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[helicopper 1,050]

Looks like the Gulf coast may be testing their evacuation plans again next week. Ike has the potential to be as bad (if not worse) than Gustav and they're still working on recovering from that one... So many storms so close together is a real challenge.

[ENG47INE 17]

Everyone who will be out there later today good luck and stay safe.

[helicopper 1,050]

4-6 inches or rain is possible for us. Break out the boots and pumps!!!

TROPICAL STORM HANNA REMAINS ON TRACK TO IMPACT THE TRI-STATE INTO SUN MORNING.

AT 11 AM EDT.1500 UTC.THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED FROM SURF CITY NO. CAROLINA SOUTHWARD. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NO. OF SURF CITY NORTH CAROLINA TO MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS.INCLUDING PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS.ALL OF CHESAPEAKE BAY.THE TIDAL POTOMAC.

WA D.C.DE BAY.NY HARBOR.LONG ISLAND

SOUND.BLOCK ISLAND.MARTHA`S VINEYARD & NANTUCKET. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HRS.

AT 1100 AM EDT.1500Z.THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.6 NORTH.LONGITUDE 77.4 WEST OR JUST SOUTHEAST OF EMPORIA VA. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 65

MILES.105 KM.WEST-SOUTHWEST OF NORFOLK VA.

HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 24 MPH.

39 KM/HR. A TURN TOWARD THE NE WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HRS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK.THE CENTER OF HANA WILL MOVE THROUGH THE EASTERN MID-ATLANTIC STATES TODAY.NEAR OR OVER S. NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT & SUNDAY.& NEAR THE CANADIAN MARITIMES SUN NIGHT.

MAX SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 50 MPH.85 KM/HR.WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HOWEVER.HANNA IS FORECAST TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON SUNDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 200 MILES.

325 KM FROM THE CENTER. EDENTON NO. CAROLINA RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND GUST OF 45 MPH.72 KM/HR.

ESTIMATED MIN CNTL PRESSURE IS 988 MB.29.18 INCHES.

STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS.

WITH LOCALLY HIGHER LEVELS IN BAYS & ACCOMPANIED LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES.IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING ALONG THE ATLANTIC COASTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA & NO. CAROLINA.INCLUDING THE PAMLICO & ABLEMARLE SOUNDS.SHOULD GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TODAY.

HANNA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO

6 INCHES FROM CNTL NO. CAROLINA.NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES.SOUTHERN NY.

AND INTO S. NEW ENGLAND.WITH ISOLATED MAX AMOUNTS OF 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THESE REGIONS.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.EASTERN VA.SOUTHERN MD.DE.

SOUTHERN NJ.& SOUTHEASTERN NY TODAY.

CTZ009>012-NJZ005-006-011-NYZ071>081-062200-

/O.CON.KOKX.TR.W.1008.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/

SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX- SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- NY (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

1059 AM EDT SAT SEP 6 2008

TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

NEW INFORMATION.

UPDATED STORM INFORMATION.

AREAS AFFECTED.

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS.

SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD.SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN.SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX.

SOUTHERN NEW LONDON.ESSEX.HUDSON.UNION.SOUTHERN

WESTCHESTER.NY (MANHATTAN).BRONX.RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND).KINGS (BROOKLYN).QUEENS.NASSAU.NORTHWESTERN

SUFFOLK.NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK.SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK.

SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK.

WATCHES/WARNINGS.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

FLOOD WATCH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.

HOME OWNERS ARE URGED TO SECURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS. GARBAGE CANS & LAWN FURNITURE CAN EASILY BECOME PROJECTILES WITH THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. ALL RESIDENTS & 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 & GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN LOOSE SOIL & THE THREAT OF DOWNED TREES.LARGE TREE LIMBS & POWER LINES.

STORM SURGE & STORM TIDE.

COASTAL STORM SURGE OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS IS EXPECTED AS HANNA PASSES FROM NY HARBOR.ACROSS LONG ISLAND INTO EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HRS. 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 & ROUGH SURF COULD RESULT IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER WATER LEVELS.& SOME SPLASH OVER.ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE.

ROUGH SURF OF AROUND 10 FEET AT ATLANTIC BEACHES WILL CAUSE MINOR TO MODERATE BEACH EROSION FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.

THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE ARE AS FOLLOWS.

AT SANDY HOOK.

HIGH TIDE IS AT 115 PM SATURDAY.& AT 139 AM SUNDAY.

AT THE BATTERY.

HIGH TIDE IS AT 101 PM SATURDAY.& AT 125 AM SUNDAY.

AT EAST ROCKAWAY INLET.

HIGH TIDE IS AT 108 PM SATURDAY.& AT 132 AM SUNDAY.

AT JONES INLET.

HIGH TIDE IS AT 1255 PM SATURDAY.& AT 119 AM SUNDAY.

AT SHINNECOCK INLET.

HIGH TIDE IS AT 115 PM SATURDAY.& AT 139 AM SUNDAY.

AT MONTAUK POINT.

HIGH TIDE IS AT 234 PM SATURDAY.& AT 257 AM SUNDAY.

AT BRIDGEPORT CT.

HIGH TIDE IS AT 440 PM SATURDAY.& AT 518 AM SUNDAY.

AT NEW HAVEN CT.

HIGH TIDE IS AT 439 PM SATURDAY.& AT 517 AM SUNDAY.

AT NEW LONDON CT.

HIGH TIDE IS AT 300 PM SATURDAY.& AT 332 AM SUNDAY.

WINDS.

AS THE STORM TRACKS JUST SO. OF NY HARBOR.ACROSS LONG ISLAND.INTO EASTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND FROM THIS EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HRS.HANNA IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH.MAINLY EAST OF THE CENTER. IF THE STORM MOVES AS FORECAST.RAIN BANDS NW OF THE CENTER COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.

[Guest]

Now thats flying weather!

[ajsbear 11]

Hey so long as Cantore or some one else with a Weather Channel windbreaker isn't walking around our area, we're safe. Once they show up you know what's next.