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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM EARL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
1131 PM EDT FRI SEP 3 2010

...EARL HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA...SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA...SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH
MA...BARNSTABLE MA...DUKES MA...NANTUCKET MA...SOUTHEAST
PROVIDENCE RI...EASTERN KENT RI...BRISTOL RI...WASHINGTON RI...
NEWPORT RI AND BLOCK ISLAND RI.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT
BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 40.0N...LONGITUDE 69.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 90 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF NANTUCKET MA. STORM MOTION WAS NE OR 35
DEGREES AT 25 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 70 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
EARL HAS WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM. CONTINUED WEAKENING IS
EXPECTED AS IT TRACKS AWAY FROM SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TAUNTON AROUND 3 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

MAZ019>024-RIZ002-004>008-050345-
/O.CON.KBOX.TR.W.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA-SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA-SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA-
BARNSTABLE MA-DUKES MA-NANTUCKET MA-SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI-
EASTERN KENT RI-BRISTOL RI-WASHINGTON RI-NEWPORT RI-
BLOCK ISLAND RI-
1131 PM EDT FRI SEP 3 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED ALL SECTIONS.

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

VIEWERS OF LARGE SURF SHOULD BE IN SAFE AREAS WELL AWAY FROM
POSSIBLE BREAKING WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE
THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH CAN SWEEP A PERSON INTO THE
WATER FROM WHAT MAY SEEM TO BE A SAFE VIEWING AREA. FALLING INTO
THE TURBULENT AND SOMETIMES ROCKY WATERS CAN RESULT IN INJURY
THAT REDUCES THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR
EQUAL TO 10 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 94 PERCENT.

...WINDS...
MAXIMUM WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE MOSTLY
CONFINED TO THE CAPE AND ISLANDS. STRONGER WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE OVER NANTUCKET. THE STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN SOME
TREES AND POWER LINES WITH ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES
POSSIBLE...MOSTLY OVER THE CAPE AND ISLANDS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
A STORM SURGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET ACCOMPANIED THE EVENING HIGH TIDE
ALONG THE EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS COAST. A SURGE UP TO 2 FEET IS
EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT WITH 2 TO 4 FEET POSSIBLE AT WELLFLEET AND
PROVINCETOWN HARBORS AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT THIS WILL COINCIDE WITH
LOW TIDE SO COASTAL FLOODING NOT EXPECTED. AT WORST...SOME
SPLASHOVER IS POSSIBLE FROM LARGE BREAKERS.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RODE ISLAND AND EASTERN
MASSACHUSETTS. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN
FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO
ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.

BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN FROM THE OCEAN CONTINUE TO ROTATE ACROSS
EASTERN NEW ENGLAND. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING THE CAPE AND ISLANDS WITH
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED 6 INCH AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE ACROSS EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE
ISLAND...1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY. URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SMALL STREAM FLOODING POSSIBLE.

...RIP CURRENTS...
EARL WILL EXIT INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES SATURDAY. HOWEVER THE
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND OCEAN WATERS WILL REMAIN VERY TURBULENT INTO
THIS WEEKEND DESPITE IMPROVING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THEREFORE...
EXPECT HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TO PERSIST INTO AT
LEAST SATURDAY AND THEN SLOWLY EASE SUNDAY...AND ESPECIALLY
MONDAY. BEACH-GOERS SHOULD CHECK WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROLS AND
LIFEGUARDS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. SOME SWIMMING RESTRICTIONS
ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY. THE MOST DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED AT SOUTH AND EAST-FACING OCEAN-EXPOSED BEACHES.

$$

ANZ231>237-250-251-254>256-050345-
/O.CON.KBOX.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
CAPE COD BAY-NANTUCKET SOUND-VINEYARD SOUND-BUZZARDS BAY-
RHODE ISLAND SOUND-NARRAGANSETT BAY-BLOCK ISLAND SOUND-
COASTAL WATERS EAST OF IPSWICH BAY AND THE STELLWAGEN BANK
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-MASSACHUSETTS BAY AND IPSWICH 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-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MONTAUK NY TO MARTHAS VINEYARD EXTENDING OUT
TO 20 NM SOUTH OF BLOCK ISLAND-
1131 PM EDT FRI SEP 3 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED ALL SECTIONS.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR
EQUAL TO 18 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 98 PERCENT.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THROUGH 3 AM THEN RAPIDLY DIMINISH
TOWARD MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS WILL BE CONFINED
TO THE WATERS SOUTH OF CAPE COD....ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF
NANTUCKET WHERE A FEW GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE.

DANGEROUS SEAS UP TO 20 FEET WILL AFFECT THE OCEAN WATERS SOUTH OF
THE ISLANDS AND EAST OF CAPE COD AND NANTUCKET. SEAS WILL REMAIN
TURBULENT SATURDAY AFTER EARL PASSES WITH SOUTHEAST SWELLS OF 5 TO
10 FEET.

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