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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM HANNA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
848 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

...TROPICAL STORM HANNA REMAINS ON TRACK TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE
INTO SUNDAY MORNING...

.AT 8 AM EDT...1200 UTC...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS
DISCONTINUED FROM CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWARD.  A TROPICAL
STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NORTH OF CAPE FEAR NORTH
CAROLINA TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING PAMLICO AND
ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...ALL OF CHESAPEAKE BAY...THE TIDAL POTOMAC...
WASHINGTON D.C...DELAWARE BAY...NEW YORK HARBOR...LONG ISLAND
SOUND...BLOCK ISLAND...MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET.  A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY
YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.

AT 800 AM EDT...1200Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.1 WEST OR ABOUT
20 MILES...30 KM...NORTH-NORTHWEST OF GOLDSBORO NORTH CAROLINA.
THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 40 MILES...65 KM...EAST-SOUTHEAST OF
RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA.

HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 22 MPH...
35 KM/HR. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST WITH AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TOMORROW.  ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF HANNA WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA THIS MORNING...ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST LATER TODAY
AND TONIGHT.... AND ALONG THE COAST OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED
STATES AND SOUTHEASTERN CANADA ON SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO NEAR 50 MPH...
80 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.  LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  HANNA IS EXPECTED TO
LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS BY LATE SUNDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES...
325 KM FROM THE CENTER.  GOLDSBORO RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST
OF 52 MPH...83 KM/HR.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY.
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS
EXPECTED TODAY IN ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS AND IN CHESAPEAKE
BAY...WHICH WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT AFTER HANNA QUICKLY PASSES TO
THE NORTHEAST.

HANNA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
6 INCHES FROM CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES...SOUTHERN NEW YORK...
AND INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
10 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD PRODUCE FLASH
FLOODING ACROSS THESE REGIONS.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA...EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND SOUTHERN MARYLAND.

CTZ009>012-NJZ005-006-011-NYZ071>081-062000-
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SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
848 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS...

	SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...
	SOUTHERN NEW LONDON...ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION...SOUTHERN
	WESTCHESTER...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...BRONX...RICHMOND (STATEN
	ISLAND)...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...QUEENS...NASSAU...NORTHWESTERN
	SUFFOLK...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...
	SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

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

	FLOOD WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HOME OWNERS ARE URGED TO SECURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS. GARBAGE
CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN EASILY BECOME PROJECTILES WITH THE
ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS
ARE URGED TO STOCK UP ON BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS...DRINKING WATER
AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS. PEOPLE ARE ALSO URGED TO REMAIN INDOORS
DURING THE STORM AS THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL RESULT IN LOOSE SOIL AND THE THREAT OF DOWNED TREES...LARGE
TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

COASTAL STORM SURGE OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS
EXPECTED AS HANNA PASSES FROM NEW YORK HARBOR...ACROSS LONG ISLAND
INTO EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS. WE CURRENTLY ARE IN A PERIOD OF NEAP
TIDES...WHICH RESULTS IN LOW ASTRONOMICAL TIDES. AS A
RESULT...SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME. HOWEVER...HIGH SEAS AND ROUGH SURF COULD RESULT IN SLIGHTLY
HIGHER WATER LEVELS...AND SOME SPLASH OVER...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE.

ROUGH SURF OF AROUND 10 FEET AT ATLANTIC BEACHES WILL CAUSE MINOR
TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING.

THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ARE AS FOLLOWS...

AT SANDY HOOK...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 115 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 139 AM SUNDAY.

AT THE BATTERY...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 101 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 125 AM SUNDAY.

AT EAST ROCKAWAY INLET...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 108 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 132 AM SUNDAY.

AT JONES INLET...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 1255 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 119 AM SUNDAY.

AT SHINNECOCK INLET...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 115 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 139 AM SUNDAY.

AT MONTAUK POINT...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 234 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 257 AM SUNDAY.

AT BRIDGEPORT CT...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 440 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 518 AM SUNDAY.

AT NEW HAVEN CT...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 439 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 517 AM SUNDAY.

AT NEW LONDON CT...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 300 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 332 AM SUNDAY.

...WINDS...

AS THE STORM TRACKS FROM NEW YORK HARBOR...ACROSS LONG
ISLAND...INTO EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS...HANNA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...MAINLY EAST OF THE
CENTER. IF THE STORM MOVES AS FORECAST...RAIN BANDS NORTHWEST OF
THE CENTER COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

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

FOR MONTAUK POINT...

