[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM KYLE LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
1152 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008

...KYLE EXPECTED TO IMPACT DOWNEAST MAINE...

.AT 11 AM EDT...1500 UTC...A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
COAST OF MAINE FROM STONINGTON TO EASTPORT.  A HURRICANE WATCH
MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH
AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.

INTERESTS ELSEWHERE IN NEW ENGLAND AND THE CANADIAN MARITIMES
SHOULD MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF 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...450 KM...WEST OF BERMUDA AND ABOUT 635 MILES... 1025
KM...SOUTH OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS.

KYLE IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH...24 KM/HR.
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 THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF
KYLE IS FORECAST TO BE NEAR EASTERN NEW ENGLAND OR THE CANADIAN
MARITIMES LATE SUNDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...110 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  SOME STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...
AND KYLE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB...29.47 INCHES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES...NEW
BRUNSWICK...AND NOVA SCOTIA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

ANZ050>052-MEZ029-030-281600-
/O.COR.KCAR.HU.A.1011.080927T1552Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS FROM EASTPORT ME TO SCHOODIC POINT ME OUT 25 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT ME TO STONINGTON ME OUT 25 NM-
INTRACOASTAL WATERS FROM SCHOODIC POINT ME TO STONINGTON ME-
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
1152 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008

...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND SOUTHEAST MAINE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COAST OF MAINE FROM
STONINGTON TO EASTPORT AND THE COASTAL WATERS. HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER COASTAL WATERS ON SUNDAY AND COASTAL
LOCATIONS BY SUNDAY EVENING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS BEFORE HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS ARRIVE. BE PREPARED FOR EXTENDED POWER OUTAGES...CHECK FOR
BATTERIES OR OTHER POWER SOURCES. STORE DRINKING WATER AND NON-
PERISHABLE FOOD. FILL VEHICLES WITH GASOLINE. SECURE LAWN
FURNITURE AND OTHER LOOSE ITEMS. CHECK BOATS TO BE SURE THEY ARE
MOORED SECURELY OR MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

THE TRACK OF KYLE STILL REMAINS UNCERTAIN. THERE WILL BE A
POTENTIAL STORM SURGE MAINLY ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER
OF THE STORM. IN ADDITION THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE
MONITORING THE PATH OF KYLE AND OTHER MITIGATING FACTORS SUCH AS
THE TIDAL CYCLE. STAY TUNE TO SUBSEQUENT FORECAST FOR SPECIFIC
INFORMATION.

...WINDS...

AS KYLE NEARS LAND FALL SUNDAY NIGHT WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE
NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 55 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME NORTHWEST
AND INCREASE TO 55 TO 65 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 PM THIS EVENING.

$$

MEZ011-015>017-032-281600-
/O.COR.KCAR.TI.A.0001.080927T1552Z-080929T0200Z/
CENTRAL PENOBSCOT-SOUTHERN PENOBSCOT-INTERIOR HANCOCK-
CENTRAL WASHINGTON-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
1152 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
EAST CENTRAL MAINE AND SOUTHEAST MAINE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR INTERIOR DOWNEAST TO
INCLUDE THE CITIES OF BANGOR...ORONO...OLD TOWN...LINCOLN
AND...CALAIS. TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FOR INTERIOR
DOWNEAST SUNDAY EVENING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PEOPLE SHOULD TAKE THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS BEFORE TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARRIVE. BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES...CHECK FOR
BATTERIES OR OTHER POWER SOURCES. SECURE LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER
LOOSE ITEMS.

...WINDS...

AS KYLE NEARS LAND FALL SUNDAY NIGHT WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE
NORTHEAST AT 4O TO 50 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOMING NORTHWEST
AND INCREASE TO 50 TO 60 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED BY 600 PM THIS EVENING.

$$

FOSTER/LERICOS/STUREY






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