Alert archive / New York / Hurricane Warnings in 2011
Hurricane Warning 1009, NWS New York, NY
NWS New York, NY issued this hurricane warning at Aug 26, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT for 10 counties in New York; 5 counties in New Jersey; 4 counties in Connecticut. It was in force for 41 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2011, 11:20 AM EDT
- In force
- 41 hr
- Issued by
- NWS New York, NY
Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Bergen County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Suffolk County, NY, Westchester County, NY
The radar
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 8:35 PM EDT | FLOOD | Kearny, NJ | PASSAIC AVENUE NEAR EAST NEWARK TOWNLINE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 27, 9:06 PM EDT | FLOOD | Lyndhurst, NJ | POLITO AVENUE NEAR RUTHERFORD AVENUE FLOODED. ROAD CLOSED. |
| Aug 27, 10:05 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Elizabeth, NJ | LARGE TREE AND POWERLINES DOWN ALONG ELMORA AVENUE. |
| Aug 27, 10:16 PM EDT | FLOOD | Jersey City, NJ | ROUTE 440 AND AT THE DUNCAN INTERSECTION CLOSED DUE TO FRESH WATER FLOODING |
| Aug 27, 10:25 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Totowa, NJ | DOWNED TREE NEAR EXIT 55 ON NJ 62 AND UNION BLVD. |
| Aug 27, 10:25 PM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Paterson, NJ | PARTIAL RAMP CLOSURE ON NJ 19 AT EXIT 57 DUE TO FALLEN TREE. |
| Aug 27, 10:31 PM EDT | FLOOD | Kearny, NJ | ROAD FLOODING AT SCHUYLER AVENUE AT MILE MARKER 4.2. ROAD CLOSED. |
| Aug 27, 10:32 PM EDT | FLOOD | North Bergen, NJ | SECAUCUS ROAD IS FLOODED. ALL LANES CLOSED AND DETOURED. |
| Aug 28, 12:00 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Monsey, NY | TREE FELL DOWN ACROSS ROUTE 306 |
| Aug 28, 12:10 AM EDT | TROPICAL STORM | Nyc/La Guardia, NY | 52 MPH SUSTAINED WIND MEASURED BY LGA ASOS |
| Aug 28, 12:30 AM EDT | FLOOD | 1 Ese South Ozone Park, NY | BELT PARKWAY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 28, 12:35 AM EDT | FLOOD | Kew Gardens, NY | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT VAN WYCK AND GRAND CENTRAL PARKWAYS |
| Aug 28, 12:37 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Wantagh, NY | TREE DOWN ON SOUTHERN STATE PARKWAY |
| Aug 28, 12:40 AM EDT | FLOOD | Staten Island, NY | INTERSTATE 278 AT CLOVE ROAD CLOSE DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 28, 12:40 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | North Babylon, NY | PART OF TREE SNAPPED AND FELL IN BACKYARD |
| Aug 28, 12:45 AM EDT | FLOOD | 1 E Pocantico Hills, NY | SAW MILL RIVER PARKWAY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 28, 12:45 AM EDT | FLOOD | 1 Nnw Bedford Four Corn, NY | HUTCHINSON RIVER PARKWAY AND WESTCHESTER AVE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 28, 12:45 AM EDT | FLOOD | Crestwood, NY | BRONX RIVER PARKWAY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 28, 12:45 AM EDT | FLOOD | Millwood, NY | TACONIC STATE PARKWAY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 28, 12:46 AM EDT | FLOOD | Concord, NY | STATEN ISLAND EXPRESSWAY AT FINGERBOARD ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 28, 12:52 AM EDT | FLOOD | 1 Ese Beechhurst, NY | RAMP FROM THROGSNECK TO CROSS ISLAND PARKWAY CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 28, 12:55 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | Perth Amboy Junction, NJ | MESONET |
| Aug 28, 1:00 AM EDT | FLOOD | Lodi, NJ | FLOODING ON US 46 OF SUMMIT AVENUE ALL LANES CLOSED |
| Aug 28, 1:00 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Weehawken, NJ | *** 2 INJ *** WIRES DOWN ON 7000 BLVD EAST...2 INDIRECT INJURIES...WIRES WERE TOUCHED |
| Aug 28, 1:30 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Ridgewood, NJ | TREE DOWN ON MAPLE AND ACKERMAN AVENUES |
| Aug 28, 1:33 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Nyc/Jfk Airport, NY | ASOS |
| Aug 28, 1:35 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 1 E Point Lookout, NY | JONES BEACH COAST GUARD |
| Aug 28, 1:40 AM EDT | FLOOD | Clifton, NJ | NJ 3 AND BLOOMFIELD AVE CLOSE DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 28, 1:46 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Tenafly, NJ | TWO LARGE OAK TREES DOWN ON A HOUSE ON WRIGHT PLACE |
| Aug 28, 1:47 AM EDT | FLOOD | Elmwood Park, NJ | INTERSTATE 80 AT RIVER ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Aug 28, 1:52 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Huntington, NY | DOWNED TREE ON NY25 OF ROUND SWAMP ROAD. |
| Aug 28, 1:57 AM EDT | TROPICAL STORM | Nyc/Jfk Airport, NY | SUSTAINED WIND OF 43 MPH MEASURED |
| Aug 28, 2:10 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Ridgewood, NJ | IRVING ROAD CLOSED DUE TO TREE THAT FELL DOWN |
| Aug 28, 2:17 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Nyc/La Guardia, NY | ITWS REPORTED GUST OF 61 MPH |
| Aug 28, 2:17 AM EDT | TROPICAL STORM | Nyc/La Guardia, NY | ITWS REPORTED SUSTAINED WIND OF 49 MPH |
| Aug 28, 2:30 AM EDT | FLOOD | Union, NJ | WATER RESCUE NEAR SALEM ROAD AND HUGURNOT STREET...POLICE CAR IN FLOOD WATERS...OFFICER OUT OF THE CAR |
| Aug 28, 3:30 AM EDT | FLOOD | Woodland Park, NJ | WATER UP TO CAR DOORS AND ENTERING HOMES NEAR HROMIAK TERRACE AND DOWLING PARKWAY |
| Aug 28, 3:45 AM EDT | FLOOD | Bulls Head, NY | BASEMENT FLOODING AT STATEN ISLAND HOTEL |
| Aug 28, 3:45 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | Breezy Point, NY | MESONET |
| Aug 28, 3:51 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lynbrook, NY | LARGE TREE DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF WATERVIEW PLACE AND OCEAN AVENUE...TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Aug 28, 3:53 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Kearny, NJ | TREE DOWN ON CHESTNUT STREET NEAR BELLVILLE TURNPIKE |
| Aug 28, 3:55 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 1 E Point Lookout, NY | JONES BEACH COAST GUARD |
| Aug 28, 3:58 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | Central Park, NY | ASOS |
| Aug 28, 4:09 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | East Farmingdale, NY | ASOS |
| Aug 28, 4:10 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | Nyc/La Guardia, NY | ASOS |
| Aug 28, 4:10 AM EDT | TROPICAL STORM | Nyc/La Guardia, NY | SUSTAINED WIND OF 52 MPH MEASURED |
| Aug 28, 4:11 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Roselle, NJ | TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD ON SPRUCE STREET |
| Aug 28, 4:14 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 79 | 1 Se Syosset Mobile Hom, NY | SKYWARN SPOTTER |
| Aug 28, 4:15 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lyndhurst, NJ | POWER LINE DOWN ON LAKE AVENUE |
| Aug 28, 4:18 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Kearny, NJ | LARGE TREE DOWN ON DEVON STREET AND LAURAL AVENUE |
| Aug 28, 4:26 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Belleville, NJ | TREE DOWN ON WATCHUNG AVENUE |
| Aug 28, 4:27 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | Bayville, NY | MESONET |
| Aug 28, 4:30 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | Eatons Neck, NY | MESONET |
| Aug 28, 4:45 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Mahopac, NY | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN MAHOPAC. |
| Aug 28, 4:48 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | Islip Airport, NY | ASOS |
| Aug 28, 4:52 AM EDT | TROPICAL STORM | Islip Airport, NY | SUSTAINED WIND OF 45 MPH MEASURED |
| Aug 28, 5:00 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Brentwood, NY | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN BRENTWOOD. TIME OF EVENT UNKNOWN. |
| Aug 28, 5:00 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Lindenhurst, NY | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN LINDENHURST. TIME OF EVENT UNKNOWN. |
| Aug 28, 5:00 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | New Hyde Park, NY | A 1.5 FT DIAMETER TREE DOWN AND A 3 FT DIAMETER TREE DOWN ON WILLIAMS STREET |
| Aug 28, 5:00 AM EDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Selden, NY | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. TIME OF EVENT ESTIMATED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 68 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
195 WTUS81 KOKX 262200 HLSOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 600 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...LARGE HURRICANE IRENE HEADING TOWARD THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...HURRICANE WARNING EXTENDED NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... .NEW INFORMATION... A HURRICANE WARNING AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAVE NOW BEEN ISSUED. .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 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. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF LONG ISLAND AND CONNECTICUT COASTAL WATERS AND NEW YORK HARBOR. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WESTERN PASSAIC...ORANGE. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SPECIFIED AREAS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SPECIFIED AREAS. ALL PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREAS SHOULD ALREADY HAVE PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS...BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THE TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL CYCLONE EVENTS. 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 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.7N...LONGITUDE 77.4W. THIS WAS ABOUT 650 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 720 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS N OR 360 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 100 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... A HURRICANE WARNING AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAVE NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH OR WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO INITIATE PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN SPECIFIC TO YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. FOR THOSE NEARBY...REVIEW YOUR HURRICANE DISASTER PLAN AND BECOME READY TO ACT IF A WATCH OR A WARNING IS LATER ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACTIVELY LISTEN FOR FORTHCOMING INFORMATION FROM YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY. MARINERS ARE URGED TO MAKE ALL NECESSARY PREPARATIONS TO RETURN TO PORT...SEEK SAFE HARBOR...AND SECURE THEIR CRAFT. NOW IS THE TIME TO INITIATE PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY PLAN FOR TROPICAL SYSTEMS. MONITOR WEATHER BROADCASTS FOR CHANGES TO THE LATEST FORECAST AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON SHORTLY. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS REGARDING THE EVOLVING TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE AREA. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-272200- /O.UPG.KOKX.HU.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.HU.W.1009.110826T2200Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 600 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT... $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-272200- /O.UPG.KOKX.TR.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.TR.W.1009.110826T2200Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 600 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-272200- /O.UPG.KOKX.HU.A.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KOKX.HU.W.1009.110826T2200Z-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- 600 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT... $$
