TROPICAL STORM HANNA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
537 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2008
...TROPICAL STORM HANNA TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE REGION THIS
WEEKEND...
.AT 5 PM EDT...THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
NORTH OF SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY THROUGH WATCH HILL RHODE ISLAND...
INCLUDING LONG ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY
WITHIN 36 HOURS.
AT 500 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 30.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.7 WEST OR ABOUT 160
MILES...SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA AND ABOUT
240 MILES...SOUTH OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.
HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH NEAR 20 MPH. THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED CONTINUE TONIGHT...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND A
FASTER FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE CENTER OF HANNA SHOULD CROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST OF
THE UNITED STATES TONIGHT OR EARLY SATURDAY...THEN MOVE ALONG THE
MID-ATLANTIC COAST LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST BEFORE
LANDFALL...IT WOULD ONLY TAKE A SMALL INCREASE IN WIND SPEED FOR
HANNA TO BECOME A HURRICANE. WEAKENING IS EXPECTED AFTER LANDFALL.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 290 MILES FROM
THE CENTER.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY AN AIR FORCE
RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER IS 984 MB...29.06 INCHES.
537 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2008
...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.
UPDATED INLAND FLOODING.
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN
COASTAL SECTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST NEW
YORK...INCLUDING ALL OF NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND...AND
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.
...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ANOTHER THREAT A TROPICAL STORM CAN POSE IS TO THE BOATING
COMMUNITY. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL THE
TROPICAL STORM THREAT HAS PASSED. BOAT OWNERS AND MARINA OPERATORS
IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD PREPARE QUICKLY FOR TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS.
HOME OWNERS ARE URGED TO SECURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS. GARBAGE
CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN EASILY BECOME PROJECTILES WITH THE
ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS
ARE URGED TO STOCK UP ON BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS...DRINKING WATER
AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS. PEOPLE ARE ALSO URGED TO REMAIN INDOORS
DURING THE STORM AS THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL RESULT IN LOOSE SOIL AND THE THREAT OF DOWNED TREES...LARGE
TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS IS EXPECTED AS HANNA PASSES JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF LONG
ISLAND SATURDAY NIGHT. WE CURRENTLY ARE IN A PERIOD OF NEAP
TIDES...WHICH RESULTS IN LOW ASTRONOMICAL TIDES. AS A
RESULT...SIGNIFICANT COASTAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME. HOWEVER...HIGH SEAS AND ROUGH SURF COULD RESULT IN SLIGHTLY
HIGHER WATER LEVELS...AND SOME SPLASH OVER...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE
TIME OF HIGH TIDE.
THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ARE AS FOLLOWS...
AT SANDY HOOK...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 1249 AM AND 115 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 139 AM
SUNDAY.
AT THE BATTERY...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 1235 AM AND 101 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 125 AM
SUNDAY.
AT EAST ROCKAWAY INLET...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 1242 AM AND 108 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 132 AM
SUNDAY.
AT JONES INLET...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 1229 AM AND 1255 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 119 AM
SUNDAY.
AT SHINNECOCK INLET...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 1249 AM AND 115 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 139 AM
SUNDAY.
AT MONTAUK POINT...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 200 AM AND 234 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 257 AM
SUNDAY.
AT BRIDGEPORT CT...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 424 AM AND 440 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 518 AM
SUNDAY.
AT NEW HAVEN CT...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 423 AM AND 439 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 517 AM
SUNDAY.
AT NEW LONDON CT...
HIGH TIDE IS AT 232 AM AND 300 PM SATURDAY...AND AT 332 AM
SUNDAY.
...WINDS...
AT THE POINT OF CLOSEST APPROACH OVER EASTERN LONG ISLAND AND FAR
SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT...HANNA IS EXPECTED TO HAVE SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH...MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER. IF THE
STORM MOVES AS FORECAST...RAIN BANDS NORTHWEST OF THE CENTER WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
...INLAND FLOODING...
THERE WILL BE TWO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THIS WEEKEND. THE FIRST
WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF PRECIPITATION
EXPECTED. THE SECOND...AS HANNA PASSES NEARBY...WILL OCCUR
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...RESULTING IN AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6
INCHES OF RAIN. HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WHERE RAIN BANDS ARE
THE MOST PERSISTENT. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN
SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS...AS WELL AS
MODERATE FLOODING OF LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING BEGINS TO OCCUR.
DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. IF YOU ENCOUNTER ANY FLOODING
WHILE DRIVING...TURN AROUND.
...TORNADOES...
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE TRACK OF HANNA.
THIS WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS MAINLY
OVER THE OCEAN WATERS...AND POSSIBLY THE TWIN FORKS OF LONG
ISLAND.
...NEXT UPDATE...
THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED SHORTLY AFTER 11 PM THIS EVENING.

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
904 PM EDT FRI SEP 5 2008
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* ALL OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST
NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...IN SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...FAIRFIELD...MIDDLESEX...NEW HAVEN AND NEW LONDON.
IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN...ESSEX...HUDSON...PASSAIC AND
UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...
NASSAU...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...ORANGE...PUTNAM...QUEENS...
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SUFFOLK AND WESTCHESTER.
* FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* TROPICAL STORM HANNA...LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH
CAROLINA THIS EVENING...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH
OVERNIGHT...WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED ON SATURDAY.
* HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH HANNA WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE
AREA WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE CENTER OF THE STORM OVERNIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT
AS THE CENTER OF HANNA MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH...PASSING VERY
NEAR LONG ISLAND. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH SOME
POSSIBLE HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
FLOODING ACROSS HIGHLY URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND
CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
FLASH FLOODING OFTEN LEADS TO IMPASSABLE ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS THAT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS PUT THEIR LIVES IN DANGER AND
CAN CAUSE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLES DUE TO
WATER ENTERING THE ENGINE AND VEHICLE.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

GOODMAN