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USAF MARS ECOM BROADCAST - NR 34

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R 260955Z JUN 01
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MARS EXERCISE GRECIAN FIREBOLT 01 (GF01)
SUBJECT: ECOM BDCST 01-34 MARSEX GRECIAN FIREBOLT 01
HURRICANE ROBERTA WEATHER ADVISORY #09A
1. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS EXTRACTED FROM A
SIMULATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ADVISORY:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL 8:00 PM EDT MON 6/25/01
HURRICANE ROBERTA ON SHORE ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINA COAST.
AT 8 PM (0000Z) THE HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED NORTHWARD
TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA INCLUDING THE HAMPTON ROADS AREA.
HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CAPE ROMAIN SOUTH
CAROLINA TO CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA INCLUDING ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO
SOUNDS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM
NORTH OF CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA TO WATCH HILL RHODE ISLAND
INCLUDING THE LOWER DELAWARE BAY AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS
ISSUED NORTHWARD FROM JUST EAST OF WATCH HILL TO THE MERRIMACK
RIVER MASSACHUSETTS. THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING MAY BE EXTENDED
NORTHWARD TONIGHT. THE CENTER OF HURRICANE ROBERTA WAS LOCATED BY
RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 37.90 NORTH, LONGITUDE 76.40 WEST, OR NEAR THE
NORTH CAROLINA VIRGINA STATE LINE. ROBERTA IS MOVING TOWARD THE
NORTH NEAR 14 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE CENTER
OF ROBERTA OVER SOUTHEAST VIRGINA TUESDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
REMAIN 125 MPH AND SOME WEAKENING IS LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS AS ROBERTA INTERACTS WITH LAND. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 65 MILES FROM THE CENTER AND TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 150 MILES. LATEST RECONNAISSANCE
AIRCRAFT REPORTED A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 950 MB 28.50
INCHES. REPORTS OF WIDE SPREAD FLOODING OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA HAVE BEEN REPORTED. US HIGHWAY 17 FROM
ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO NORFOLK VIRGINIA IS CLOSED DUE
TO FLOODING. ALSO IN THE PAST HOUR THE ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA
COAST GUARD AIR STATION HAS REPORTED PEAK WINDS OF 140 MPH. HEAVY
SURF CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE US EAST 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 HURRICANE
ROBERTA. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
FLASH FLOODING ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE PATH OF ROBERTA.
THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
HURRICANE CENTER AT 4 PM EDT TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2001.
SIMULATED BULLETIN
2. HURRICANE ROBERTA IS ON SHORE AT THE NORTH CAROLINA/
VIRGINIA COAST. ROBERTA IS NOW EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTH ALONG
THE COAST LINE AND IS PREDICTED TO BE OVER SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA
IN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE
EXTENDING INTO RHODE ISLAND.
3. AN ALERT NOTIFICATION FOR REGIONS 1 & 2 HAS BEEN ISSUED.
4. AIR FORCE MARS: PROVIDING THE REINS OF COMMAND
IN EMERGENCIES
5. SGD HARRY MARSTERS, CMSGT, USAF
NATIONAL EMERGENCY COORDINATOR/AFN1EC
MARS EXERCISE GRECIAN FIREBOLT 01 (GF01)
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