Tropical Storm Irene Update Fifteen

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
MEC003-009-019-021-029-281900-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1109 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CARIBOU MAINE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PENOBSCOT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OLD TOWN...NEWPORT...LINCOLN...
HOWLAND...DEXTER...BANGOR...HAMPDEN
SOUTHERN PISCATAQUIS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GUILFORD...GREENVILLE...
DOVER-FOXCROFT...BROWNVILLE JUNCTION...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN AROOSTOOK COUNTY IN NORTHERN MAINE...
HANCOCK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ELLSWORTH...BUCKSPORT...BLUE HILL...
BAR HARBOR...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MAINE...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...VANCEBORO...MACHIAS...LUBEC...
EASTPORT...DANFORTH...CHERRYFIELD...CALAIS...

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 1100 AM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN OF
1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WHICH WILL CREATE FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
BANGOR...BAR HARBOR...MEDWAY...EASTPORT AND EAST MILLINOCKET

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NEVER TRY TO CROSS FLOOD WATERS IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT. THE FLOOD
WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING
WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN
ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT
DROWN!

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

LAT...LON 4443 6759 4447 6763 4438 6817 4421 6834
4431 6852 4419 6840 4412 6871 4426 6888
4424 6878 4468 6883 4465 6919 4507 6935
4501 6960 4545 6975 4575 6778 4558 6741
4525 6746 4516 6714 4481 6694

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WTNT34 KNHC 281457
TCPAT4
BULLETIN
TROPICAL STORM IRENE ADVISORY NUMBER 33
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092011
1100 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

...CENTER OF IRENE INLAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK STATE...
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...AT 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WAS


......LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 41.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 73.7 WEST. IRENE IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 26 MPH...43 KM/H...AND THIS
MOTION WITH A LITTLE FASTER FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
DAY OR SO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF IRENE WILL MOVE
OVER NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATER TODAY AND OVER EASTERN CANADA
TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...95 KM/H...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. IRENE IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN AND BECOME A POST-TROPICAL
CYCLONE BY TONIGHT.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 320 MILES...520 KM
FROM THE CENTER. A WEATHERFLOW STATION ON FIRE ISLAND RECENTLY
REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 MPH...80 KM/H...WITH A GUST TO 63
MPH...101 KM/H.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 966 MB...28.53 INCHES.
CENTRAL PARK IN NEW YORK CITY REPORTED 966.5 MB...28.54 AS THE
CENTER PASSED THIS MORNING.