United_States_and_Canada Hurricane_Hanna

tropical storm hanna approaching south carolina on september 6

at 09:00 utc on september 4, tropical storm watch issued mouth of altamaha river in georgia edisto beach, south carolina. simultaneously, hurricane watch posted edisto beach surf city in north carolina. hurricane watch extended further north ocracoke inlet, north carolina, @ 15:00 utc on september 4. 3 hours later, tropical storm warning became in effect mouth of savannah river in georgia north carolina–virginia state line, included albemarle , pamlico sounds; hurricane watch extended currituck beach light in north carolina. @ 21:00 utc on september 4, tropical storm watch issued north carolina–virginia state line great egg harbor bay in new jersey , included tidal portions of potomac river chesapeake bay, washington, d.c., , delaware bay. on september 5 @ 09:00 utc, tropical storm warning in effect mouth of altamaha river currituck beach light extended northward chincoteague, virginia , included portion of chesapeake bay.

the tropical storm watch north carolina–virginia state line great egg harbor northward extended sandy hook, new jersey, while portion south of chincoteague discontinued @ 0:900 utc on september 5. tropical storm watch upgraded tropical storm warning @ 15:00 utc on september 5. simultaneously, tropical storm watch issued @ 09:00 utc extended further north watch hill, rhode island. around 21:00 utc on september 5, tropical storm watch, stretched sandy hook watch hill, again expanded mouth of merrimack river in massachusetts. next day, tropical storm warning south of edisto beach discontinued, while hurricane watch south of mouth of santee river in south carolina canceled. @ 03:00 utc on september 6, portion of tropical storm watch sandy hook watch hill upgraded tropical storm warning , further merrimack river 6 hours later. thereafter, tropical cyclone warnings , watches gradually discontinued, until none remained @ 09:00 utc on september 7.

hanna caused rainfall far inland huntington, west virginia

from florida new york, amtrak canceled train routes run through southeast united states. in florida, governor charlie crist declared state of emergency hanna appeared threat. governor crist declined attend republican national convention in saint paul, minnesota , remarked that, ve got lot coming @ us, , think s important here ... haven t been in communication @ rnc ... our focus needs stay on these storms. national aeronautics , space administration (nasa) announced movement of space shuttle atlantis launchpad flight sts-125 kennedy space center pushed day due threat of hanna.

on september 5, rural water associations in carolinas , neighboring states prepared staff , equipment respond emergencies. associations activated mutual aid networks, preparing landfall of hanna , hurricane ike while still providing assistance areas impacted hurricane gustav. in wilmington, north carolina, university of north carolina @ wilmington canceled classes , activities friday, september 5, , saturday, september 6, in preparation storm, , issued advised voluntary evacuation. uncw officially closed @ noon on friday, , reopened @ noon on saturday, after storm had passed. wagoner dining hall, randall library, , student recreation center reopened students. classes resumed regular schedules on monday, september 8.

hanna s effects in new york city

christopher newport university in newport news, virginia, canceled class , activities on friday , saturday , issued mandatory evacuation due fears of power outage. college of william & mary , old dominion university nearby had not made similar plans. old dominion university , nearby neighboring school norfolk state university did cancel classes both friday afternoon, , saturday, due possibilities of heavy rain , wind. 2 other hampton roads schools, regent university , virginia wesleyan college, did not close on friday, regent closed on saturday, while virginia wesleyan canceled classes on saturday otherwise remained open.

on friday, september 5, nascar announced postpone nascar nationwide series emerson radio 250 (scheduled run evening) , next day s nascar sprint cup series chevy rock , roll 400 until sunday afternoon after hanna had moved north of virginia. both races held @ richmond international raceway in henrico county, virginia. delay in storm during day on september 6, open tennis tournament went on, canceled rains came. nearby @ shea stadium, baseball game between new york mets , philadelphia phillies cancelled in advance of storm, rescheduled day-night doubleheader on september 7.

power companies on long island preparing minimal hurricane , first real test of new york s readiness strong storm impacting region. in nassau county, phone calls attempted volunteer fire departments, simultaneously calls being made 193,000 residences west nile virus, slowing down phone connections. on 800 workers on standby in case happen due storm.

in canada, emergency measures organization of canadian province of new brunswick issued warning on september 5 expect significant rainfall , localized flooding on september 7 , september 8.