[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1241 PM 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 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...WESTERN PASSAIC...
EASTERN PASSAIC...HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN...EASTERN BERGEN...
WESTERN ESSEX...EASTERN ESSEX...WESTERN UNION...EASTERN UNION...
ORANGE...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 TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES 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 12 PM 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 INTO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT RESIDUAL RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. LOCALLY
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING OVER WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND
AND THE EASTERN SOUTH SHORE BACK BAYS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE
THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS
WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO DESTRUCTIVELY
HIGH SURF.

A TOTAL OF 4 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE
REGION...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN ACROSS THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA AND
AREAS TO THE NORTH AND WEST. RESIDUAL DRAINAGE FROM THIS RAINFALL
IS CAUSING MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING...WHICH IS LIKELY TO
CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
THE FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN UPTON AROUND 7 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

CTZ009>012-NJZ006-106-108-NYZ071>075-078>081-176>179-291645-
/O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
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-
1241 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
DESTRUCTIVE SURF FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO PUMMEL THE
ATLANTIC FACING SHORELINES...WITH SEVERE BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS
EXPECTED THROUGH TODAY.

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IRENE DEPARTS...MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO
BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING.

MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
GENERALLY 3 TO 7 FEET OF SURGE WAS OBSERVED ACROSS NEW YORK
HARBOR...THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY...
PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS...AND LONG ISLAND SOUND THIS MORNING.
TIDAL LEVELS HAVE BEEN RECEDING...WITH THE REMAINING MODERATE TO
MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING OVER WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND THE
EASTERN SOUTH SHORE BACK BAYS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING THROUGH EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA...FOR RESIDUAL
FLOODING INTO THIS EVENING. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST
INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR
LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.

$$

CTZ005>008-NJZ002-004-103>105-107-NYZ067>070-291645-
/O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
1241 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA...FOR RESIDUAL
FLOODING INTO THIS EVENING. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST
INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR
LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR.

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IRENE DEPARTS...WINDS WILL BE IN THE 30 TO 40
MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

MINOR DAMAGE MAY OCCUR TO OLDER MOBILE HOMES. ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

$$

ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-291645-
/O.CON.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-
1241 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...TROPICAL STORM 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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