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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1032 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...CENTER OF IRENE OVER NEW YORK CITY...

.NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION AND TORNADO WATCH 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 HURRICANE 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...EASTERN PASSAIC...
HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN...EASTERN BERGEN...WESTERN ESSEX...
EASTERN ESSEX...WESTERN UNION...EASTERN UNION...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 HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF
LONG ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT COASTAL WATERS AND NEW YORK HARBOR.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
WESTERN PASSAIC...ORANGE.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. PLEASE LISTEN
CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR
AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 9 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 40.3N...LONGITUDE 74.1W. THIS WAS ABOUT 30 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 130 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR
20 DEGREES AT 25 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE...CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER NEW YORK CITY...WILL
CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST THIS MORNING. BANDS OF TORRENTIAL
RAIN WILL GRADUALLY PULL NORTH THIS MORNING INTO AFTERNOON...BUT
RESIDUAL RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING IS OCCURRING THIS MORNING AND
IS BEING EXACERBATED BY DESTRUCTIVE AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES.
THE TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS
MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE BEACH EROSION AND
WASHOVERS ARE OCCURRING THIS MORNING AND WILL ONLY GRADUALLY
DIMINISH INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

A TOTAL OF 4 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
IS EXPECTED TO HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BEFORE THE
RAIN TAPERS OFF THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL BE
ACROSS THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND AREAS TO THE NORTH
AND WEST. BASED ON THESE HEAVY RAINS AND RESIDUAL
DRAINAGE...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND
LIKELY TO CONTINUE. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
AS A RESULT A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN UPTON AROUND 1 PM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-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-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
1032 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE POSE A SERIOUS
THREAT WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER INUNDATION POSSIBLE ALONG SOME
COASTAL LOCATIONS.

GENERALLY 3 TO 7 FEET OF SURGE HAS BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS NEW YORK
HARBOR...THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY...
PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS...AND LONG ISLAND SOUND...WITH A
GRADUAL SUBSIDE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.

...WINDS...
SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO SHIFT NORTHWEST THIS MORNING INTO EARLY
AFTERNOON...CONTINUING AT 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH
INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

HOMES MAY HAVE DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...SIDING...GUTTERS AND
WINDOWS...ESPECIALLY IF THESE ITEMS ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED.
LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BECOME AIRBORNE...CAUSING ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. POWER LINES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN BY
FALLING TREES...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. MANY LARGE
BRANCHES OF TREES WILL BE SNAPPED...AND A NUMEROUS TREES WILL BE
UPROOTED.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST FOR THE MOST UPDATED
INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR
LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
DESTRUCTIVE SURF FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO PUMMEL THE
SHORE...WITH SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS EXPECTED
ALONG THE ATLANTIC FACING COASTLINE THROUGH TODAY.

SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS ALSO LIKELY ALONG THE COASTLINE OF
LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS TODAY DUE TO THE
SURGE AND BATTERING SURF.

$$

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WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-
1032 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR
LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR
LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.

...WINDS...
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

HOMES MAY HAVE DAMAGE TO SHINGLES... SIDING...GUTTERS AND
WINDOWS...ESPECIALLY IF THESE ITEMS ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED.
LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BECOME AIRBORNE... CAUSING ADDITIONAL
DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. SOME POWER LINES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN
BY FALLING TREES...RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MANY
LARGE BRANCHES OF TREES WILL BE SNAPPED...AND A FEW TREES WILL BE
UPROOTED.

$$

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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-
1032 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR INTO
LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING.

SEAS OF 20 TO 30 FT WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT.

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