14 follow-up statements
082 WTUS81 KOKX 262308 HLSOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 708 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...LARGE HURRICANE IRENE HEADING TOWARD THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...HURRICANE WARNING EXTENDED NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... .NEW INFORMATION... A HURRICANE WARNING AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAVE NOW BEEN ISSUED. UPDATED STORM SURGE AND WIND SECTIONS. .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 6 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 31.7N...LONGITUDE 77.4W. THIS WAS ABOUT 650 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 720 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS N OR 360 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 100 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS...WITH THE OUTER BANDS FROM IRENE LIKELY TO BEGIN IMPACTING THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE THEN LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE IN TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRENGTHENING WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING RAINS...AND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK...AS THE IMPACTS OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE FELT OVER A LARGE AREA DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE STORM. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PROVIDE EXACT WIND AND SURGE FORECAST VALUES FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE HURRICANE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING DAMAGE IF THE GREATEST SURGE COINCIDES WITH THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES ON SUNDAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BASED ON RECENT HEAVY RAINS...IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. AS A RESULT A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. A GENERAL CONCERN SHOULD BE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. 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 UPTON AROUND 930 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-272315- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 708 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MAKE THE FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RUSH TO COMPLETION THE HARDENING OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS BY CLOSING SHUTTERS AND BRACING GARAGE DOORS. IF EVACUATING...LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. GUARD AGAINST BEING STUCK OUT ON ROADWAYS WHEN DANGEROUS WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARRIVE. AGAIN...DO NOT STAY IN A MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME. REMEMBER...PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN MOST OFFICIAL SHELTERS...SO CHECK AHEAD WITH YOUR INTENDED SHELTER. IF STAYING IN A HOME...TURN THE REFRIGERATOR TO MAXIMUM COLD AND KEEP IT CLOSED. TURN OFF PROPANE TANKS AND UNPLUG SMALL APPLIANCES. FILL THE BATHTUB WITH WATER IN CASE THE TAP WATER BECOMES UNAVAILABLE AFTER THE STORM. THIS IS FOR CLEANING AND FLUSHING PURPOSES. DO NOT DRINK IT. && ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS SUNDAY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH. A GENERAL CONCERN SHOULD BE FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF DAMAGING WINDS SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE AREA.NUMEROUS LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL SNAP. SOME TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...ESPECIALLY WHERE THE GROUND IS SATURATED. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT HEIGHTS OF COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THE FORECAST AREA TO BE CAUSED BY HURRICANE IRENE. MUCH DEPENDS ON THE PRECISE SIZE...INTENSITY AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL FEET OF SURGE...PARTICULARLY IN WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND...NEW YORK HARBOR...LONG ISLAND SOUND...AND THE SOUTH SHORE BACK BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY. THESE TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ...COASTAL HAZARDS... INCREASINGLY LARGE SWELLS ARRIVING FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CREATE HIGH SURF AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION ALONG THE ATLANTIC FACING COASTLINE AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE COASTLINE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS DUE TO THE BATTERING SURF. $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-272315- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 708 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. 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. $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-272315- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 708 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY SATURDAY EVENING AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 70 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. BASED ON FORECAST WINDS...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SEAS TO BUILD TO THE 20 TO 35 FOOT RANGE ON THE OCEAN...AND 15 TO 25 FEET ON LONG ISLAND SOUND. $$
524 WTUS81 KOKX 270034 HLSOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 834 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...LARGE HURRICANE IRENE HEADING TOWARD THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...HURRICANE WARNING EXTENDED NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND... .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 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 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.1N...LONGITUDE 77.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 620 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 690 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 100 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS...WITH THE OUTER BANDS FROM IRENE LIKELY TO BEGIN IMPACTING THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS ARE THEN LIKELY TO RAPIDLY DETERIORATE IN TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRENGTHENING WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON... WITH INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING RAINS... AND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK...AS THE IMPACTS OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE FELT OVER A LARGE AREA DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE STORM. IT IS TOO EARLY TO PROVIDE EXACT WIND AND SURGE FORECAST VALUES FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK... INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE HURRICANE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING DAMAGE IF THE GREATEST SURGE COINCIDES WITH THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES ON SUNDAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BASED ON RECENT HEAVY RAINS...IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. AS A RESULT A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. A GENERAL CONCERN SHOULD BE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. 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 UPTON AROUND 1230 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-280045- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 834 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MAKE THE FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RUSH TO COMPLETION THE HARDENING OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS BY CLOSING SHUTTERS AND BRACING GARAGE DOORS. IF EVACUATING...LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. GUARD AGAINST BEING STUCK OUT ON ROADWAYS WHEN DANGEROUS WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARRIVE. AGAIN...DO NOT STAY IN A MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME. REMEMBER...PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN MOST OFFICIAL SHELTERS...SO CHECK AHEAD WITH YOUR INTENDED SHELTER. IF STAYING IN A HOME...TURN THE REFRIGERATOR TO MAXIMUM COLD AND KEEP IT CLOSED. TURN OFF PROPANE TANKS AND UNPLUG SMALL APPLIANCES. FILL THE BATHTUB WITH WATER IN CASE THE TAP WATER BECOMES UNAVAILABLE AFTER THE STORM. THIS IS FOR CLEANING AND FLUSHING PURPOSES. DO NOT DRINK IT. && ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 70 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT HEIGHTS OF COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THE FORECAST AREA TO BE CAUSED BY HURRICANE IRENE. MUCH DEPENDS ON THE PRECISE SIZE...INTENSITY AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 FEET OF SURGE...WITH THE HIGHEST VALUES POSSIBLE IN WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND...AND NEW YORK HARBOR. THESE TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ...COASTAL HAZARDS... INCREASINGLY LARGE SWELLS ARRIVING FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CREATE HIGH SURF AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION ALONG THE ATLANTIC FACING COASTLINE AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE COASTLINE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS DUE TO THE BATTERING SURF. $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-280045- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 834 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-280045- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.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- 834 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY SATURDAY EVENING AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 70 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. BASED ON FORECAST WINDS...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SEAS TO BUILD TO THE 20 TO 35 FOOT RANGE ON THE OCEAN...AND 15 TO 25 FEET ON LONG ISLAND SOUND. $$
