ROLLTIDE
08-03-2004, 12:01 PM
Hurricane Alex Intermediate Advisory Number 13a
Statement as of 1:00 PM EDT on August 03, 2004
...Alex a category two hurricane as it parallels the Outer Banks...
a Hurricane Warning remains in effect from Cape Lookout to Oregon
Inlet North Carolina...including the Pamlico Sound. Preparations to
protect life and property should have been completed.
A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect from north of Oregon
Inlet to the North Carolina/Virginia border...including the
Albemarle Sound. A Tropical Storm Warning also remains in effect
from Surf City to Cape Lookout.
At 1 PM EDT...1700z...the center of Hurricane Alex was located near
latitude 35.1 north... longitude 75.4 west or about 15 miles
southeast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina.
Alex is moving toward the northeast near 17 mph. A northeastward
motion with a small increase in forward speed is expected during
the next 24 hours. On the forecast track...the center of Alex is
expected to remain just offshore the North Carolina Outer Banks.
Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph...with higher
gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next
24 hours.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 25 miles...mainly to the
east of the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward
up to 105 miles.
An unofficial report of sustained winds of 50 mph...with a gust to
83 mph...was recently reported from okracoke island. Another
unofficial report was received from Hatteras Village of 65 mph
sustained winds with a gust to 86 mph.
The minimum central pressure reported by reconnaissance aircraft is
970 mb...28.64 inches.
Statement as of 1:00 PM EDT on August 03, 2004
...Alex a category two hurricane as it parallels the Outer Banks...
a Hurricane Warning remains in effect from Cape Lookout to Oregon
Inlet North Carolina...including the Pamlico Sound. Preparations to
protect life and property should have been completed.
A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect from north of Oregon
Inlet to the North Carolina/Virginia border...including the
Albemarle Sound. A Tropical Storm Warning also remains in effect
from Surf City to Cape Lookout.
At 1 PM EDT...1700z...the center of Hurricane Alex was located near
latitude 35.1 north... longitude 75.4 west or about 15 miles
southeast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina.
Alex is moving toward the northeast near 17 mph. A northeastward
motion with a small increase in forward speed is expected during
the next 24 hours. On the forecast track...the center of Alex is
expected to remain just offshore the North Carolina Outer Banks.
Maximum sustained winds are near 100 mph...with higher
gusts. Little change in strength is forecast during the next
24 hours.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 25 miles...mainly to the
east of the center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward
up to 105 miles.
An unofficial report of sustained winds of 50 mph...with a gust to
83 mph...was recently reported from okracoke island. Another
unofficial report was received from Hatteras Village of 65 mph
sustained winds with a gust to 86 mph.
The minimum central pressure reported by reconnaissance aircraft is
970 mb...28.64 inches.