[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1120 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...CENTER OF IRENE INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE...

.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 IS IN EFFECT 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.

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

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

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 11 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 41.4N...LONGITUDE 73.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 40 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 100 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR
20 DEGREES AT 26 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
HURRICANE IRENE...CURRENTLY CENTERED OVER THE LOWER HUDSON
VALLEY...WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTH NORTHEAST THIS MORNING.
RAIN SHOWERS 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 EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY
SUBSIDE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE BEACH EROSION AND
WASHOVERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE 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...
A MORE DETAILED LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON BY AROUND 1 PM EDT.

CTZ009>012-NJZ006-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-291530-
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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-
1120 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

$$

NJZ002-NYZ067-291530-
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WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE-
1120 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED TO HAVE FALLEN
BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF THIS AFTERNOON. 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 UP 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.

$$

CTZ005>008-NJZ004-103>105-107-NYZ068>070-291530-
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/O.EXA.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-EASTERN PASSAIC-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-
WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
1120 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

$$

ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-291530-
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/O.EXA.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-
1120 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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