022 WTUS81 KOKX 270427 HLSOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1227 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...IRENE MOVING NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS LASHING THE CAROLINA COAST... .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 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 11 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 32.6N...LONGITUDE 76.9W. THIS WAS ABOUT 590 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 650 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 13 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 100 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS...WITH THE OUTER BANDS FROM IRENE EXPECTED TO BEGIN IMPACTING THE AREA SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL THEN RAPIDLY DETERIORATE IN TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRENGTHENING WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING RAINS...AND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK...AS THE IMPACTS OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE FELT OVER A LARGE AREA DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE STORM. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE HURRICANE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING DAMAGE IF THE GREATEST SURGE COINCIDES WITH THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES ON SUNDAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE EXACERBATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BASED ON RECENT HEAVY RAINS...IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. AS A RESULT A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. A GENERAL CONCERN SHOULD BE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. 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 UPTON AROUND 700 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-280430- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 1227 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MAKE THE FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RUSH TO COMPLETION THE HARDENING OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS BY CLOSING SHUTTERS AND BRACING GARAGE DOORS. IF EVACUATING...LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. GUARD AGAINST BEING STUCK OUT ON ROADWAYS WHEN DANGEROUS WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARRIVE. AGAIN...DO NOT STAY IN A MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME. REMEMBER...PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN MOST OFFICIAL SHELTERS...SO CHECK AHEAD WITH YOUR INTENDED SHELTER. IF STAYING IN A HOME...TURN THE REFRIGERATOR TO MAXIMUM COLD AND KEEP IT CLOSED. TURN OFF PROPANE TANKS AND UNPLUG SMALL APPLIANCES. FILL THE BATHTUB WITH WATER IN CASE THE TAP WATER BECOMES UNAVAILABLE AFTER THE STORM. THIS IS FOR CLEANING AND FLUSHING PURPOSES. DO NOT DRINK IT. && ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY EVENING...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT HEIGHTS OF COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THE FORECAST AREA TO BE CAUSED BY HURRICANE IRENE. MUCH DEPENDS ON THE PRECISE SIZE...INTENSITY AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 FEET OF SURGE...WITH THE HIGHEST VALUES POSSIBLE IN WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND...AND NEW YORK HARBOR. THESE TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL BE EXACERBATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ...COASTAL HAZARDS... INCREASINGLY LARGE SWELLS ARRIVING FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CREATE HIGH SURF AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION ALONG THE ATLANTIC FACING COASTLINE AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE COASTLINE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS DUE TO THE BATTERING SURF. ...RIP CURRENTS... DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-280430- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 1227 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. 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... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-280430- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 1227 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON OR EARLY SATURDAY EVENING AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 85 KNOTS. BASED ON FORECAST WINDS...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SEAS TO BUILD TO THE 20 TO 35 FOOT RANGE ON THE OCEAN...AND SEAS IN EXCESS OF 15 FEET ON LONG ISLAND SOUND. $$
182 WTUS81 KOKX 271019 HLSOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 619 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...CENTER OF IRENE EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS... .NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED FOR CURRENT POSITION AND INTENSITY OF HURRICANE IRENE. .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 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.1N...LONGITUDE 76.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 480 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 540 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 90 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS...WITH THE OUTER BANDS FROM IRENE EXPECTED TO BEGIN IMPACTING THE AREA TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL THEN RAPIDLY DETERIORATE IN TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRENGTHENING WINDS TONIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING RAINS...AND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK...AS THE IMPACTS OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE FELT OVER A LARGE AREA DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE STORM. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE HURRICANE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING DAMAGE IF THE GREATEST SURGE COINCIDES WITH THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES ON SUNDAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE EXACERBATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BASED ON RECENT HEAVY RAINS...IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. AS A RESULT A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. A GENERAL CONCERN SHOULD BE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. 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 UPTON AROUND 1 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-281030- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 619 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MAKE THE FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY THIS MORNING. RUSH TO COMPLETION THE HARDENING OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS BY CLOSING SHUTTERS AND BRACING GARAGE DOORS. IF EVACUATING...LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. GUARD AGAINST BEING STUCK OUT ON ROADWAYS WHEN DANGEROUS WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARRIVE. AGAIN...DO NOT STAY IN A MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME. REMEMBER...PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN MOST OFFICIAL SHELTERS...SO CHECK AHEAD WITH YOUR INTENDED SHELTER. IF STAYING IN A HOME...TURN THE REFRIGERATOR TO MAXIMUM COLD AND KEEP IT CLOSED. TURN OFF PROPANE TANKS AND UNPLUG SMALL APPLIANCES. FILL THE BATHTUB WITH WATER IN CASE THE TAP WATER BECOMES UNAVAILABLE AFTER THE STORM. THIS IS FOR CLEANING AND FLUSHING PURPOSES. DO NOT DRINK IT. && ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT HEIGHTS OF COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THE FORECAST AREA TO BE CAUSED BY HURRICANE IRENE. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE PRECISE SIZE...INTENSITY...TIMING AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR 5 TO 8 FEET OF SURGE IN WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK HARBOR...WITH 3 TO 6 FT OF SURGE ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY...PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS...AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND SOME TIME EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ...COASTAL HAZARDS... INCREASINGLY LARGE SWELLS ARRIVING FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CREATE HIGH SURF...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS ALONG THE ATLANTIC FACING COASTLINE TODAY INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS ALSO LIKELY ALONG THE COASTLINE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS DUE TO THE SURGE AND BATTERING SURF. ...RIP CURRENTS... DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-281030- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 619 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS MORNING. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-281030- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.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- 619 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD ALREADY HAVE COMPLETED THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 85 KNOTS. BASED ON FORECAST WINDS...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SEAS TO BUILD TO THE 20 TO 35 FOOT RANGE ON THE OCEAN...AND SEAS IN EXCESS OF 15 FEET ON LONG ISLAND SOUND. $$
678 WTUS81 KOKX 271251 HLSOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 851 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...CENTER OF IRENE MAKES LANDFALL NEAR CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA... .NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED FOR CURRENT POSITION AND INTENSITY OF HURRICANE IRENE. .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 8 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 34.7N...LONGITUDE 76.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 440 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 510 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 85 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS...WITH THE OUTER BANDS FROM IRENE EXPECTED TO BEGIN IMPACTING THE AREA TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL THEN RAPIDLY DETERIORATE IN TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRENGTHENING WINDS TONIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING RAINS...AND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK...AS THE IMPACTS OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE FELT OVER A LARGE AREA DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE STORM. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE HURRICANE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING DAMAGE IF THE GREATEST SURGE COINCIDES WITH THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES ON SUNDAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE EXACERBATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BASED ON RECENT HEAVY RAINS...IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. AS A RESULT A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. A GENERAL CONCERN SHOULD BE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. 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 UPTON AROUND 1 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-281300- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 851 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MAKE THE FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY THIS MORNING. RUSH TO COMPLETION THE HARDENING OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS BY CLOSING SHUTTERS AND BRACING GARAGE DOORS. IF EVACUATING...LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. GUARD AGAINST BEING STUCK OUT ON ROADWAYS WHEN DANGEROUS WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARRIVE. AGAIN...DO NOT STAY IN A MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME. REMEMBER...PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN MOST OFFICIAL SHELTERS...SO CHECK AHEAD WITH YOUR INTENDED SHELTER. IF STAYING IN A HOME...TURN THE REFRIGERATOR TO MAXIMUM COLD AND KEEP IT CLOSED. TURN OFF PROPANE TANKS AND UNPLUG SMALL APPLIANCES. FILL THE BATHTUB WITH WATER IN CASE THE TAP WATER BECOMES UNAVAILABLE AFTER THE STORM. THIS IS FOR CLEANING AND FLUSHING PURPOSES. DO NOT DRINK IT. && ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT HEIGHTS OF COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THE FORECAST AREA TO BE CAUSED BY HURRICANE IRENE. