Hurricane Florence; North Carolina, USA
NOAA initial notification: “Florence become a major hurricane on Monday September 10. Landfall is expected near the Cape Fear/Wilmington, NC area later in the week. NWS expects significant storm surge, elevated wind speeds, heavy rains, flooding, high surf and dangerous rip currents. This hotline was […]”[1]
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Posted 17 Oct 2018
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“The following is available at: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/214ba33 Photo Release Oct. 17, 2018 U.S. Coast Guard Hurricane Florence Response Contact: ESF-10 Unified Command Joint Information Center Fayetteville, N.C.: (757) 633-2607 ESF10Florence@gmail.com Hurricane Florence online newsroom PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard, Federal and State partners […]” Current outcome is not independently verified by seahazards.[3]
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3 dated source records · 9 Sept 2018 to 17 Oct 2018NOAA incident record opened
Initial notification excerpt: “Florence become a major hurricane on Monday September 10. Landfall is expected near the Cape Fear/Wilmington, NC area later in the week. NWS expects significant storm surge, elevated wind speeds, heavy rains, flooding, high surf and dangerous rip currents. This hotline was opened to capture information about the storm.”
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Milestone 1 of 3: 9 Sept 2018. NOAA incident record opened. NOAA approximate incident area; not a vessel track
NOAA incident record opened
Initial notification excerpt: “Florence become a major hurricane on Monday September 10. Landfall is expected near the Cape Fear/Wilmington, NC area later in the week. NWS expects significant storm surge, elevated wind speeds, heavy rains, flooding, high surf and dangerous rip currents. This hotline was opened to capture information about the storm.”
NOAA approximate incident area; not a vessel track (33.980°, -77.959°)
Unified Command begins removing pollution from vessels in wake of Hurricane Florence (update #2)
Source report excerpt: “Photo Release Oct. 10, 2018 U.S. Coast Guard Hurricane Florence Response Contact: ESF-10 Unified Command Joint Information Center (757) 633-2607 Hurricane Florence online newsroom Unified Command begins removing pollution from vessels in wake of Hurricane Florence (update #2) Editor’s note: media interested in observing assessment or recovery operations along the North Carolina coast can contact the ESF-10 Joint Information Center at (757) 633-2607. FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Response crews from Emergency Support Function #10 (ESF #10) North Carolina Unified Command began operations to remove pollution from vessels sunk or displaced by Hurricane Florence, Friday. “We’re pleased to see how many […]”
USCG Photo Release, 17-OCT-2018
Source report excerpt: “The following is available at: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/214ba33 Photo Release Oct. 17, 2018 U.S. Coast Guard Hurricane Florence Response Contact: ESF-10 Unified Command Joint Information Center Fayetteville, N.C.: (757) 633-2607 ESF10Florence@gmail.com Hurricane Florence online newsroom PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard, Federal and State partners mitigate pollution in Carteret County, N.C. Editors' Note: Click on images to download high resolution version. ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. — The Emergency Support Function-10 Unified Command, comprised of the U.S. Coast Guard and the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, coordinated efforts with multiple assisting […]”
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- 1.Hurricane Florence; North Carolina, USA ↗NOAA Office of Response and Restoration · 9 Sept 2018
- 2.Unified Command begins removing pollution from vessels in wake of Hurricane Florence (update #2) ↗NOAA IncidentNews · source report archive · 10 Oct 2018
- 3.USCG Photo Release, 17-OCT-2018 ↗NOAA IncidentNews · source report archive · 17 Oct 2018
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NOAAORR-9789 NOAA response record
Hurricane Florence; North Carolina, USA. North Carolina, USA. 1. Florence become a major hurricane on Monday September 10. Landfall is expected near the Cape Fear/Wilmington, NC area later in the week. NWS expects significant storm surge, elevated wind speeds, heavy rains, flooding, high surf and dangerous rip currents. This hotline was opened to capture information about the storm. 2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: FUEL AND HAZMATS. TAGS: HURRICANE. 3. POSITION 33.980N 077.959W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 9789: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/9789Open record and warning history →
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