Thursday, March 15, 2012

Gabrielle Moves Toward North Carolina

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Subtropical Storm Gabrielle moved toward the East Coast, where a tropical storm warning was in effect for North Carolina's shoreline early Saturday.

"It's going to get a little gnarly," said 51-year-old Sharon Peele Kennedy, a lifetime resident of the Outer Banks who works at the Hatteras Harbor Marina in Hatteras, N.C.

"We're securing, but not too fast," she said. "There's no evacuation issue at all. This is just a little breeze."

The National Hurricane Center forecast called for Gabrielle to brush North Carolina's Outer Banks on Sunday afternoon, with maximum winds of between 60 and 65 mph, before curving back out into the Atlantic. …

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