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE PRECISE SIZE...INTENSITY...TIMING AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR 5 TO 8 FEET OF SURGE IN WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK HARBOR...WITH 3 TO 6 FT OF SURGE ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY...PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS...AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND SOME TIME EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE... DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 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... INCREASINGLY LARGE SWELLS ARRIVING FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CREATE HIGH SURF...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS ALONG THE ATLANTIC FACING COASTLINE TODAY INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS ALSO LIKELY ALONG THE COASTLINE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS DUE TO THE SURGE AND BATTERING SURF. ...RIP CURRENTS... DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-281300- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 851 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS MORNING. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. 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... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-281300- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 851 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD ALREADY HAVE COMPLETED THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 85 KNOTS. BASED ON FORECAST WINDS...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SEAS TO BUILD TO THE 20 TO 35 FOOT RANGE ON THE OCEAN...AND SEAS IN EXCESS OF 15 FEET ON LONG ISLAND SOUND. $$
441 WTUS81 KOKX 271631 HLSOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1231 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...IRENE BATTERING EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SPREADING NORTHWARD ALONG THE DELMARVA COAST... .NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED FOR CURRENT POSITION OF HURRICANE IRENE. .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 12 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.2N...LONGITUDE 76.4W. THIS WAS ABOUT 410 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 470 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 85 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... HURRICANE IRENE IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH THE OUTER RAIN BANDS FROM IRENE MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL THEN RAPIDLY DETERIORATE IN TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRENGTHENING WINDS TONIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING RAINS...AND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK...AS THE IMPACTS OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE FELT OVER A LARGE AREA DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE STORM. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE HURRICANE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING DAMAGE IF THE GREATEST SURGE COINCIDES WITH THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES ON SUNDAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE EXACERBATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BASED ON RECENT HEAVY RAINS...IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. AS A RESULT A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. A GENERAL CONCERN SHOULD BE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. 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 UPTON AROUND 700 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-281645- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 1231 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MAKE THE FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RUSH TO COMPLETION THE HARDENING OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS BY CLOSING SHUTTERS AND BRACING GARAGE DOORS. IF EVACUATING...LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. GUARD AGAINST BEING STUCK OUT ON ROADWAYS WHEN DANGEROUS WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARRIVE. AGAIN...DO NOT STAY IN A MOBILE OR MANUFACTURED HOME. REMEMBER...PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN MOST OFFICIAL SHELTERS...SO CHECK AHEAD WITH YOUR INTENDED SHELTER. IF STAYING IN A HOME...TURN THE REFRIGERATOR TO MAXIMUM COLD AND KEEP IT CLOSED. TURN OFF PROPANE TANKS AND UNPLUG SMALL APPLIANCES. FILL THE BATHTUB WITH WATER IN CASE THE TAP WATER BECOMES UNAVAILABLE AFTER THE STORM. THIS IS FOR CLEANING AND FLUSHING PURPOSES. DO NOT DRINK IT. && ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT HEIGHTS OF COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THE FORECAST AREA TO BE CAUSED BY HURRICANE IRENE. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE PRECISE SIZE...INTENSITY...TIMING AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF IRENE THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 FEET OF SURGE ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK HARBOR... WITH 3 TO 6 FT OF SURGE ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY...PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS...AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE... DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 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... INCREASINGLY LARGE SWELLS ARRIVING FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CREATE HIGH SURF...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS ALONG THE ATLANTIC FACING COASTLINE TODAY INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS ALSO LIKELY ALONG THE COASTLINE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS DUE TO THE SURGE AND BATTERING SURF. ...RIP CURRENTS... DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-281645- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 1231 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-281645- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.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- 1231 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TONIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 85 KNOTS. BASED ON FORECAST WINDS...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SEAS TO BUILD TO THE 20 TO 35 FOOT RANGE ON THE OCEAN...AND SEAS IN EXCESS OF 15 FEET ON LONG ISLAND SOUND. $$
824 WTUS81 KOKX 271909 HLSOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 309 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...IRENE MOVING ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... .NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED FOR CURRENT POSITION AND INTENSITY OF HURRICANE IRENE. .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 2 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 35.5N...LONGITUDE 76.3W. THIS WAS ABOUT 390 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 450 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 13 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 85 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... HURRICANE IRENE WILL TRACK NORTH NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TO JUST SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE OUTER RAIN BANDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL THEN RAPIDLY DETERIORATE IN TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRENGTHENING WINDS TONIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON... WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING RAINS...AND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK...AS THE IMPACTS OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE FELT OVER A LARGE AREA DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE STORM. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE HURRICANE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING DAMAGE IF THE GREATEST SURGE COINCIDES WITH THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES ON SUNDAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE EXACERBATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 5 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BASED ON RECENT HEAVY RAINS...IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. AS A RESULT A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. 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 UPTON AROUND 7 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-281915- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 309 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MAKE THE FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. RUSH TO COMPLETION THE HARDENING OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS BY CLOSING SHUTTERS AND BRACING GARAGE DOORS. IF EVACUATING...LEAVE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. GUARD AGAINST BEING STUCK OUT ON ROADWAYS WHEN DANGEROUS WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS ARRIVE. REMEMBER...PETS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN MOST OFFICIAL SHELTERS...SO CHECK AHEAD WITH YOUR INTENDED SHELTER. IF STAYING IN A HOME...TURN THE REFRIGERATOR TO MAXIMUM COLD AND KEEP IT CLOSED. TURN OFF PROPANE TANKS AND UNPLUG SMALL APPLIANCES. FILL THE BATHTUB WITH WATER IN CASE THE TAP WATER BECOMES UNAVAILABLE AFTER THE STORM. THIS IS FOR CLEANING AND FLUSHING PURPOSES. DO NOT DRINK IT. && ...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 76 PERCENT. ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS DEVELOPING SUNDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 85 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. 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. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGE IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON TRACK...INTENSITY...AND SPEED OF THE STORM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE POSE A SERIOUS THREAT WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER INUNDATION POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL LOCATIONS, BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 FEET OF SURGE ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK HARBOR...WITH 3 TO 5 FT OF SURGE ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY...PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS...AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES ON TOP OF THE STORM SURGE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS NEW YORK HARBOR AND THE SOUTH SHORE OF WESTERN LONG ISLAND IS AROUND 8 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO... WATER LEVELS OF 8 TO 9 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND IS AROUND 11 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO...WATER LEVELS OF 10 TO 11 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND IS AROUND 9 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO...WATER LEVELS OF 7 TO 8 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 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... INCREASINGLY LARGE SWELLS ARRIVING FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CREATE HIGH SURF...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS ALONG THE ATLANTIC FACING COASTLINE TODAY INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS ALSO LIKELY ALONG THE COASTLINE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS DUE TO THE SURGE AND BATTERING SURF. ...RIP CURRENTS... DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LONG ISLAND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...AND THE NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA AS INTENSE RAIN BANDS MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING. $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-281915- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 309 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 60 PERCENT. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 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... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. 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. $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-281915- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 309 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 4 TO 11 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 79 PERCENT. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS SUNDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 70 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 80 KNOTS. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS INTENSE RAIN BANDS MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS. $$
