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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM HANNA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1223 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

...TROPICAL STORM HANNA THREATENS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF WATCH HILL
RHODE ISLAND TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS INCLUDING BLOCK
ISLAND...MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

AT 1100 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 32.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.1 WEST OR ABOUT 60 MILES EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA.

HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 20 MPH. THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS WITH A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON SATURDAY.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF HANNA SHOULD BE MOVING ACROSS
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA EARLY SATURDAY AND THEN MOVE ALONG THE MID-
ATLANTIC COAST LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ALTHOUGH
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST BEFORE LANDFALL...IT
WOULD ONLY TAKE A SMALL INCREASE IN WIND SPEED FOR HANNA TO BECOME A
HURRICANE. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER LANDFALL AND HANNA SHOULD
BECOME AN EXTRATROPICAL STORM BY EARLY SUNDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 260 MILES...MAINLY
TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE CENTER.

LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WAS 978 MB...28.88 INCHES.

ANZ230>237-250-254-255-MAZ007-015-016-019>024-RIZ002-004>008-
070430-
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BOSTON HARBOR-CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-
BUZZARDS BAY-RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-
BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT 25 NM TO PLYMOUTH MA
OUT 40 NM...INCLUDING THE STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE
SANCTUARY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS
VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-EASTERN ESSEX MA-
SUFFOLK MA-EASTERN NORFOLK MA-EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-
SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-
NANTUCKET MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-
WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-BLOCK ISLAND RI-
1223 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.
UPDATED WIND SECTION AND WIND SPEED PROBABILITIES.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS...

IN RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS...

BLOCK ISLAND SOUND...OUTER COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF RHODE
ISLAND...NARRAGANSETT BAY AND RHODE ISLAND SOUND.

IN MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS...

BOSTON HARBOR...BUZZARDS BAY...CAPE COD BAY...OUTER COASTAL
WATERS EAST OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY...OUTER COASTAL WATERS EAST OF
CAPE COD...NANTUCKET SOUND AND VINEYARD SOUND.

IN MASSACHUSETTS...

EASTERN NORFOLK...SUFFOLK...EASTERN ESSEX...BARNSTABLE...DUKES...
EASTERN PLYMOUTH...NANTUCKET...SOUTHERN BRISTOL AND SOUTHERN
PLYMOUTH COUNTIES.

IN RHODE ISLAND...

BRISTOL...EASTERN KENT...SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE...BLOCK ISLAND...
NEWPORT AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

	FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

A COASTAL STORM SURGE OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. THIS MAY
RESULT IN MINOR COASTAL FLOODING NEAR THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EARLY
SUNDAY MORNING.

COASTAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
COAST WHERE UP TO A 1 FOOT STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED.

TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ARE...
NEWPORT 127 AM SUNDAY...
PROVIDENCE 140 AM SUNDAY...
BOSTON...516 AM SUNDAY...
NANTUCKET...633 AM SUNDAY.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRACK OF
HANNA. IF THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK HOLDS...THE GREATEST RISK OF
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE ACROSS RHODE ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST
MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE CAPE AND ISLANDS.

...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...

FOR BOSTON MA...

THERE IS A 16 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 34 KT /39 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 8 PM SAT AND 8 AM SUN.

FOR HYANNIS MA...

THERE IS A 27 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 34 KT /39 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 8 PM SAT AND 8 AM SUN.

THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 64 KT /74 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 8 PM SAT AND 8 AM SUN.

FOR NANTUCKET MA...

THERE IS A 31 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 34 KT /39 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 8 PM SAT AND 8 AM SUN.

FOR PROVIDENCE RI...

THERE IS A 22 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 34 KT /39 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 8 PM SAT AND 8 AM SUN.

...TORNADOES...

AN ISOLATED WEAK TORNADO OR WATERSPOUT IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 6 AM.

$$

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WINDHAM CT-WESTERN NORFOLK MA-NORTHERN BRISTOL MA-
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA-NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI-WESTERN KENT RI-
1223 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS...

IN CONNECTICUT...

WINDHAM COUNTY.

IN MASSACHUSETTS...

WESTERN NORFOLK...NORTHERN BRISTOL AND WESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTIES.

IN RHODE ISLAND...

NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE AND WESTERN KENT COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

	FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT.

...TORNADOES...

AN ISOLATED WEAK TORNADO IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 6 AM.

$$

KJC




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