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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM EARL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
513 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2010

...TROPICAL STORM EARL CONTINUES NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE TOWARDS
THE SOUTHERN NOVA SCOTIA COAST THIS MORNING...

.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 EASTERN MAINE...
COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO EASTPORT ME OUT 25 NM.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
COASTAL HANCOCK...COASTAL WASHINGTON.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
ALL OF COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO EASTPORT ME OUT
25 NM.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 4 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 41.7N...LONGITUDE 67.1W. THIS WAS ABOUT 190 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF STONINGTON ME...OR ABOUT 220 MILES SOUTH OF
EASTPORT ME. STORM MOTION WAS NE OR 45 DEGREES AT 30 MPH. STORM
INTENSITY WAS 70 MPH.

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

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO COMPLETE
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PROPERTY. FOR INTERESTS AT
PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED
PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR
TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS
FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE
CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS
UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL
SECURED. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS
OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND
PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED
RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN CARIBOU AROUND 1130 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

MEZ029-030-050915-
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COASTAL HANCOCK-COASTAL WASHINGTON-
513 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE GULF OF MAINE
MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN NOVA SCOTIA COAST EARLY THIS
MORNING. EARL WILL THEN MOVE MORE NORTHWARD TOWARD THE NORTHERN
MARITIMES LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED OR NEAR COMPLETION. SECURE LOOSE
OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 50
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL DOWNWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST.

...WINDS...
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK FROM NOW TIL NOONTIME SATURDAY. THE
HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS WILL BE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE AND
OUTER ISLANDS WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
PREPARE FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE POWER
OUTAGES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
BREAKING WAVES WILL PEAK THIS MORNING UP TO 10 FEET. STORM SURGE
WILL ALSO PEAK AT THIS TIME AT 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE MEAN SEA LEVEL
ALONG THE COAST AND IN AREAS PRONE TO SURGE. THE SURGE COMBINED
WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL CAUSE MINOR BEACH EROSION AND
OVERWASH.

...INLAND FLOODING...
EARL WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE AREA
THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. AT THIS TIME LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY
OCCUR IN THE NORMALLY PRONE AREAS...OR IF A BAND OF HEAVIER RAIN
REMAINS OVER AN AREA LONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF
RAINFALL...MORE SERIOUS FLOODING COULD BE POSSIBLE.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
SEAS FROM TROPICAL STORM EARL ARE EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO 10 FEET
TODAY RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SPLASH OVER AND POTENTIAL FLOODING OF
SOME COASTAL ROADS. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND HIGHS SEAS
ALONG THE COAST WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS HIGH SURF. THE HIGH SURF
IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCING OVER-TOPPING WAVES ALONG THE SHORELINE
AND RIP CURRENTS. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO REMAIN AWAY FROM ROCKS...SEA
WALLS OR JETTIES. THE SIZE OF THE INCOMING WAVES WILL VARY GREATLY
OVER SHORT PERIODS OF TIME AND YOU CAN BE UNEXPECTEDLY WASHED INTO
THE OCEAN...LARGE WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE RIP CURRENTS. RIP
CURRENTS ARE STRONG BUT NARROW CURRENTS OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE
BEACH TO THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER
WATER AND EXHAUST AN INDIVIDUAL TRYING TO SWIM AGAINST IT.

$$

ANZ050>052-050915-
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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-
513 AM EDT SAT SEP 4 2010

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE GULF OF MAINE
MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD THE SOUTHERN NOVA SCOTIA COAST EARLY THIS
MORNING. EARL WILL THEN MOVE MORE NORTHWARD TOWARD THE NORTHERN
MARITIMES LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT
UNTIL THE STORM EXITS THE REGION.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 65
PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL DOWNWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM EARL PASSES SOUTH OF THE WATERS...SUSTAINED TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS UP TO 35 TO 45 KT ARE EXPECTED. SEAS WILL
RAPIDLY BUILD REACHING UP TO 10 TO 15 FT TODAY. SEAS WILL BEGIN
SUBSIDING TONIGHT.

$$

VJN



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