950 WTUS81 KOKX 272232 HLSOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 632 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...IRENE ABOUT TO RE-EMERGE OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS... .NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION. UPDATED PROBABILITIES. UPDATED STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE. .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 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.2N...LONGITUDE 76.0W. THIS WAS ABOUT 330 MILES SOUTH- SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 400 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 13 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 80 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... HURRICANE IRENE WILL TRACK NORTH NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TO JUST SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND BY SUNDAY MORNING. THE OUTER RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL THEN RAPIDLY DETERIORATE IN TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRENGTHENING WINDS LATE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING RAINS...AND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK...AS THE IMPACTS OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE FELT OVER A LARGE AREA DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE STORM. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE HURRICANE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING DAMAGE IF THE GREATEST SURGE COINCIDES WITH THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES ON SUNDAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE EXACERBATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BASED ON RECENT HEAVY RAINS...IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. AS A RESULT A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. 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 UPTON AROUND 1000 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-281200- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 632 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 3 TO 10 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 91 PERCENT. ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS DEVELOPING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 85 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. 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. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGE IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON TRACK...INTENSITY...AND SPEED OF THE STORM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE POSE A SERIOUS THREAT WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER INUNDATION POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL LOCATIONS. BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 FEET OF SURGE ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK HARBOR...WITH 3 TO 5 FT OF SURGE ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY...PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS...AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES ON TOP OF THE STORM SURGE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS NEW YORK HARBOR AND THE SOUTH SHORE OF WESTERN LONG ISLAND IS AROUND 8 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO... WATER LEVELS OF 8 TO 10 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND IS AROUND 11 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO...WATER LEVELS OF 10 TO 11 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND IS AROUND 9 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO...WATER LEVELS OF 7 TO 8 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 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... INCREASINGLY LARGE SWELLS ARRIVING FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CREATE HIGH SURF...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS ALONG THE ATLANTIC FACING COASTLINE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS ALSO LIKELY ALONG THE COASTLINE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS DUE TO THE SURGE AND BATTERING SURF. ...RIP CURRENTS... DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LONG ISLAND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...AND THE NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA AS INTENSE RAIN BANDS MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH THIS EVENING. $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-281200- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 632 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 80 PERCENT. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. HOMES MAY HAVE DAMAGE TO SHINGLES... SIDING...GUTTERS AND WINDOWS...ESPECIALLY IF THESE ITEMS ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED. LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BECOME AIRBORNE... CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. SOME POWER LINES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN BY FALLING TREES...RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MANY LARGE BRANCHES OF TREES WILL BE SNAPPED...AND A FEW TREES WILL BE UPROOTED. $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-281200- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.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- 632 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 4 TO 10 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 92 PERCENT. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 70 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 KNOTS. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS INTENSE RAIN BANDS MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS. $$
487 WTUS81 KOKX 280022 HLSOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 822 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...IRENE RE-EMERGES OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN...WATER LEVELS RISING IN THE VIRGINIA TIDEWATER REGION... .NEW INFORMATION... UPDATED STORM INFORMATION. UPDATED WATCHES AND WARNINGS. .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. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY TORNADO WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 8 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.5N...LONGITUDE 75.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 310 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 380 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 16 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 80 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTH NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND WILL REACH JUST SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND BY SUNDAY MORNING. OUTER RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE BANDS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE IN TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRENGTHENING WINDS LATE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING RAINS...AND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK...AS THE IMPACTS OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE FELT OVER A LARGE AREA DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE STORM. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE HURRICANE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING DAMAGE IF THE GREATEST SURGE COINCIDES WITH THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES ON SUNDAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE EXACERBATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BASED ON RECENT HEAVY RAINS...IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. AS A RESULT A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. 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 UPTON AROUND 1030 PM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-290030- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 822 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 3 TO 10 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 91 PERCENT. ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS DEVELOPING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 85 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. 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. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LONG ISLAND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...AND THE NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA AS INTENSE RAIN BANDS MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGE IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON TRACK...INTENSITY...AND SPEED OF THE STORM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE POSE A SERIOUS THREAT WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER INUNDATION POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL LOCATIONS. BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 FEET OF SURGE ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK HARBOR...WITH 3 TO 5 FT OF SURGE ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY...PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS...AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES ON TOP OF THE STORM SURGE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS NEW YORK HARBOR AND THE SOUTH SHORE OF WESTERN LONG ISLAND IS AROUND 8 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO... WATER LEVELS OF 8 TO 10 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND IS AROUND 11 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO...WATER LEVELS OF 10 TO 11 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND IS AROUND 9 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO...WATER LEVELS OF 7 TO 8 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 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... INCREASINGLY LARGE SWELLS ARRIVING FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CREATE HIGH SURF...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS ALONG THE ATLANTIC FACING COASTLINE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS ALSO LIKELY ALONG THE COASTLINE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS DUE TO THE SURGE AND BATTERING SURF. ...RIP CURRENTS... DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-290030- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 822 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 80 PERCENT. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO APPROACHES. ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. 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. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. 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. $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-290030- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 822 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 4 TO 10 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 92 PERCENT. ...WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS INTENSE RAIN BANDS MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 70 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 KNOTS. $$
