Tropical Storm Alerts Canceled
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Updated: 9:21 AM Jul 21, 2008
Tropical Storm Alerts Canceled
Tropical Storm Cristobal weakens as it rumbles off the North Carolina coast. Click this story to view photo gallery of Cristobal from WITN News.
Posted: 5:48 PM Jul 18, 2008
Reporter: Bill Wilson, Lynnette Taylor, Heather King
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All tropical storm warnings from Tropical Storm Cristobal in North Carolina have been canceled.

Tropical Storm Cristobal dumped rain and brought rough seas to our coast Sunday, and forecasters predicted the system was headed for the open Atlantic.

Scroll down to view our Tropical Storm Cristobal photo gallery from Atlantic Beach

At 5 a.m. Monday, the center of the storm was about 110 miles northeast of Cape Hatteras. Maximum sustained winds picked up to 50 miles per hour.

It's continuing to move toward the northeast at about 13 mph as it heads out to sea.

The next update from the National Hurricane Center is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday.

Emergency management officials in Carteret County said there were no major flooding from Cristobal, but were concerned about people getting into the ocean due to the strong waves.

In Hyde County authorities urged beachgoers to stay out of the ocean because of the danger of rip currents.

Meteorologist Rich Bandy at the National Weather Service said the strong winds were on the eastern side of the storm, away from land.

"The only wind impacts are going to be on the immediate coast from Cape Lookout up to Oregon Inlet and that should be the worst of it," Bandy said of the northeast part of the state. The storm was expected to start pulling away from its coastline track about midnight after it passed Cape Hatteras, Bandy said.

This is the first storm to threaten the U.S. this hurricane season, which runs through Nov. 30.

To track Cristobal, click here for the WITN Hurricane Center.



When severe weather strikes, stay tuned to WITN for the latest from Advanced VIPIR. Chief Meteorologist Marvin Daugherty and meteorologists Jim Howard, Bob Trihy and Greg Armbrecht will work around the clock to give you the latest information and any warnings.

You can also tune into WITN's 24/7 weather channel. You can watch it on our website, witn.com, as well as over the air on 7.2, on Suddenlink Digital Cable Channel 167 and Time Warner Digital Cable on Channel 931. Also, don't forget to download First Alert Weather for Your Desktop, absolutely free! Just go to the top of witn.com homepage and click on the icon.

If you have any weather pictures, please send them to photos@witntv.com.


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Posted by: J Location: Gville on Jul 21, 2008 at 08:45 AM

Its a storm, not a pronounciation test. We care about what happens to our beautiful NC coast NOT how to pronounce the name. Please get over it. Second I wish the weather channels would relax some when announcing storms. The Outer Banks was absolutely beautiful this weekend. Its rained for about 2 minutes and NOT along the beach. I was there Saturday AND Sunday until late. I think people just get freaked out to easily. David...I am right there with you. I canthelp but just shake my head at people and its NOT just people buying usual groceries, its when they hear the word STORM, they freak out. Milk is the LAST thing i would buy! ha

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Posted by: who cares Location: right here on Jul 20, 2008 at 05:56 PM

Who cares what you call it. It is a storm. All most people care about is where it is going not what you call it. Some people need to get a life.
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Posted by: Bizarre Location: Greenville on Jul 20, 2008 at 05:04 PM

Umm.... most of us come on here or watch TV, listen to radio to find out if the weather is going to affect our area. Perhaps if it might get dangerous or if there are and advisories. Not to be schooled on how to pronounce the latest storm. To Señor Bilingual.....get a hobby!
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