Critical HLS Hurricane/Tropical Local Statment — Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:22 PM

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1215 PM EDT SAT AUG 14 2004

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN AFFECT FROM SANDY HOOK NJ TO MONTAUK 
POINT NY...INCLUDING LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK HARBOR...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT IS FOR RESIDENTS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES:

IN NEW YORK...
BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...QUEENS...
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...NASSAU...SUFFOLK AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

IN NEW JERSEY...
ESSEX...HUDSON AND UNION.

IN CONNECTICUT...
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN AND 
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON.

...WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM SANDY HOOK NJ TO MONTAUK 
POINT NY...INCLUDING THE WATERS OF LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK 
HARBOR.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE REGION FROM 12 
MIDNIGHT TO 12 NOON SUNDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 1100 AM EDT...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS LOCATED NEAR 
LATITUDE 33.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 79.0 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH OF 
MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA.
 
CHARLEY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 28 MPH. THIS 
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS 
TRACK...CHARLEY WILL MOVE ALONG AND JUST INLAND FROM THE CENTRAL AND 
NORTHEAST ATLANTIC COAST...AND IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN THE 
TRI-STATE REGION EARLY SUNDAY.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE 
EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  RESIDENTS SHOULD BEGIN TO 
PREPARE FOR THE ONSET OF WINDS IN EXCESS OF 39 MPH...SUCH AS 
SECURING LOOSE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND OTHER OBJECTS.

...STORM SURGE FLOOD AND STORM TIDE IMPACTS...
STORM SURGES AHEAD OF CHARLEY MAY RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE 
NORMAL. WHILE WE ARE APPROACHING ASTRONOMICAL HIGH TIDES AS A RESULT 
OF A NEW MOON...THESE SURGES ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE DURING THE LOWER 
OF THE 2 HIGH TIDE CYCLES...THUS MINIMIZING THE THREAT FOR COASTAL 
FLOODING. HOWEVER...MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING CAN 
BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO COASTAL 
FLOODING SUCH AS THE BACK BAYS ALONG LONG ISLAND'S SOUTH SHORE.

...WIND IMPACTS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH OR GREATER WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE IN 
THE REGION LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.  A FEW WIND 
GUSTS OF UP TO 55 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.  WINDS OF THESE SPEEDS MAY 
DOWN SOME TREES...TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. THIS MAY RESULT IN 
SCATTERED AREAS OF POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY IN THOSE AREAS THAT 
HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST SEVERAL 
WEEKS.

...RAINFALL...
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PRECEDE AND ACCOMPANY A WEAKENING 
CHARLEY AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL 
GENERALLY BE 2 TO 4 INCHES. SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS MAY APPROACH 5 INCHES 
RIGHT ALONG THE PATH OF CHARLEY.

...MARINE INFORMATION...
SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 8 TO 10 FEET BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL 
RESULT IN MODERATE BEACH EROSION...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE 
OF LONG ISLAND.

...RIP CURRENT INFORMATION...
AN INCREASING THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST 
THROUGH SUNDAY. THESE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE 
THREATENING TO ANYONE WHO ENTERS THE WATER.

...NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT ON HURRICANE CHARLEY WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 
6PM.