958 WTUS81 KOKX 280113 HLSOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 913 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...IRENE LASHING THE VIRGINIA TIDEWATER REGION AND SOUTHERN DELMARVA PENINSULA WITH HEAVY RAINS AND HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS... .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 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY TORNADO WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 9 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.9N...LONGITUDE 75.6W. THIS WAS ABOUT 280 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 350 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 16 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 80 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTH NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND WILL REACH JUST SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND BY SUNDAY MORNING. OUTER RAIN BANDS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE BANDS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE IN TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRENGTHENING WINDS LATE THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING RAINS...AND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK...AS THE IMPACTS OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE FELT OVER A LARGE AREA DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE STORM. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE HURRICANE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING DAMAGE IF THE GREATEST SURGE COINCIDES WITH THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES ON SUNDAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE EXACERBATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BASED ON RECENT HEAVY RAINS...IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. 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 1230 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-290115- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 913 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 3 TO 10 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 91 PERCENT. ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS DEVELOPING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 75 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 85 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. 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. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LONG ISLAND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...AND THE NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA AS INTENSE RAIN BANDS MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGE IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON TRACK...INTENSITY...AND SPEED OF THE STORM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE POSE A SERIOUS THREAT WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER INUNDATION POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL LOCATIONS. BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 FEET OF SURGE ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK HARBOR...WITH 3 TO 5 FT OF SURGE ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY...PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS...AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES ON TOP OF THE STORM SURGE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS NEW YORK HARBOR AND THE SOUTH SHORE OF WESTERN LONG ISLAND IS AROUND 8 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO... WATER LEVELS OF 8 TO 10 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND IS AROUND 11 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO...WATER LEVELS OF 10 TO 11 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND IS AROUND 9 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO...WATER LEVELS OF 7 TO 8 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF OCCURRENCE OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 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... INCREASINGLY LARGE SWELLS ARRIVING FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CREATE HIGH SURF...SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS ALONG THE ATLANTIC FACING COASTLINE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS ALSO LIKELY ALONG THE COASTLINE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS DUE TO THE SURGE AND BATTERING SURF. $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-290115- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 913 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 80 PERCENT. ...WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. HOMES MAY HAVE DAMAGE TO SHINGLES... SIDING...GUTTERS AND WINDOWS...ESPECIALLY IF THESE ITEMS ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED. LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BECOME AIRBORNE... CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. SOME POWER LINES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN BY FALLING TREES...RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MANY LARGE BRANCHES OF TREES WILL BE SNAPPED...AND A FEW TREES WILL BE UPROOTED. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO APPROACHES. $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-290115- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.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- 913 PM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 4 TO 10 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 92 PERCENT. ...WATERSPOUTS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO APPROACHES. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY THIS EVENING AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 70 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 KNOTS. $$
988 WTUS81 KOKX 280452 HLSOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1252 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...IRENE DRENCHING THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES WITH HEAVY RAINS AS IT SKIRTS THE DELMARVA PENINSULA... .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 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY TORNADO WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 12 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.3N...LONGITUDE 75.4W. THIS WAS ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 320 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 16 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 80 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTH NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND WILL REACH JUST SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND BY SUNDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE IN TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRENGTHENING WINDS OVERNIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE BANDS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING RAINS...AND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK...AS THE IMPACTS OF THE HURRICANE WILL BE FELT OVER A LARGE AREA DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE STORM. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF THE HURRICANE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING DAMAGE IF THE GREATEST SURGE COINCIDES WITH THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES ON SUNDAY. THIS SURGE WILL BE EXACERBATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. BASED ON RECENT HEAVY RAINS...IF THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. 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 7 AM EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-290500- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 1252 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 19 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 83 TO 93 PERCENT. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE BY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 50 TO 70 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. 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. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGE IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON TRACK...INTENSITY...AND SPEED OF THE STORM AS IT APPROACHES THE COAST. THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE POSE A SERIOUS THREAT WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER INUNDATION POSSIBLE ALONG COASTAL LOCATIONS. BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE...THERE IS STILL POTENTIAL FOR 4 TO 8 FEET OF SURGE ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK HARBOR...WITH 3 TO 5 FT OF SURGE ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY...PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS...AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THESE TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES ON TOP OF THE STORM SURGE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS NEW YORK HARBOR AND THE SOUTH SHORE OF WESTERN LONG ISLAND IS AROUND 8 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO... WATER LEVELS OF 8 TO 10 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND IS AROUND 11 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO...WATER LEVELS OF 10 TO 11 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND IS AROUND 9 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO...WATER LEVELS OF 7 TO 8 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF OCCURRENCE OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 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. