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USAF MARS ECOM BROADCAST - NR 31

DE AFN1EC NR 032
R 250055Z JUN 01
FM  AFN1EC ME
TO  ALL USAF MARS STATIONS
INFO AGA3C SCOTT AFB IL
CHIEF ARMY MARS
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MARS EXERCISE GRECIAN FIREBOLT 01 (GF01)
SUBJECT: ECOM BDCST 01-30 MARSEX GRECIAN FIREBOLT 01
NWS HURRICANE WARNING
1. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FLORIDA HAS ISSUED A
SIMULATED HURRICANE WARNING AS OF 8PM EDT SUN 6/24/01
FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA COAST.
2. ROBERTA APPROACHING CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED ALONG THE OUTER BANKS AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA.
3. AT 8PM (0000Z) A HURRICANE WARNING IS DISCONTINUED FROM
LITTLE RIVER INLET SOUTHWARD.
4. HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF SURF CITY
NORTH CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER
INCLUDING ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS AND SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY.
5. A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM CHINCOTEAGE VA NORTH TO
CAPE HENLOPEN DE. ALSO A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
SURF CITY NC SOUTH TO LITTLE RIVER INLET SC.
6. AT 8 PM EDT (0000Z) THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ROBERTA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 23.60 NORTH, LONGITUDE 77.00 WEST, OR ABOUT 240 MILES
SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA.
7. ROBERTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 13 MPH AND THIS MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN
NEAR 125 MPH THIS MAKES ROBERTA A CATEGORY FOUR ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED BEFORE
LANDFALL. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES
FROM THE CENTER AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP
TO 150 MILES. HIGH WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE OR GREATER ARE
EXPECTED TO SPREAD AS FAR AS 150 MILES INLAND ALONG THE PATH OF
ROBERTA DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
8. LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE PLANE
WAS 951 MB 28.53 INCHES. HEAVY SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST. SEE STATEMENTS BEING ISSUED
BY LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICES. COASTAL STORM SURGE
FLOODING OF 7 TO 9 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE IS EXPECTED NEAR AND
TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER CROSSES THE COAST. THERE IS THE
POSSIBILITY OF A FEW TORNADOES ALONG THE PATH OF ROBERTA. RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES. WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING
ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF ROBERTA.
9. THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER AT 4PM EDT MONDAY JUNE 25, 2001. END OF SIMULATED NWS
WARNING THARRINGTON
10. AN ALERT NOTIFICATION FOR REGIONS 1 & 2 HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED.
11. AIR FORCE MARS: PROVIDING THE REINS OF COMMAND
IN EMERGENCIES
12. SGD HARRY MARSTERS, CMSGT, USAF
NATIONAL EMERGENCY COORDINATOR/AFN1EC
MARS EXERCISE GRECIAN FIREBOLT 01 (GF01)
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