Hermine Update (Friday Morning) from the National Weather Service and Vance County Emergency Management Director Brian Short

Late Morning Update:

The director of Vance County Emergency Management, Brian Short, provided an additional email to the one listed below to local emergency preparedness teams, and he said, “Attached is some additional information from North Carolina Emergency Management that is a bit more detailed than what I forwarded out earlier today. Essentially nothing has changed, but have a look in particular to the slide that shows the expected rainfall totals.”  (Click here to view this full update and Tropical Weather Outlook.)

Early Morning Update:

The director of Vance County Emergency Management, Brian Short, said in an email to local emergency preparedness teams this morning by email, “Please see the latest informational briefing from the NWS regarding Tropical Storm Hermine. As you can see, not much has changed from the previous briefing for our area.”

(Click here to view the full briefing)

Short’s email continued, “Officially, we are forecast to receive 2 to 6 inches of rain (though I believe realistically 2 to 3 inches is more likely) with wind gusts of around 30 MPH.

“Our biggest threat we believe will be localized flash flooding particularly in areas that are historically known to flood and possibly a few downed trees. Widespread power outages are not expected, however a few isolated outages may occur.

“At this point we do not believe that we need to convene our Advisory Group or have any sort of formal briefing session, however we will continue to keep everyone informed as the situation matures.

“Our office will remain poised to implement additional emergency protection if it should become necessary.”