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CHARLEY ALMOST EXTRATROPICAL; MOVING
JUST OFFSHORE OF THE
MID-ATLANTIC STATES
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See the NOAA National Hurricane
Center for the latest information on this storm.
Complete advisories are posted at 11 a.m., 5 p.m., 11 p.m. and 5
a.m. All times are Eastern. Advisories are posted more frequently
as the storm nears the USA mainland.) |
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Aug.
14, 2004 — At 11 p.m. EDT, the center of Tropical Storm Charley
was located near latitude 37.9 north, longitude 74.9 west or about 30
miles south-southeast of Ocean City, Md. Charley is moving toward the
northeast near 35 mph, and this motion is expected to continue for the
next 24 hours. This motion should bring the center of Charley near southeastern
New England Sunday morning, according to the NOAA
National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla. (Click NOAA satellite
image for larger view of Hurricane Charley taken at 10:45 a.m. on Aug.
14, 2004, as it came ashore in South Carolina. Click
here for high resolution version, which is a large file. Please credit
“NOAA.”)
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 40 mph with higher gusts.
Charley is just barely a tropical storm and is expected to become extratropical
on Sunday.
Tropical
storm force winds extend outward up to 85 miles mainly to the east of
the center. The coastal marine automated station at Chesapeake Bay Light
recently reported sustained winds of 48 mph at an elevation of 140 feet.
(Click NOAA Tropical Storm Charley tracking map for larger view.)
Estimated minimum central pressure is 1012 mb, 29.88 inches.
Tides of 1 to 2 feet above normal are possible in the tropical storm warning
area.
Rainfall totals of 1 to 2 inches are likely along the path of Charley
over the central and northeast U.S. coastal states.
At 11 p.m. EDT, all warnings are discontinued on western Long Island west of Fire Island and elsewhere west of New Haven, Conn. A tropical storm warning remains in effect from New Haven, Conn., to Merrimack River, Mass., and for eastern Long Island from Fire Island eastward.
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