The center of Hurricane Irene is over eastern North Carolina at this hour, between Beaufort and Bayboro, or about 60 miles west southwest of Hatteras. The hurricane has been moving only slowly northward since making landfall, but its general motion is north northeast at 14 mph.
Here is the latest information from the 10 a.m. advisory…
BULLETIN
HURRICANE IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER 29
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092011
1100 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011
…IRENE BATTERING EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA…TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS SPREADING NORTHWARD ALONG THE DELMARVA COAST…
SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT…1500 UTC…INFORMATION
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LOCATION…35.2N 76.4W
ABOUT 50 MI…80 KM W OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 120 MI…190 KM S OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…85 MPH…140 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 15 MPH…24 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…952 MB…28.11 INCHES
NOTES
…Cape Hatteras recorded an 86 mph wind gust at 7:24 a.m. CDT. They have had frequent gusts above hurricane force since just before 3 a.m.
…Irene made landfall near Cape Lookout NC around 730 a.m. EDT with top winds of 85 mph, making it a category 1. The central pressure at the time of landfall was 951 mb.
COASTAL REPORTS AT 9 AM CDT
OTHER REPORTS
…Some street flooding in Morehead City
…3 miles east of Beaufort NC…trees and debris in the road making it impassable
…5.64 inches of rain near Kinston as of 7:23 a.m. CDT
…Numerous trees own between Morehead City and new Bern
…86 mph wind gust reported by a spotter near James City
…4 feet of water in Aurora NC…this is at the end of one of the northeast to southwest oriented bays
…Sustained wind to 85, gust to 96 reported by spotter near Carolina City NC at 8:28 a.m. CDT
…Sustained wind 85 mph with gust to 101 mph at Atlantic Beach NC at 8:35 a.m. CDT
…Beaufort just reported a wind gust to 71 mph
TORNADO THREAT
…Tornado watches are now in effect from southern New Jersey through the Delmarva…(Delaware, Maryland and Virginia). A tornado warning was issued earlier by the NWS Wakefield VA for the Hampton Roads area. It just expired at 10:15 a.m. CDT.
