HLSGYX URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL CYCLONE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 1158 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...IRENE IS NO LONGER A TROPICAL SYSTEM AND HEADED NORTHEAST AWAY FROM NEW ENGLAND ... .NEW INFORMATION... WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT ANYWHERE ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 PM EDT...THE EXTRA-TROPICAL REMNANTS OF IRENE WERE LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 45.3N... LONGITUDE 71.3W. THIS WAS ON THE NEW HAMPSHIRE QUEBEC BORDER...OR ABOUT 120 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF PORTLAND ME. STORM MOTION WAS NNE OR 25 DEGREES AT 26 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... IRENE HAS BECOME EXTRA-TROPICAL AND WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH QUEBEC...AND AWAY FROM NEW ENGLAND. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. OTHER THAN A FEW SHOWERS...THE RAIN HAS ENDED AS WELL. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE ARE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE. IF YOU ARE IN ANY OF THESE AREAS...DO NOT DRIVE OR ENTER FLOODED ROADS AND WATCH FOR WASH OUTS. ALSO...STAY ALERT FOR STAY DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. MARINERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST BEFORE MAKING ANY DEFINITE PLANS. && .NEXT UPDATE... AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA. MEZ007>009-012-013-NHZ001>009-290500- /O.CAN.KGYX.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET- SOUTHERN OXFORD-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- 1158 PM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU OR SOMEONE ELSE NEEDS EMERGENCY HELP...CALL 9 1 1. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON STORM IMPACTS. IF YOU ARE USING A PORTABLE GENERATOR...OBSERVE ALL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...ELECTROCUTION... OR FIRES. PORTABLE GENERATORS SHOULD BE OPERATED OUTDOORS...IN A DRY AND WELL VENTILATED PLACE. DO NOT STORE FUEL INSIDE YOUR HOME OR GARAGE. STAY OUT OF FLOODED AREAS AS THE WATER MAY BE CONTAMINATED OR THE ROAD MIGHT HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY. TEST DRINKING WATER BEFORE USING...PARTICULARLY FROM WELLS. STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWER LINES TOO. && ...INLAND FLOODING... THERE ARE STILL AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE AND WESTERN MAINE...AND RUNOFF FROM THE SIGNIFICANT WILL CONTINUE IN SOME AREAS. STAY INFORMED OF ANY CURRENT OR POSSIBLE NEW FLOOD WARNINGS. $$