[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS81 KBOX 170913
HLSBOX
MAZ019>024-ANZ231>237-254-255-171330-

TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
510 AM EDT SAT SEP 17 2005

...WINDS FROM TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA WILL JUST BRUSH THE OUTER CAPE
AND ISLANDS THIS MORNING...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS IN
COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING
NANTUCKET...DUKES...BARNSTABLE AND COASTAL PLYMOUTH COUNTIES.

...WATCHES AND WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WOODS HOLE TO
PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING CAPE COD...MARTHAS
VINEYARD...NANTUCKET AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE TROPICAL
STORM WARNING FROM WESTPORT TO WOODS HOLE HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON FOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 39.5 NORTH AND LONGITUDE 70.7 WEST.  THIS IS ABOUT 130
MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NANTUCKET.  OPHELIA WAS MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH.  A CONTINUED INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS
EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

ON THIS EXPECTED TRACK...OPHELIA WILL PASS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET ISLAND AROUND MIDDAY.

...WIND IMPACTS...
A FEW HOURS OF SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY ON
NANTUCKET LATER THIS MORNING.  TROPICAL STORM FORCE GUSTS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE IN HEAVIER RAIN BANDS ACROSS MARTHAS VINEYARD AND THE OUTER
CAPE.

OPHELIA IS CONTINUING TO LOSE ITS TROPICAL CHARACTER...AND THE WIND
FIELD TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE STORM CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO
GRADUALLY WEAKEN.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED BETWEEN WESTPORT
AND WOODS HOLE...AND THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
DISCONTINUED FOR THAT PORTION OF THE COASTLINE.

REMEMBER...WINDS OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE CAN BLOW ABOUT LIGHT
UNSECURED OBJECTS AND CAN BRING DOWN SMALL TREES AND LARGE TREE
BRANCHES RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
A STORM SURGE OF 1 TO 3 FEET MAY OCCUR ON TOP OF THE EXPECTED
ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LATE THIS MORNING.  THIS COULD CAUSE MINOR COASTAL
FLOODING ALONG SOME EAST AND NORTHEAST FACING SHORELINES ON
NANTUCKET...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND THE OUTER CAPE.

THE STRONGEST NORTHEAST WINDS SHOULD COINCIDE WITH THE LATE MORNING
AND MIDDAY HIGH TIDE.  HIGH TIDES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 11 AM AND 1 PM
FOR THE OUTER CAPE...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET.

TIDE ELEVATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
LOCATION           FLOOD      HIGH TIDE         STORM TIDE
                   (NGVD)      (NGVD)        (3 FT SURGE NGVD)
NANTUCKET HARBOR   4.2 FT   1.7 FT/1205 PM        4.7 FT

...RIVER AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD IMPACTS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS
ARE EXPECTED FOR SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS THIS MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH
COUNTY...CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET.

SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING MAY OCCUR. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY RAIN
MAY ALSO CAUSE A FEW SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.

..PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ALL PREPARATIONS FOR OPHELIA ACROSS CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS SHOULD
BE COMPLETED AT THIS TIME. PEOPLE SHOULD STAY CLEAR OF THE
WATER...SINCE THE HIGH SURF WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG
SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND BEACHES. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE STEADILY
THIS AFTERNOON.

MORE DETAILED PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ARE CONTAINED IN SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENTS /BOSSPSBOX/ ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
TAUNTON.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 830 AM EDT.

$$

THOMPSON





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