[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1141 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

...HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUES MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARD NEW HAMPSHIRE
AND MAINE...


.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN
MAINE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
NORTHERN OXFORD...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...CENTRAL SOMERSET...SOUTHERN
OXFORD...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHERN SOMERSET...INTERIOR YORK...
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND...ANDROSCOGGIN...KENNEBEC...INTERIOR WALDO...
COASTAL YORK...COASTAL CUMBERLAND...SAGADAHOC...LINCOLN...KNOX...
COASTAL WALDO...NORTHERN COOS...SOUTHERN COOS...NORTHERN
GRAFTON...NORTHERN CARROLL...SOUTHERN GRAFTON...SOUTHERN
CARROLL...SULLIVAN...MERRIMACK...BELKNAP...STRAFFORD...INTERIOR
ROCKINGHAM AND COASTAL ROCKINGHAM.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER
MA.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN
MAINE. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE
IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 37.3N...LONGITUDE 75.4W. THIS WAS ABOUT 510 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PORTLAND ME...OR ABOUT 470 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF PORTSMOUTH NH. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR
20 DEGREES AT 16 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 80 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
BANDS OF RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHWEST
MAINE AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THESE SHOWERS COULD PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME OVERNIGHT....AND WILL
GRADUALLY MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE. EXPECT A
STEADIER AND HEAVIER RAIN TO MOVE IN AROUND DAYBREAK...AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. EXPECT RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4
TO 8 INCHES IN INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE...AND 2 TO 5 INCHES IN
SEACOAST NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE.

WINDS ARE NOT LIKELY TO SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASE UNTIL SUNDAY
MORNING...AND WILL PEAK DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...AND GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 60 MPH.

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

FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT AND BE WELL SECURED.

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 GRAY BY 6 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028-NHZ001>010-013-014-281030-
/O.CON.KGYX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-
SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-
INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-
COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-KNOX-
COASTAL WALDO-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN GRAFTON-
NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-
MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
1141 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

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

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

FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE
COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS
AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS.
SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND.

&&

...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 77 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST
FORECAST.

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS
ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
60 MPH. THIS WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR. BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST STORM TRACK...4 TO 8
INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES
POSSIBLE IN MAINE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WOULD CAUSE THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE...ESPECIALLY ON
TRIBUTARIES IN THE CONNECTICUT AND UPPER MERRIMACK BASINS. FLOODING
REMAINS A CONCERN IN MAINE AS WELL.


...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SURGE FORECAST, A 1 TO 1.5 FOOT SURGE MAY
OCCUR AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS COMBINED WITH
HIGH WAVE ACTION IS LIKELY TO CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND SPLASH OVER.
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.


...TORNADOES...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN HEAVY RAIN BANDS PRODUCING
ISOLATED TORNADOES.


$$

ANZ150>154-281030-
/O.CON.KGYX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY-
PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-CASCO BAY-
CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM-
1141 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011

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

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

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION
THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT.

&&

...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 70 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL
STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 45 KNOTS
RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 FEET
IN THE OPEN WATERS BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND 10 TO 15 FEET IN
THE BAYS. THE SEAS WILL START TO DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING.

...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN HEAVY RAIN BANDS PRODUCING
ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS.

$$






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