THERE IS A 65 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 34 KT /39 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 2 AM AND 2 AM SUN.

THERE IS A 4 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 64 KT /74 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 2 AM AND 2 AM SUN.

FOR NEW YORK CITY...

THERE IS A 41 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 34 KT /39 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 2 AM AND 2 AM SUN.

THERE IS A 1 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 64 KT /74 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 2 AM AND 2 AM SUN.

FOR NEWARK NJ...

THERE IS A 29 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 34 KT /39 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 2 AM AND 2 AM SUN.

...INLAND FLOODING...

THERE WILL BE TWO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THIS WEEKEND. THE FIRST
HAS ALREADY OCCURRED EARLY THIS MORNING WITH GENERALLY ONE HALF
TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE
SECOND...AS HANNA PASSES NEARBY...WILL OCCUR FROM THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...RESULTING IN AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES
OF RAIN. HIGHER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE RAIN BANDS
ARE THE MOST PERSISTENT. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS...AS WELL AS
MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.

BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING BEGINS TO OCCUR.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY FLOODING
WHILE DRIVING...TURN AROUND.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE TRACK OF HANNA.
THIS WILL KEEP THE GREATEST THREAT OF TORNADOES MAINLY OVER LONG
ISLAND AND EASTERN CONNECTICUT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND NOON.


$$

CTZ005>008-NJZ002>004-NYZ067>070-062000-
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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
848 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 AM EDT SUNDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS...

	NORTHERN FAIRFIELD...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX...
	NORTHERN NEW LONDON...WESTERN PASSAIC...BERGEN...EASTERN
	PASSAIC...ORANGE...PUTNAM...ROCKLAND...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

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

	FLOOD WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HOME OWNERS ARE URGED TO SECURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS. GARBAGE
CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN EASILY BECOME PROJECTILES WITH THE
ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS
ARE URGED TO STOCK UP ON BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS...DRINKING WATER
AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS. PEOPLE ARE ALSO URGED TO REMAIN INDOORS
DURING THE STORM AS THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL RESULT IN LOOSE SOIL AND THE THREAT OF DOWNED TREES...LARGE
TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

...WINDS...

AS THE STORM TRACKS FROM NEW YORK HARBOR...ACROSS LONG
ISLAND...INTO EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS...HANNA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...OVER THE LOWER HUDSON
VALLEY AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...AND OF 30
TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF INTERIOR
SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT. THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED IN
STRONGER RAIN BANDS...ESPECIALLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

THERE WILL BE TWO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THIS WEEKEND. THE FIRST
HAS ALREADY OCCURRED EARLY THIS MORNING WITH GENERALLY ONE HALF
TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE
SECOND...AS HANNA PASSES NEARBY...WILL OCCUR FROM THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...RESULTING IN AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 6 INCHES
OF RAIN. HIGHER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE RAIN BANDS
ARE THE MOST PERSISTENT. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS...AS WELL AS
MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.

BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING BEGINS TO OCCUR.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY FLOODING
WHILE DRIVING...TURN AROUND.

...TORNADOES...

THE GREATEST THREAT FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES FROM THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL BE OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT.


...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND NOON.

$$

ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-062000-
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LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY-
LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY-
NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS-
SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY-
MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM-
FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM-
SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM-
848 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS...

	LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY...LONG
	ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY...NEW YORK
	HARBOR...PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS...SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM
	JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY...MORICHES INLET NY TO
	MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM...FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES
	INLET NY OUT 20 NM...SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT
	20 NM.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS A TROPICAL STORM CAN POSE IS TO THE
BOATING COMMUNITY. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL
THE TROPICAL STORM THREAT HAS PASSED. BOAT OWNERS AND MARINA
OPERATORS IN THE WARNING AREA SHOULD PREPARE QUICKLY FOR TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS.


...WINDS...

AS THE STORM TRACKS FROM NEW YORK HARBOR...ACROSS LONG
ISLAND...INTO EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS...HANNA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 40 TO 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT...MAINLY EAST OF THE
CENTER. IF THE STORM MOVES AS FORECAST...THESE STRONGEST WINDS
WILL REMAIN OVER THE WATERS SOUTH AND ALONG THE EASTERN PORTION OF
LONG ISLAND.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE
TRACK OF HANNA...WITH THE GREATEST THREAT OVER THE WATERS NEAR
EASTERN LONG ISLAND.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND NOON.

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