[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS81 KBOX 210919
HLSBOX
ANZ231>233-254-255-MAZ019-022>024-212130-

TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
519 AM EDT FRI JUL 21 2006

...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD
AND NANTUCKET HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF
GEORGES BANK AT 5 AM. ALTHOUGH TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN
DISCONTINUED FOR CAPE COD...MARTHAS VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET...THERE
IS STILL A POSSIBILITY OF A GUST OR TWO TO 40 MPH ACROSS NANTUCKET
UNTIL 7 AM.

THE THREAT OF FLOODING FROM BERYL HAS ENDED...AND THE FLOOD WATCH
HAS BEEN CANCELED.

SEAS REMAIN VERY ROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...AND MARINERS SHOULD
ALLOW CONDITIONS TO SUBSIDE BEFORE VENTURING FROM PORT. THE OTHER
LINGERING CONCERN WITH BERYL WILL BE RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TODAY FROM
LEFT OVER SWELLS ACROSS EXPOSED SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES.

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THE LINGERING IMPACT FROM THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MARINE
COMMUNITY SOUTH AND EAST OF NANTUCKET BEFORE DAWN...AND THEREAFTER
THE HEAVY SURF AND ASSOCIATED RIP CURRENTS FOR THE OCEAN EXPOSED
SOUTH COASTAL SECTIONS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM WOODS HOLE MASSACHUSETTS
TO PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING CAPE COD...NANTUCKET AND
MARTHAS VINEYARD...HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FRIDAY ALONG THE SOUTH
AND SOUTHEAST FACING BEACHES OF RHODE ISLAND...CAPE COD...MARTHAS
VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
MOST OF THE COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM BERYL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 41.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 69.7 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES
NORTHEAST OF NANTUCKET.

BERYL WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH...AND SLOWLY
ACCELERATING.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 50 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
SOME SLOW WEAKENING IS EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY. TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85 MILES FROM THE CENTER.

THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING STATION AT THE NANTUCKET AIRPORT
REPORTED A SURFACE PRESSURE OF 1000.7 MB AT 3 AM WHEN THE CENTER OF
BERYL PASSED CLOSE BY. A TRAINED STORM SPOTTER ON NANTUCKET REPORTED
A WIND GUST TO 45 MPH. THE NANTUCKET SHOALS BUOY REPORTED 10-MINUTE
AVERAGE WINDS OF 41 MPH WITH A GUST TO 56 MPH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE MARINE COMMUNITY
WITH ROUGH SEAS...AND MARINERS ARE URGED TO REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL
SEAS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO SUBSIDE.

SEAS REACHED 19 FEET ACROSS NANTUCKET SHOALS EARLIER THIS MORNING.
SEAS NEAR OR A LITTLE OVER 15 FEET WILL AFFECT THE WATERS TO THE
SOUTH AND EAST OF NANTUCKET THROUGH 7 AM...AND THEN BEGIN TO
GRADUALLY SUBSIDE.

PEOPLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW ENGLAND ARE ADVISED TO CONSIDER THE
PASSAGE OF BERYL AS A REMINDER TO HAVE PLANS IN PLACE IN THE EVENT A
HURRICANE THREATENS OUR AREA LATER IN THE SEASON.

...WIND IMPACTS...
THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF A GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH FROM THE WEST OR
NORTHWEST AT NANTUCKET UNTIL 7 AM. OTHERWISE...ANY SIGNIFICANT WINDS
ASSOCIATED WITH BERYL HAVE MOVED OFFSHORE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
AT NANTUCKET...AN ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE OF 2.7 FEET OCCURS AT 1013
AM FRIDAY MORNING...BUT NO COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED. SOME BEACH
EROSION REMAINS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS MORNING.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...
A LINGERING SWELL FROM TROPICAL STORM BERYL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
THE SOUTH COAST...MAINLY ALONG EXPOSED SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST FACING
BEACHES. THIS WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG MANY SOUTH
COAST BEACHES THROUGH TODAY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM EDT TODAY FOR THE SOUTH COAST OF RHODE ISLAND AND
MASSACHUSETTS.

...RIVER AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD IMPACTS...
THE FLOOD WATCH IN CONNECTION WITH BERYL HAS BEEN CANCELED. THERE IS
A POTENTIAL...HOWEVER...OF HEAVY RAIN THIS WEEKEND ACROSS PORTIONS
OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND FROM A SLOW MOVING FRONT.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS IS THE LAST IN THE SERIES OF TROPICAL STORM LOCAL STATEMENTS
FOR BERYL.

ADDITIONAL STORM INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN SHORT TERM FORECASTS
/KBOXNOWBOX/...AND IN THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER PRODUCTS.


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THOMPSON




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