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

...HANNA MOVING OVER THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...

.AT 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 37.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 76.6 WEST OR JUST NORTHEAST
OF WILLIAMSBURG VIRGINIA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 55
MILES...NORTH NORTHWEST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA.

HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER
OF HANA WILL MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN MID ATLANTIC STATES THIS
AFTERNOON...NEAR OR OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT AND
SUNDAY...AND NEAR THE CANADIAN MARITIMES SUNDAY NIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. HOWEVER...HANNA IS FORECAST TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
ON SUNDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES FROM
THE CENTER. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SUSTAINED WINDS OF 4O TO
45 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 60 MPH NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS INTO
SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 993 MB...29.18 INCHES.


CTZ009>012-NJZ005-006-011-NYZ071>081-071845-
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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-
231 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION UPDATED
PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS REMOVED

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN
COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST NEW
YORK...INCLUDING ALL OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND...AND
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

...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 UP TO 10 FEET AT ATLANTIC BEACHES WILL CAUSE MINOR
TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ARE AS FOLLOWS...

AT SANDY HOOK...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 139 AM SUNDAY.

AT THE BATTERY...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 125 AM SUNDAY.

AT EAST ROCKAWAY INLET...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 132 AM SUNDAY.

AT JONES INLET...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 119 AM SUNDAY.

AT SHINNECOCK INLET...
HIGH TIDE IS 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 JUST SOUTH OF 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 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER.

...INLAND FLOODING...

AS HANNA PASSES NEARBY...HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...RESULTING IN AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES
OF RAIN. HIGHER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE QUITE 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 ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE TRACK OF HANNA.
THIS WILL KEEP THE GREATEST THREAT OF TORNADOES MAINLY OVER
EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.


...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM.

$$

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
231 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM INFORMATION

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN
INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST NEW
YORK...AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

...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 JUST SOUTH OF 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...

AS HANNA PASSES NEARBY...HEAVY RAIN FALL WILL OCCUR FROM LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...RESULTING IN AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES
OF RAIN. HIGHER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ARE QUITE 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 LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT WILL BE OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM.

$$

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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-
231 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.
UPDATED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINERS IN OR
WITH INTERESTS IN THE COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK NJ TO WATCH
HILL RI OUT 20 NM...INCLUDING NEW YORK HARBOR...LONG ISLAND SOUND
AND THE SOUTH SHORE AND EAST END BAYS OF LONG ISLAND.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS 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
WINDS AND SEAS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AFTER HANNA HAS PASSED.

...WINDS...

AS THE STORM TRACKS JUST SOUTH OF 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 SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM.

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