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS LONG ISLAND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...AND THE NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA AS INTENSE RAIN BANDS MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT. ...COASTAL HAZARDS... INCREASINGLY LARGE SWELLS FROM HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO PUMMEL THE SHORE WITH HIGH SURF. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND WASHOVERS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE ATLANTIC FACING COASTLINE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION IS ALSO LIKELY ALONG THE COASTLINE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS DUE TO THE SURGE AND BATTERING SURF. $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-290500- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 1252 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 86 PERCENT. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. 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... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVERNIGHT. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 40 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY. 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. ...TORNADOES... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO APPROACHES. $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-290500- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 1252 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 23 PERCENT. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 94 PERCENT. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE UNDERWAY...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS GUSTS LIKELY BY SUNDAY MORNING. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 70 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 80 KNOTS. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE TORNADO WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT QUICKLY IF A TORNADO APPROACHES. $$
814 WTUS81 KOKX 281024 HLSOKX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 624 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...IRENE MOVING ALONG THE JERSEY SHORE...EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR NEW YORK CITY AND INLAND OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY... .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. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY TORNADO WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 39.2N...LONGITUDE 74.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 110 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NEW YORK CITY NY...OR ABOUT 190 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MONTAUK POINT NY. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 18 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... HURRICANE IRENE CONTINUES TO TRACK NORTH NORTHEAST ALONG THE NEW JERSEY COAST AND WILL REACH JUST SOUTH OF NEW YORK CITY AND WESTERN LONG ISLAND THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DANGEROUS IN BANDS OF TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS THIS MORNING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING AS THESE BANDS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING RAINS...AND SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING. THE POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING DAMAGE THIS MORNING...WITH SIGNIFICANT SURGE COINCIDING WITH THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES THIS MORNING. THIS SURGE WILL BE EXACERBATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES. A TOTAL OF 5 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF LATER 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...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. 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 EDT...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-291030- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 624 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS GUSTS POSSIBLE. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 40 TO 60 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH. 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. ...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. BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE AND CURRENT TIDAL TRENDS...4 TO 8 FEET OF SURGE IS EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK HARBOR...WITH 3 TO 5 FT OF SURGE ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BAYS OF LONG ISLAND AND NEW YORK CITY...PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS...AND EASTERN LONG ISLAND THIS MORNING TILL AROUND MIDDAY. THESE TIDAL CONDITIONS WILL BE AGGRAVATED BY ACCOMPANYING LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES ON TOP OF THE STORM SURGE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS NEW YORK HARBOR AND THE SOUTH SHORE OF WESTERN LONG ISLAND IS AROUND 8 AM THIS MORNING. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO... WATER LEVELS OF 8 TO 10 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND IS AROUND 11 AM THIS MORNING. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO...WATER LEVELS OF 10 TO 11 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH TIDE ACROSS EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND IS AROUND 9 AM SUNDAY. IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO...WATER LEVELS OF 7 TO 8 FT ABOVE MSL ARE POSSIBLE. THERE IS A 10 PERCENT CHANCE OF OCCURRENCE OF THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 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 TODAY INTO MONDAY. 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. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING AS AN INTENSE RAIN BAND MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH. $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-291030- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 624 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ...WINDS... TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 35 TO 50 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH. HOMES MAY HAVE DAMAGE TO SHINGLES... SIDING...GUTTERS AND WINDOWS...ESPECIALLY IF THESE ITEMS ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED. LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BECOME AIRBORNE... CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. SOME POWER LINES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN BY FALLING TREES...RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MANY LARGE BRANCHES OF TREES WILL BE SNAPPED...AND A FEW TREES WILL BE UPROOTED. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING AS AN INTENSE RAIN BAND MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH. $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-291030- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.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- 624 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...WINDS AND SEAS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING...WITH HURRICANE FORCE WINDS GUSTS LIKELY THROUGH THIS MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 55 TO 65 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 75 KNOTS. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING AS AN INTENSE RAIN BAND MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH. $$
596 WTUS81 KOKX 281432 HLSOKX 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. CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-291445- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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. $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-291445- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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. $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-291445- /O.CON.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 1032 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...WINDS AND SEAS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR INTO LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. SEAS OF 20 TO 30 FT WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. $$
218 WTUS81 KOKX 281520 HLSOKX 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- /O.CAN.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.EXA.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- 1120 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED... $$ NJZ002-NYZ067-291530- /O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 1120 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED TO HAVE FALLEN BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF THIS AFTERNOON. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ...WINDS... NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON. HOMES MAY HAVE DAMAGE TO SHINGLES...SIDING...GUTTERS AND WINDOWS...ESPECIALLY IF THESE ITEMS ARE NOT PROPERLY SECURED. LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BECOME AIRBORNE...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. SOME POWER LINES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN BY FALLING TREES...RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. MANY LARGE BRANCHES OF TREES WILL BE SNAPPED...AND A FEW TREES WILL BE UPROOTED. $$ CTZ005>008-NJZ004-103>105-107-NYZ068>070-291530- /O.CAN.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /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... $$ ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-291530- /O.CAN.KOKX.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KOKX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 1120 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... ...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED... $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this hurricane warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this hurricane warning went out at Aug 26, 5:05 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 5:05 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
505 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE REGION
TONIGHT. HURRICANE IRENE WILL IMPACT THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN BEHIND THE STORM FOR NEXT WEEK.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR ALOFT WILL LIMIT PCPN CHANCES THRU THIS
EVE. THE FCST HAS THEREFORE BEEN KEPT DRY WITH PARTLY CLOUDY
SKIES.
THERE ARE SOME HINTS OF SHRA/TSTM DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT IN THE NAM
DUE TO THETAE ADVECTION. HAVE SIDED WITH THE DRY GFS WITH A BETTER
RESOLUTION OF THE LARGER SCALE FEATURES. IF ANYTHING DEVELOPS SCT-
ISOLD COVERAGE CAN BE EXPECTED.
CHANCES FOR PCPN INCREASE ON SAT AS OUTER BANDS FROM IRENE
APPROACH. POPS INCREASE THRU THE DAY. LOCALLY HEAVY SHRA ARE
POSSIBLE IN SCT ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY AFT 18Z. ATTM WIND THREAT
HOLDS OFF TIL SAT NGT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
LARGE AND DANGEROUS HURRICANE IRENE ON TRACK TO IMPACT THE AREA
FROM LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT...
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN MODEL GUIDANCE WITH THE TRACK OF
HURRICANE IRENE. GIVEN THE SIZE OF IRENE ITS LARGE AND DAMAGING
WIND FIELD AND TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL LIKELY ENVELOP MOST OF THE
REGION.
