[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS81 KOKX 290027
HLSOKX

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
827 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...CENTER OF IRENE APPROACHING THE U.S./CANADIAN BORDER...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND ADJACENT
COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX...
NORTHERN NEW LONDON...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN...
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW LONDON...WESTERN PASSAIC...
EASTERN PASSAIC...HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN...EASTERN BERGEN...
WESTERN ESSEX...EASTERN ESSEX...WESTERN UNION...EASTERN UNION...
ORANGE...PUTNAM...ROCKLAND...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...SOUTHERN
WESTCHESTER...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...BRONX...RICHMOND (STATEN
ISLAND)...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...NORTHEASTERN
SUFFOLK...SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...NORTHERN
QUEENS...NORTHERN NASSAU...SOUTHERN QUEENS AND SOUTHERN NASSAU.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
ALL OF LONG ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT COASTAL WATERS AND NEW YORK
HARBOR.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 44.1N...LONGITUDE 72.1W. THIS WAS ABOUT 250 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 210 MILES NORTH OF
MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 26 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY LOSE ITS INFLUENCE ON THE
AREA THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS ITS TRACKS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND.

THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE MAJOR RIVER FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF
THE AREA FOR SEVERAL DAYS DUE TO CONTINUED RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY
RAINFALL AS FLOOD CRESTS MOVE DOWN RIVERS.

RESIDUAL WATER FROM THE STORM SURGE EARLIER TODAY MAY CONTINUE TO
CAUSE MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THIS
EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH SHORE
BAYS OF LONG ISLAND.

SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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

DURING THE STORM...STAY INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT
VENTURE OUTSIDE WHEN HIGH WINDS ARE OCCURRING OR DURING TEMPORARY
LULLS AS FLYING DEBRIS CAN EASILY...AND SUDDENLY...CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY.

HAVE A WELL-CHARGED CELL PHONE NEARBY...KEEPING NETWORK
COMMUNICATIONS AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE FOR EMERGENCIES.

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO
THE FORECAST.

FOR SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR PORT...
AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY
DISTRESS BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS...
AND SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN UPTON AROUND 12 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

CTZ009>012-NJZ006-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-300030-
/O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-HUDSON-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
827 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
HIGH SURF FROM TROPICAL STORM IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE
ATLANTIC FACING SHORELINES...WITH BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
RESIDUAL WATER FROM THE STORM SURGE EARLIER TODAY MAY CONTINUE TO
CAUSE MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE
THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH
SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND...WHERE 2 TO 3 FEET OF WATER INUNDATION
IS POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 1 TO 2 FEET
OF WATER INUNDATION.

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IRENE DEPARTS...MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

MINOR DAMAGE IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED TREES AND POWER
LINES BEING DOWNED.

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

$$

CTZ005>008-NJZ002-004-103>105-107-NYZ067>070-300030-
/O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
827 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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

...INLAND FLOODING...
RESIDUAL FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION.

$$

ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-300030-
/O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY-
LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY-
NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS-
SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY-
MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM-
FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM-
SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM-
827 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IRENE DEPARTS...MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
BE IN THE 25 TO 35 KT RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 KT THROUGH THIS
EVENING.

SEAS OF 15 TO 25 FT WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THIS EVENING.

$$






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