[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM KYLE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1135 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008

...TROPICAL STORM KYLE INTENSIFYING AS IT MOVES NORTH...

.AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS EAST OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM THE MERRIMACK
RIVER TO NANTUCKET. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36
HOURS.

INTERESTS ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF KYLE.

AT 1100 AM EDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.6 WEST OR ABOUT
280 MILES...WEST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 635 MILES...SOUTH OF NANTUCKET
MASSACHUSETTS.

KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY...
AND A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OR SUNDAY.
ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF KYLE SHOULD BE NEAR EASTERN
NEW ENGLAND OR THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY LATE SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND KYLE COULD
BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES FROM THE
CENTER. THE CENTER OF KYLE IS PASSING NEAR NOAA BUOY 41048...WHICH
RECENTLY REPORTED 1-MINUTE AVERAGE WINDS OF 56 MPH...AND A WIND GUST
OF 65 MPH.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES.
BUOY 41048 REPORTED A PRESSURE OF 1000 MB...29.52 INCHES...AT 1100 AM
EDT.

MAZ022-024-281545-
/O.NEW.KBOX.HU.S.0001.080927T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-NANTUCKET MA-
1135 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008

...TROPICAL STORM KYLE WILL BRUSH CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET...

...NEW INFORMATION...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

IN MASSACHUSETTS...

BARNSTABLE AND NANTUCKET COUNTIES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

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

	HIGH SURF ADVISORY.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

A STORM SURGE OF 0.5 TO 1.0 FT SHOULD IMPACT THE EAST COASTS OF CAPE
COD AND NANTUCKET DURING THE MORNING HIGH TIDE SUNDAY.

...WINDS...

THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM KYLE SHOULD REMAIN OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...SOME
WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...OR 39 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED.

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

FOR HYANNIS MA...

THERE IS A 45 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 34 KT /39 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 8 AM AND 8 PM SUN.

THERE IS A 3 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 64 KT /74 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 8 AM AND 8 PM SUN.

FOR NANTUCKET MA...

THERE IS A 54 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 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 64 KT /74 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 8 AM AND 8 PM SUN.

...INLAND FLOODING...

PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED...BUT SHOULD ONLY LEAD TO
MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR-DRAINAGE AREAS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 2 PM.

$$

ANZ250-254-281545-
/O.NEW.KBOX.TR.A.0001.080927T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
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-
1135 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE LATEST FORECAST FOR TROPICAL STORM KYLE TAKES THE EYE OF THE
STORM APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES EAST OF NANTUCKET SOMETIME LATE TONIGHT
INTO SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM KYLE IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE AS
IT MOVES BY SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

IN MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS...

OUTER COASTAL WATERS EAST OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND OUTER COASTAL
WATERS EAST OF CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...WINDS...

THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM KYLE SHOULD REMAIN OFFSHORE. HOWEVER...
SUSTAINED WINDS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...OR 39 MPH OR GREATER...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

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

TOWARD NANTUCKET...

THERE IS A 54 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 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 64 KT /74 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 8 AM AND 8 PM SUN.

FARTHER NORTH...

THERE IS A 33 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 34 KT /39 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 8 PM SAT AND 8 AM SUN.

THERE IS LESS THAN A 3 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 64 KT /74 MPH/ OR
GREATER...MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 8 AM AND 8 PM SUN.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 2 PM.

$$

ANZ231-232-255-281545-
/O.NEW.KBOX.HU.S.0001.080927T1535Z-000000T0000Z/
CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO BLOCK ISLAND RI TO MARTHAS
VINEYARD MA TO NANTUCKET MA SOUTHEAST TO 20 NM-
1135 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008

...TROPICAL STORM KYLE WILL BRUSH CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET...

...NEW INFORMATION...

THE LATEST FORECAST FOR TROPICAL STORM KYLE TAKES THE EYE OF THE
STORM APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES EAST OF NANTUCKET SOMETIME LATE
TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM KYLE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE AS
IT MOVES BY SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

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

IN MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS...

CAPE COD BAY AND NANTUCKET SOUND.

IN RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS...

OUTER COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF NANTUCKET AND RHODE ISLAND.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...WINDS...

THE STRONGEST WINDS FROM KYLE SHOULD REMAIN WELL EAST OF THIS AREA.
HOWEVER...SOME WIND GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE...OR 39 MPH OR
GREATER ARE EXPECTED.

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

TOWARD NANTUCKET...

THERE IS A 54 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 5 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 64 KT /74 MPH/ OR GREATER...
MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 8 AM AND 8 PM SUN.

FARTHER WEST...

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 LESS THAN A 3 PERCENT CHANCE OF WINDS 64 KT /74 MPH/ OR
GREATER...MOST LIKELY TO BEGIN BETWEEN 8 AM AND 8 PM SUN.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 2 PM.

$$


BELK/GOULD




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