[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS81 KCAR 021114
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE EARL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
714 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2010

...EARL STRENGTHENS A LITTLE MORE...NEW WARNINGS AND WATCHES
ISSUED...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF NORTHERN AND DOWNEAST MAINE...
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON TO EASTPORT OUT 60 NM.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
COASTAL HANCOCK...COASTAL WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
ALL OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON TO EASTPORT OUT
60 NM.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 29.3N...LONGITUDE 74.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 1080 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF STONINGTON ME...OR ABOUT 1160 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF EASTPORT ME. STORM MOTION WAS NNW OR 330
DEGREES AT 18 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 145 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE EARL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NORTH ALONG THE EAST COAST
OF THE UNITED STATES. EARL WILL MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MAINE LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT AND CROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY. SOME WEAKENING IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR. HOWEVER...EARL WILL STILL CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION FOR MANY AREAS ALONG THE DOWNEAST COAST AND COASTAL
WATERS.


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

A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THE STATED CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS FOR THE SPECIFIED AREAS. IN
ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS...BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE
TERMINOLOGY AND POSSIBLE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE
EVENTS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CARIBOU SHORTLY. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS
REGARDING THE EVOLVING TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR
POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE AREA.

MEZ029-030-031115-
/O.NEW.KCAR.TR.A.1007.100902T1114Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
714 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED
STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/CARIBOU

$$

ANZ050>052-031115-
/O.NEW.KCAR.TR.A.0001.100902T1114Z-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-
714 AM EDT THU SEP 2 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED
STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE GO TO
WEATHER.GOV/CARIBOU

$$








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