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Hurricane IRENE (Text)

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HURRICANE IRENE TROPICAL CYCLONE UPDATE
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL       AL092011
540 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...IRENE MAKES LANDFALL ALONG THE COAST OF NEW JERSEY NEAR LITTLE
EGG INLET...

DATA FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE THAT THE
CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE MADE LANDFALL NEAR LITTLE EGG INLET NEW
JERSEY AROUND 535 AM EDT...0935 UTC.  THE ESTIMATED INTENSITY OF
IRENE AT LANDFALL WAS 75 MPH...120 KM/H...CATEGORY ONE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE WIND SCALE.  

NEAR THE TIME OF LANDFALL...A NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE STATION IN
ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY REPORTED A PRESSURE OF 960.3 MB...28.36
INCHES. 
 

SUMMARY OF 535 AM EDT...0935 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...39.4N 74.4W
ABOUT 10 MI...15 KM ESE OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY
ABOUT 100 MI...165 KM SSW OF NEW YORK CITY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNE OR 20 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...30 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...959 MB...28.32 INCHES

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FORECASTER BRENNAN
 
 
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