Hurricane Local Statement for DANNY

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM DANNY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
549 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009

...TROPICAL STORM DANNY EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL BY
LATER SATURDAY...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL
WATER LEGS OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. 

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE ISSUANCE OF TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS IS BEING
TRANSITIONED OVER TO WATCHES AND WARNINGS TRADITIONALLY ISSUED
FOR NON-TROPICAL CYCLONE EVENTS...SUCH AS GALE WATCHES AND WARNING.
A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. A WIND
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CAPE AND ISLANDS FOR SATURDAY...AND
COULD BE EXPANDED. 

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM EDT...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM DANNY WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 30.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 75.4 WEST...OR ABOUT 330 MILES
SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA. THIS IS ABOUT 800 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF NANTUCKET MA. STORM MOTION WAS NORTH OR 360 DEGREES 
AT 6 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM DANNY WILL MOVE NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD OFF THE
CAROLINA COAST THEN TURN MORE TOWARD THE NORTH THEN NORTHEAST
ON SATURDAY. DANNY IS EXPECTED TO LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. THE MAIN THREAT FROM DANNY ACROSS SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH A
WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES LIKELY...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UPWARD OF 5 TO 7
INCHES POSSIBLE. PLEASE SEE THE FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS. 

EVEN THOUGH DANNY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL...WINDS MAY
STILL INCREASE AND GUST TO LOW-END TROPICAL STORM FORCE ON THE CAPE
AND ISLANDS SATURDAY. THIS COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND FULLY
LEAVED TREES MAY ALLOW FOR FALLEN BRANCHES...TREES...AND SCATTERED
POWER OUTAGES. PLEASE SEE WIND ADVISORY FOR DETAILS. MOST OF THE
HEAVY RAIN AND ANY WIND SHOULD BE COMING TO AN END BY LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

IN ADDITION...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED
SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY EVEN INTO SUNDAY FOR THE OCEAN BEACHES. A HIGH
SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
COASTLINE AS A RESULT.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP THEIR GUARD UP WHILE CLOSELY MONITORING
THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT
UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.

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.NEXT UPDATE...
AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL
STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON
REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA
UNLESS TROPICAL STORM WATCHES/WARNINGS ARE REISSUED...HOWEVER THAT IS
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. 

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COASTAL WATERS FROM PROVINCETOWN MA TO CHATHAM MA TO NANTUCKET MA
OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS EXTENDING OUT TO 25 NM SOUTH OF MARTHAS VINEYARD
AND NANTUCKET-
549 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...GALE WATCHES
HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN IT/S PLACE. PLEASE SEE THE COASTAL WATERS
FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER WARNING STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.

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EKSTER