NOAA's National Weather Service HeadlinesLatest weather and climate headlines from NOAA's National Weather ServiceNOAA Warns That Nature's Fireworks And Outdoor Activities Can Be A Deadly Mix- June 30, 2006 Lightning and summertime outdoor activities can be a lethal combination warns NOAAs National Weather Service as the nation enters lightnings most deadly time of the year. Typically, about 30 percent of the annual lightning deaths occur in July which is the peak in lightning activity across the United States and also when people spend a lot of time outside enjoying summertime activities.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2655.htm ...More Rain In Store For Mid Atlantic and New England...- June 28, 2006 A small area of low pressure over extreme southeastern Virginia is moving north-northeastward. This system appears to be slowly weakening over land. Development into a tropical cyclone is unlikely, however the system is producing locally heavy rains and strong gusty winds that will spread through the Mid-Atlantic States and into New England over the next day or so.http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATWOAT+shtml/280222.shtml ...Special Tropical Disturbance Statement...- June 27, 2006 An Air Force Reserve reconnaissance aircraft indicates the area of disturbed weather is centered about 35 miles southwest of Cape Lookout North Carolina. This sytem still has the potential to develop into a tropical storm. Residents in coastal regions of North Carolina...Virginia...and the Delmarva Peninsula should closely monitor the progress of this system today. It will produce showers and thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall and strong gusty winds across the mid-atlantic area today and.http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIADSAAT+shtml/271133.shtml ...If Faced With High Water - Turn Around, Don't Drown ...- June 26, 2006 With more rain expected to fall this week on parts of the already saturated East Coast, NOAA's National Weather Service is reminding drivers and pedestrians what to do if confronted with a water-covered road: Turn Around, Don't Drown.http://www.weather.gov/os/water/tadd/ ...Lightning Safety Awareness Week: June 18-24...- June 15, 2006 Reducing the risk of being struck by lightning is the focus of national Lightning Safety Awareness Week, June 18-24. Lightning is most common in the summer months, but can be a hazard throughout the year. And although most lightning victims are struck outdoors, lightning poses a threat to those indoors as well.http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov ...ALBERTO Moving Closer To The Northwestern Gulf Coast Of Florida...- June 13, 2006 A Hurricane WARNING is in effect for the gulf coast of Florida from Longboat Key to the Ochlockonee River. A Tropical Storm WARNING is in effect south of Longboat Key to Englewood...and west of the Ochlockonee River to Indian Pass. A Tropical Storm WARNING is also in effect for the Atlantic coast from Flagler Beach Florida northward to the Savannah River...at the GeorgiaSouth Carolina border. At 7:00 PM CDT the center of Tropical Storm ALBERTO was located near latitude 28.0 North...longitude...http://www.noaawatch.gov/2006/alberto.php ...Tropical Depression ONE Remains Disorganized...- June 11, 2006 At 5:00 AM EDT the center of Tropical Depression ONE was located near latitude 23.5 North...longitude 87.0 West or about 335 miles west-southwest of Key West Florida. Movement is toward the northwest near 9 MPH and a motion to the northwest or north-northwest is expected during the next 24 hours. Maximum sustained winds are near 35 MPH with higher gusts in squalls. The depression could become a tropical storm later today.http://www.noaawatch.gov/2006/tc_at1.php ...The First Tropical Depression of the 2006 Atlantic Season Forms...- June 10, 2006 At 10:00 AM CDT, the poorly-defined center of Tropical Depression ONE was estimated near latitude 21.5 North...longitude 85.6 West or about 45 miles west-southwest of Cabo San Antonio on the western tip of Cuba.http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ ...NOAA Educates Beachgoers On How to Break the Grip Of The Rip...- June 4, 2006 Alerting beachgoers to the threat of rip currents and how to escape their strong and potentially fatal grip is the focus of NOAA's national Rip Current Awareness Week, June 4-10, 2006. Rip currents are narrow channels of fast-moving water that pull swimmers out to sea. Lifeguards rescue tens of thousands of people from rip currents in the U.S. every year, but it is estimated that 100 people are killed by rip currents annually.http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2006/s2639.htm |