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

...HANNA ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE...MOVING TOWARD LONG ISLAND...

AT 800 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 39.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 74.6 WEST OR NEAR ATLANTIC
CITY NEW JERSEY. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTH
SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY AND 120 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ISLIP NEW
YORK.

HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 28 MPH. THIS GENERAL
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER
OF HANNA WILL MOVE ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
TONIGHT.

INFORMATION FROM SHIPS...BUOYS...AND NOAA DOPPLER WEATHER RADARS
INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 55 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...
MAINLY OVER WATER TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTER. DURING
THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...TWO SHIPS NEAR THE MOUTH OF DELAWARE
BAY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 49 MPH...AND 46 MPH.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE BASED ON A RECENT REPORT
FROM A NOAA BUOY IN DELAWARE BAY IS 992 MB...29.29 INCHES.


CTZ009>012-NJZ005-006-011-NYZ071>081-070500-
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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-
900 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM INFORMATION
UPDATED INLAND FLOODING

...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...

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...

TIDE LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 FEET ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THE HIGH TIDE CYCLE TONIGHT. FORTUNATELY...THIS IS THE
LOWER OF THE TWO DAILY HIGH TIDES. IN ADDITION...WE ARE CURRENTLY
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 AROUND 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 217 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 257 AM SUNDAY.

AT BRIDGEPORT CT...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 518 AM SUNDAY.

AT NEW HAVEN CT...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 517 AM SUNDAY.

AT NEW LONDON CT...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 332 AM SUNDAY.

...WINDS...

WIND HAVE INCREASED ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS TO BETWEEN 15 AND 25
MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. AS THE STORM TRACKS
ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT 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...

ACROSS THE REGION...RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THUS FAR ARE GENERALLY
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. AS HANNA
PASSES NEARBY...RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...
RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES.
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE RAIN BANDS ARE THE MOST PERSISTENT.
SEVERAL OF THE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE EXCEEDED BANKFULL
ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TO RISE THIS EVENING...BEFORE CRESTING OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY.
FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS WILL ALSO
CONTINUE THIS EVENING.

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 THROUGH LATE
EVENING.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED SHORTLY AFTER 11 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-
900 PM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT
SUNDAY...

...NEW INFORMATION...

UPDATED STORM INFORMATION
UPDATED INLAND FLOODING

...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...

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 THE JERSEY COAST...TO ACROSS LONG
ISLAND...AND 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 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...

ACROSS THE REGION...RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS THUS FAR ARE BETWEEN
2 AND 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS. AS HANNA PASSES
NEARBY...RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...
RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 TO 2 INCHES.
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE RAIN BANDS ARE THE MOST
PERSISTENT. SEVERAL OF THE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE EXCEEDED
BANKFULL ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. RIVER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO RISE THIS EVENING... BEFORE CRESTING OVERNIGHT AND
EARLY SUNDAY. FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN
AREAS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THIS EVENING.

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 THIS EVENING WILL BE
OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED SHORTLY AFTER 11 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-
900 PM 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 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 TONIGHT...HANNA IS
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 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 11 PM.

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