.8W
ABOUT 5 MI...10 KM NE OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 10 MI...15 KM SW OF NORTH MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...45 MPH...75 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 5 MPH...7 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1002 MB...29.59 INCHES

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Forecaster Stewart/Roberts