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When the
National Hurricane Center issues a "Hurricane Watch",
this means the storm will make landfall within a certain area, normally within
24 hours of the start of the Watch. The areas listed in a Hurricane Watch
are fairly wide, such as Norfolk, Virginia to Pensacola, Florida. If your
neighborhood is included in a Hurricane Watch area, you can count on some
bad weather at a minimum, gale-force winds (30+mph), high water/flash
flood situations, and possibly tornadoes that are spawned by the
hurricane. In other words, you may not get 100+mph winds, but you're going
to have a nasty time of it. You still have time to get the checklist items
up to now done, but you have to get moving.
As
the storm nears the coast, the National Hurricane Center issues a "Hurricane
Warning." This is it--you're getting a significant piece of
the storm if you're in this area. Low-lying areas (such as the Barrier
Islands) are ordered evacuated. If you haven't hit the grocery and/or the
hardware store, you're going to have to wait in line. The storm is less
than 24 hours away.