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Saturday, September 06, 2008

OCEAN CITY BEGINS TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA

As the rain bands of Tropical Storm Hanna enter Delmarva, the Ocean City area remains under a Tropical Storm Warning. The storm has been traveling over land since early this morning. The majority of the predicted rainfall has been felt west of Worcester County.

Ocean City remains under a Tornado Watch until 1:00 p.m. As a precaution, Town official have closed the sea wall and removed all flags normally flying over Town buildings. No closures or evacuations have been ordered, and none are anticipated.

It is expected the Town will experience strong sustained winds of 35-45 mph with gust up to 60 mph. A total of 2-4 inches of rainfall is expected in the area. Ocean City will see rough surf, but there should be no erosion or coastal flooding issues.

Emergency Management personnel are actively monitoring the storm. The highest winds should be felt between 2:00 and 4:00 o’clock this afternoon. Officials hope the worst effects of the storm will pass by early evening.

Storm and event updates will be posted on the Town’s websites, HYPERLINK "http://www.town.ocean-city.md.us" www.town.ocean-city.md.us and HYPERLINK "http://www.ocmdemergency.com" www.ocmdemergency.com, as well as the above phone numbers.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

surfs up dude.

Anonymous said...

Alot of misdirected wind blowing in Salisbury right now. Dunno if it's Hanna or Barrie??

Anonymous said...

Barrie has a sustained "breaking wind", and destroys city's even with the silent ones.

What Joe? No Pics? get out there on that jetty and get us some FOO Toes...

Anonymous said...

Tropical Storm. Phooey. Much hype about nothing. A little wind and rain. The weather service is in business to scare the crap out of people.