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Hurricane/Tornado/Tropical Storm Advisories

Last updated: Sunday, August 28, 2011 8:01 PM

Tropical Storm Warning

Tropical Storm Warning
TROPICAL STORM IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
623 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...TROPICAL STORM IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND INTO THIS EVENING...

.NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION...WIND AND STORM TIDE SECTIONS.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND AND
MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
HARTFORD CT...TOLLAND CT...WINDHAM CT...WESTERN FRANKLIN MA...
EASTERN FRANKLIN MA...NORTHERN WORCESTER MA...CENTRAL MIDDLESEX
MA...WESTERN ESSEX MA...EASTERN ESSEX MA...WESTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...
WESTERN HAMPDEN MA...EASTERN HAMPSHIRE MA...EASTERN HAMPDEN MA...
SOUTHERN WORCESTER MA...WESTERN NORFOLK MA...SOUTHEAST MIDDLESEX
MA...SUFFOLK MA...EASTERN NORFOLK MA...NORTHERN BRISTOL MA...
WESTERN PLYMOUTH MA...EASTERN PLYMOUTH MA...SOUTHERN BRISTOL MA...
SOUTHERN PLYMOUTH MA...BARNSTABLE MA...DUKES MA...NANTUCKET MA...
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX MA...CHESHIRE NH...EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH...
WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH...NORTHWEST PROVIDENCE RI...
SOUTHEAST PROVIDENCE RI...WESTERN KENT RI...EASTERN KENT RI...
BRISTOL RI...WASHINGTON RI...NEWPORT RI AND BLOCK ISLAND RI.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
ALL OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.
PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN
EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 6 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 42.7N...LONGITUDE 72.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 90 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF BOSTON MA. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 20 DEGREES
AT 26 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
IRENE REMAINS A TROPICAL STORM AND CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH-
NORTHEAST AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INTO
THIS EVENING.

BASED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION...PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
CAN STILL EXPECT A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING AND COASTAL
FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH COAST DURING THIS EVENING/S HIGH TIDE.

DESPITE ONLY LINGERING SHOWERS THIS EVENING MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY WITH SOME WELL OUT OF THEIR
BANKS. AS A RESULT NUMEROUS FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT ALONG
WITH A FLOOD WATCH AS OTHER RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS MAY OVERFLOW
THEIR BANKS. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR
LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. REFER TO
THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON AREA
RIVERS.

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN TAUNTON AROUND 11 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.