[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1050 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS
TODAY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM SURGE INFORMATION AND COASTAL HAZARDS INFORMATION IN
THE SUB-SECTION THAT INCLUDES THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER...THE
NORTHERN NEW JERSEY COASTLINE AND RARITAN BAY.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PHILADELPHIA QUAD STATE
REGION...NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTAL WATERS AND DELAWARE BAY.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...NEW
CASTLE...KENT...INLAND SUSSEX...DELAWARE BEACHES...MIDDLESEX...
WESTERN MONMOUTH...EASTERN MONMOUTH...SALEM...GLOUCESTER...
CAMDEN...NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON...OCEAN...CUMBERLAND...
ATLANTIC...CAPE MAY...ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY...COASTAL
ATLANTIC...COASTAL OCEAN...SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON...DELAWARE AND
PHILADELPHIA.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF
NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTAL WATERS AND DELAWARE BAY.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
CECIL...KENT MD...QUEEN ANNES...TALBOT...CAROLINE...SUSSEX...
WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MERCER...CARBON...
MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY AND
BUCKS.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NEW
JERSEY...DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY
FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 40.3N...LONGITUDE 74.1W. THIS WAS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH-
SOUTHWEST OF SANDY HOOK NJ. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT
25 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTHWARD WITH THE CENTER OF
THE HURRICANE PASSING VERY CLOSE TO THE NORTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST
THIS MORNING. THE STORM HAS BROUGHT LOCALLY DAMAGING
WINDS...TORRENTIAL RAIN WITH DANGEROUS FLOODING...AND MODERATE TO
SEVERE COASTAL FLOODING.

A TOTAL 4 TO 10 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND THE ONLY
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL BE LIGHT. HOWEVER...MODERATE TO MAJOR
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE AREA. FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE
BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF THE REGION.

THIS REMAINS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN A SAFE
LOCATION...THEN PLEASE REMAIN THERE. IF FLOODING THREATENS
YOU...THEN PLEASE MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE
REGION.

MAJOR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS IN NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA HAVE
SUSPENDED OPERATIONS. A NUMBER OF BRIDGES ARE CLOSED. PLEASE
MONITOR MEDIA BROADCASTS REGARDING THE STATUS OF EVACUATIONS...
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND SHELTERS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY AROUND NOON EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-
067>069-281800-
/O.CON.KPHI.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
CECIL-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT-CAROLINE-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MERCER-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
1050 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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

...NEW INFORMATION...
NO NEW INFORMATION.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
UP TO 100 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE
THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS...
WITH THE PASSAGE OF HURRICANE IRENE...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE
25 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. WINDS ALONG THE MARYLAND
WESTERN SHORE WERE GUSTING UP TO 55 MPH THIS MORNING. MINOR
DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE
LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR
FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG
TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY.
ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

$$

DEZ001>004-NJZ012>014-016>027-PAZ070-071-281800-
/O.CON.KPHI.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
NEW CASTLE-KENT-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-MIDDLESEX-
WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-SALEM-GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
1050 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM SURGE INFORMATION.
UPDATED COASTAL HAZARDS.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR
EQUAL TO 50 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 94 TO 100 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A
GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS...
WITH THE PASSAGE OF HURRICANE IRENE...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE
30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. WINDS ALONG THE MARYLAND
WESTERN SHORE WERE GUSTING UP TO 55 MPH THIS MORNING. MINOR
DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE
LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR
FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG
TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY.
ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
FOR THE TIDAL DELAWARE RIVER...IT NO LONGER APPEARS THAT MODERATE
TO SEVERE TIDAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR. DEPARTURES AT TIME OF HIGH
TIDE SHOULD NOT RESULT IN ANYTHING WORSE THAN MINOR TIDAL
FLOODING...AND THEY MAY NOT RESULT IN ANY TIDAL FLOODING AT ALL.

ELSEWHERE...THE THREAT OF TIDAL FLOODING FROM STORM SURGE HAS
ENDED ALONG RARITAN BAY...THE ATLANTIC COASTLINE AND DELAWARE BAY.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND HIGH WAVES WERE OCCURRING ALONG THE
ATLANTIC COASTLINE AND THE RARITAN BAY SHORELINE. THEY WILL SUBSIDE
SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON.

...RIP CURRENTS...
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST. DO
NOT ENTER THE SURF.

$$

ANZ430-431-450>455-281800-
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DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT
20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM-
1050 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
NO NEW INFORMATION.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 100
PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS
TIME IS 100 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE
THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 40 TO 50 KNOTS
RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 65 KNOTS.

SEAS WILL BE 14 TO 22 FEET OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS WITH THE
GREATEST SEAS NORTH. SEAS OVER DELAWARE BAY WILL BE 4 TO 9 FEET
WITH HIGHER SEAS AT THE MOUTH OF THE BAY.

$$

ANZ470-281800-
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WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK NJ TO FENWICK ISLAND DE FROM 20 TO 40 NM-
1050 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
NO NEW INFORMATION.

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO
100 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT
THIS TIME IS 100 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND
SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 40 TO 55 KNOTS
RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.

SEAS WILL BE 17 TO 25 FEET WITH THE GREATEST VALUES NORTH.

$$





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