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

...HURRICANE BILL ACCELERATING AWAY FROM SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND
MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
OUR AREA. THEY HAVE EITHER BEEN CANCELLED OR ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE BILL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 42.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 175 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA.. THIS IS ABOUT 380 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF NANTUCKET MA. BILL WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 31 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 85 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE BILL WILL CONTINUE HEADING 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...
THIS IS THE LAST UPDATE FOR THIS EVENT.

ANZ231>234-254-255-231400-
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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-
900 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 830 AM...THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED OFFSHORE WITH JUST
A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS LEFTOVER ACROSS CAPE COD AND PLYMOUTH COUNTY
MASSACHUSETTS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. SUSTAINED HIGH
WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

...MARINE...
NANTUCKET SHOALS BUOY...LOCATED 54 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHEAST OF
NANTUCKET...REPORTED 21 FOOT SEAS AT 7 AM. SEAS UP TO 20 FEET ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET TODAY.

$$

MAZ022>024-231400-
/O.CAN.KBOX.TR.W.1003.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-
900 AM EDT SUN AUG 23 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
AT 830 AM...THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED OFFSHORE WITH JUST
A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS LEFTOVER ACROSS CAPE COD AND PLYMOUTH COUNTY
MASSACHUSETTS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

&&

...WINDS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. SUSTAINED HIGH
WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

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 WAS OBSERVED AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE
AROUND CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET...ABOUT A HALF FOOT NEAR NEWPORT RI
AND BOSTON MA. HIGH SURF WILL CREATE SPLASHOVER NEAR THE TIME OF
HIGH TIDE THIS AFTERNOON.

...INLAND FLOODING...
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.

$$

STRAUSS




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