ALL PREPARATIONS FOR HURRICANE IRENE SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...AS OUTER BANDS FROM IRENE SHOULD BEGIN TO IMPACT THE
AREA LATE SAT INTO SAT EVENING...WITH CONDITIONS RAPIDLY
DETERIORATING IN TORRENTIAL RAIN AND STRENGTHENING WINDS SAT NIGHT.
THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
AFTERNOON WITH DAMAGING WINDS...FLOODING RAINS...AND SIGNIFICANT
COASTAL FLOODING. MODELS/NHC FORECAST IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH
TRANSITIONING IRENE PULLING AWAY FROM THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT WITH
RAIN TAPERING OF FROM SW TO NE AND WINDS RAPIDLY DIMINISHING.
PLEASE REFER TO NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECASTS FOR IRENE FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION WILL KEEP CONDITIONS FAIR AND DRY
THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS HIGH WILL BE OVER THE REGION ON TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY BEFORE SLIDING OFFSHORE ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /21Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS OVER THE TERMINALS THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN MVFR
CIGS/VSBYS OVERSPREAD FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
INCREASES OVER THE REGION DUE TO INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS.
SOME SCT/BKN CU SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH AROUND 00Z. LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE WILL INCREASE AS WINDS BECOME SLY OVER THE
REGION...LEADING TO SOME FORMATION OF STRATUS BY MIDNIGHT. HIGH
CLOUDS FROM TC IRENE WILL BEGIN ARRIVING SAT MORNING.
WENT AHEAD AND INCLUDED RAIN IN THE 30 HR TAF SITES AS THE PRECIP
IS FORECASTED TO BEGIN MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH BY 00Z SAT
EVENING.
NY METRO ENHANCED AVIATION WEATHER SUPPORT...
DETAILED INFORMATION...INCLUDING HOURLY TAF WIND COMPONENT FCSTS
CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTP:/WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ZNY/N90 (LOWER CASE)
KJFK FCSTER COMMENTS: NO UNSCHEDULED AMENDMENTS EXPECTED.
KLGA FCSTER COMMENTS: NO UNSCHEDULED AMENDMENTS EXPECTED.
KEWR FCSTER COMMENTS: NO UNSCHEDULED AMENDMENTS EXPECTED.
KTEB FCSTER COMMENTS: NO UNSCHEDULED AMENDMENTS EXPECTED.
KHPN FCSTER COMMENTS: NO UNSCHEDULED AMENDMENTS EXPECTED.
KISP FCSTER COMMENTS: NO UNSCHEDULED AMENDMENTS EXPECTED.
OUTLOOK FOR 18Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
SAT NIGHT...MVFR WITH RAIN IMPACTS LATER IN THE DAY IN ADVANCE OF
TC IRENE. LOCALLY IFR CONDS IN HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE.
SUN...SUB-VFR LIKELY WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS DUE TO
TC IRENE.
MON...VFR. GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE EARLY.
TUE...VFR LIKELY.
WED...VFR LIKELY.
PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECASTS FOR THE
LATEST DETAILS ON IRENE.
&&
.MARINE...
SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THRU SAT AS THE HURRICANE
APPROACHES. SCA CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE OCEAN...BUT ADVY
WILL BE CANCELLED WITH HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT.
CONDITIONS ON THE WATERS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE SAT
NIGHT...WITH HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY. POTENTIAL FOR SEAS TO BUILD TO 20 TO 30 FT RANGE
ON THE OCEAN...AND 10+ FT WAVES ON LI SOUND DEPENDING ON EXACT
TRACK. BASED ON LATEST FORECAST TRACK...WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH
FAIRLY RAPIDLY SUNDAY NIGHT AS IRENE PULLS AWAY. OCEAN SEAS WILL
BE SLOWER TO SUBSIDE...LIKELY REMAIN ROUGH THROUGH MONDAY IN
RESIDUAL SWELLS.
FOR TUE-WED...
WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WATER...WINDS AND SEAS WILL
BE BELOW SCA LEVELS.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
THERE IS INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN TORRENTIAL RAINS DEVELOPING OVER
THE REGION SAT NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH OF SUNDAY BASED ON
THE NHC FORECAST TRACK FOR HURRICANE IRENE. A PRECURSOR LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT COULD TAKE PLACE SAT IN THE VICINITY OF A
NORTHWARD DRIFTING REMNANT FRONT WELL BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF VERY
HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HURRICANE ITSELF. STORM TOTAL QPF OF
5 TO 10 INCHES IS LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE REGION...WITH LOCALLY UP TO
15 INCHES DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM.
BASED ON ALREADY WET ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS...IF THESE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OCCUR...MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY AT
NUMEROUS SITES ACROSS OUR TRI-STATE RIVER BASINS. IN
ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING WILL ALSO BE AN ISSUE. A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE ISSUED TO
ADDRESS THIS THREAT.
PLEASE REFER TO NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECASTS FOR FURTHER
DETAILS...AND BE PREPARED FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF SIGNIFICANT INLAND
FLOODING AS TROPICAL RAINS OVERSPREAD THE AREA.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK...INTENSITY AND TIMING OF HURRICANE
IRENE...THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR COASTAL FLOODING
DAMAGE IF THE GREATEST SURGE COINCIDES WITH THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDES
SUN MORNING AND/OR SUNDAY EVENING. THIS SURGE WILL BE EXACERBATED BY
BATTERING SURF.
IN ADDITION...INCREASINGLY LARGE SWELLS ARRIVING FROM HURRICANE
IRENE WILL CREATE HIGH SURF AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AS EARLY
AS SATURDAY AND CONTINUING INTO MONDAY.
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...LIKELY
INTO MONDAY.
PLEASE REFER TO NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FORECASTS AND
ADVISORIES...AND BE PREPARED FOR SIGNIFICANT COASTAL IMPACTS
SHOULD HURRICANE IRENE DIRECTLY IMPACT THE REGION.
&&
.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR CTZ005>012.
HURRICANE WATCH FOR CTZ005>012.
NY...FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179.
HURRICANE WATCH FOR NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179.
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR NYZ067.
NJ...FLOOD WATCH FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR NJZ002-004-006-103>108.
HURRICANE WATCH FOR NJZ004-006-103>108.
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR NJZ002.
MARINE...HURRICANE WATCH FOR ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355.
&&
SYNOPSIS...JMC
NEAR TERM...JMC
SHORT TERM...
LONG TERM...BC
AVIATION...
MARINE...BC/JMC
HYDROLOGY...NV
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 5:54 AM EDT, 12 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 554 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 CTZ005>012-NJZ004-006-103>108-NYZ068>075-078>081-176>179-271000- 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- 554 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HURRICANE WATCH. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. NJZ002-NYZ067-271000- WESTERN PASSAIC-ORANGE- 554 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. TROPICAL STORM WATCH. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-271000- 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- 554 AM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011 ...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HURRICANE WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS New York, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 3:49 AM EDT | Flood Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 57 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:39 AM EDT | Hurricane Watch | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:39 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | OKX | Orange | 12 hr |
| Aug 26, 6:00 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | OKX | Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam and 5 more | 53 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.