[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTUS81 KGYX 290102
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
902 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...CENTER OF IRENE NEAR VERMONT NEW HAMPSHIRE BORDER MOVING NORTHEAST...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM IRENE OVER INTERIOR NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AS IT WEAKENS.

.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 PORTIONS OF WESTERN MAINE. PLEASE
LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR
YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 44.1N...LONGITUDE 72.1W. THIS WAS ABOUT 100 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF PORTLAND ME. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 25 DEGREES
AT 26 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
ALTHOUGH WINDS HAVE DIMINISHES SOMEWHAT ACROSS THE REGION...THEY
ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE A LITTLE AS THEY SHIFT TO THE TO THE
NORTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING...AS IRENE LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO
QUEBEC. INTERIOR SECTIONS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE HAVE
ALREADY SEEN AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...AND AS THE RUNOFF
FROM THE RAINS CONTINUES...ADDITIONAL AREAS COULD SEE FLOODING.
ALSO...BEACH EROSION AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR AT THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE LATE THIS EVENING.

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

CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS
FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE
FORECAST.

FOR SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR PORT...
AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY
DISTRESS BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS...
AND SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE.

&&

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

MEZ007>009-012-013-NHZ001>009-290515-
/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-
902 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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

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

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING AND WATCH OUT FOR FALLEN TREES AND
DOWNED POWER LINES.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MAINE. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR
LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR
LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING OCCUR.

WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW
HAMPSHIRE AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN MAINE.
USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.WATCH FOR WASHED OUT ROADS...AND DO
NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER IF IT COVERS THE ROAD.

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IRENE BEGINS TO EXIT THE REGION...STRONG WIND
GUSTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TROUGH THIS EVENING...WHICH COULD CAUSE
ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.

$$

MEZ014-018>028-NHZ010-013-014-290515-
/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-
902 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

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

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

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING AND WATCH OUT FOR FALLEN TREES AND
DOWNED POWER LINES.


&&

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM IRENE BEGINS TO EXIT THE REGION...STRONG WIND
GUSTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TROUGH THIS EVENING...WHICH COULD CAUSE
ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SURGE FORECAST...A 1 TO 2 FOOT SURGE MAY
OCCUR AT THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDE TONIGHT...WHICH IS
10.9 FEET AT 1111 PM. THIS COMBINED WITH HIGH WAVE ACTION IS LIKELY
TO CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND SPLASH OVER...AND COULD LEAD TO MINOR
COASTAL FLOODING LATE THIS EVENING.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN MAINE. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR
LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR
LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING OCCUR.

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. WATCH OUT FOR WASHED OUT ROADS...AND
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER IF IT COVERS THE ROAD.


$$

ANZ150>154-290515-
/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-
902 PM 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 USE CAUTION IF
RETURNING TO THEIR CRAFT.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
WINDS WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST THIS EVENING AND COULD INCREASE TO
30 TO 40 KNOTS FOR A BRIEF PERIOD LATER TONIGHT. SEAS WILL
OF 20 TO 25 FEET IN THE OPEN WATERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE
SEAS WILL START TO DIMINISH MONDAY MORNING.


$$






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