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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
1158 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK STATE MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARD NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE...

.NEW INFORMATION...
NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME.

.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 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 41.4N...LONGITUDE 73.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 230 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PORTLAND ME...OR ABOUT 190 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
PORTSMOUTH NH. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 26 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON...AS TROPICAL STORM IRENE TRACKS NORTHWARD THROUGH
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FROM THE
EAST AND SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON....REACHING TROPICAL STORM
STRENGTH. THE HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
EVENING.

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

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 AROUND 6 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

MEZ007>009-012-013-NHZ001>009-282000-
/O.CON.KGYX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-
SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS-
NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-
SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-
1158 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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

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

GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO
BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN
AROUND. BE ALERT FOR FALLEN TREES...LARGE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR
EQUAL TO 10 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 98 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A
GENERAL UPWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.


...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN . MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.  MINOR DAMAGE
MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS SHOULD MOVE LOOSE ITEMS
INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND OUTDOOR FURNITURE...AS THEY
WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED OR YOUNG TREES AND SHRUBS MAY
BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED PROPERLY. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL
BE POSSIBLE.


...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
7 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN INTERIOR NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE
WESTERN MOUNTAINS OF MAINE WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS
ESPECIALLY ON TRIBUTARIES IN THE CONNECTICUT AND UPPER MERRIMACK
BASINS.

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

$$

MEZ014-018>028-NHZ010-013-014-282000-
/O.CON.KGYX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SOUTHERN SOMERSET-INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-
KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-COASTAL YORK-COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-
LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO-STRAFFORD-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-
COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-
1158 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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

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

GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO
BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN
AROUND. BE ALERT FOR FALLEN TREES...LARGE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR
EQUAL TO 10 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 98 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A
GENERAL UPWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.


...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS
ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO
60 MPH. MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. RESIDENTS
SHOULD MOVE LOOSE ITEMS INDOORS...SUCH AS GARBAGE CANS AND
OUTDOOR FURNITURE...AS THEY WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. NEWLY PLANTED
OR YOUNG TREES AND SHRUBS MAY BE UPROOTED IF NOT SECURED
PROPERLY. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SURGE FORECAST...A 1 TO 2 FOOT SURGE MAY
OCCUR AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE TIME OF
ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE WILL BE AT 1111 PM WITH A HEIGHT OF
10.9 FEET. THIS COMBINED WITH HIGH WAVE ACTION IS LIKELY TO CAUSE
BEACH EROSION AND SPLASH OVER. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE.

REMEMBER SURGE WATERS OFTEN ARRIVE WELL BEFORE THE CORE WINDS.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR COASTAL AREAS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND
WEST CENTRAL MAINE. 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...2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. THIS
AMOUNT OF RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS.

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

$$

ANZ150>154-282000-
/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-
1158 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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

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

BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED SECURING
OF THEIR CRAFT.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR
EQUAL TO 8 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 92 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A
GENERAL UPWARD TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
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 THIS 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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