[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE BILL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
501 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2009

...BILL PASSING WELL EAST OF NANTUCKET...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED
ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MASSACHUSETTS AND THE ADJACENT MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS
FROM WOODS HOLE TO SAGAMORE BEACH...INCLUDING THE ISLANDS OF MARTHAS
VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET...AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING COASTAL WATERS.

THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS
MORNING.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE
41.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.5 WEST...OR ABOUT 185 MILES EAST OF NANTUCKET.
BILL WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS WERE NEAR 85 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE BILL WILL HEAD TOWARD THE MARITIMES THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH
THE WIND THREAT HAS DIMINISHED...THE DANGER OF HIGH SEAS AND RIP
CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST TODAY.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TAUNTON BY 9 AM EDT.

ANZ231>234-254-255-240915-
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CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD
AND NANTUCKET-
501 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2009

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM...BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS ON THE FRINGES OF BILL WERE
MOVING ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS MORNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AT THIS TIME.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS
THAN 30 PERCENT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS COASTAL WATERS.

...WINDS...
NANTUCKET SHOALS BUOY...LOCATED 54 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF
NANTUCKET...REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 23 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO
33 KNOTS AT 4 AM. THIS BUOY REPORTED A PEAK GUST TO 37 KNOTS...LAST
OCCURRING AT 2 AM.

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING.

...MARINE...
NANTUCKET SHOALS BUOY...LOCATED 54 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF
NANTUCKET...REPORTED 21 FOOT SEAS AT 4 AM. SEAS UP TO 20 FEET ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET TODAY.

$$

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BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
501 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2009

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM...BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS ON THE FRINGES OF BILL WERE
MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS. BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AT THIS TIME.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN
20 PERCENT.

...WINDS...
A SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED A GUST TO 35 MPH ON CISCO BEACH ON
NANTUCKET JUST AFTER 11 PM SATURDAY. NANTUCKET AIRPORT REPORTED A
PEAK WIND GUST OF 31 MPH AROUND 1115 PM SATURDAY. NANTUCKET SHOALS
BUOY...LOCATED 54 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET...REPORTED
SEVERAL GUSTS TO 43 MPH...LAST OCCURRING AT 2 AM.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE UP TO 1 FOOT IS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE
EAST COASTS OF CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. WHILE NO COASTAL FLOODING
IS EXPECTED WITH BILL...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE SPLASHOVER NEAR THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON.

...RIP CURRENTS...
HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL PERSIST ON OCEAN BEACHES
THROUGH SUNDAY. LARGE BREAKERS WILL MAKE STANDING NEAR THE OCEAN ON
ROCKS...JETTIES OR LOW PIERS VERY DANGEROUS. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS
OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES REGARDING SWIMMING RESTRICTIONS AND BEACH
CLOSURES.

$$

JWD



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