000 WTUS81 KBOX 282149 HLSBOX 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. && .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. ANZ254-255-282300- /O.CAN.KBOX.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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. $$ EKSTER
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