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TUESDAY, May 26, 1999 – 4:15 PM

TROPICAL STORM IRENE UPDATE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY Reuben F. Bradford, Commissioner


Sunday August 28, 2011 at 9:30 AM SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION Peter J. Boynton, Deputy Commissioner

TROPICAL STORM IRENE CENTERED JUST SOUTHEAST National Hurricane Center Storm Track Forecast
OF NEW YORK CITY...MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT
26 MPH… Current Hurricane Storm Forecast at
VERY HEAVY TREE DAMAGE BEING REPORTED Intensity Landfall / Closest
Approach
ACROSS MOST OF CONNECTICUT…
Central Pressure ETA – 11:00 AM
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNINGS
REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN 965 mb 90 Min
CONNECTICUT… Hurricane Hurricane
Category Category
At 9:00 AM the center of Tropical Storm Irene was located 0 0
near 40.7 North 74.0 West (Approximately 20 Miles South Maximum Maximum
Southwest of New York City). Irene has maximum sustained Sustained Winds Sustained Winds
winds of 65 MPH and is moving to the North Northeast at 18 65 MPH 65 MPH
MPH. Maximum Maximum
Wind Gusts Wind Gusts
Very heavy tree and power line damage is being reported 85 MPH 85 MPH
across most of the state with a total of over 500,000 outages.

Irene is forecast to move through extreme Western


Connecticut during the next 3 – 4 hours as a Strong Tropical
Storm. At 9:00 AM winds along the coast were gusting to 51
MPH in New London. Very heavy rainfall continues across
most of the state with rainfall totals in Western Connecticut
exceeding 8 inches in many locations.
CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
After the passage of Irene a second period of strong West
and Northwest winds is likely this afternoon and early this Location Peak Wind Gust Tide Surge
Hurricane Warning in effect for Southern Falls Village 4.00”
evening with wind gusts to 60 MPH at times. Connecticut Bridgeport 47 MPH +4.25 Feet Brookfield 5.30”
New Haven NA MPH +4.10 Feet Greenwich 6.00”
Tropical Storm Warning in effect for Middlebury 6.00”
River flooding from Irene is forecast to be moderate to major Northern Connecticut New London 51 MPH +3.19 Feet Wallingford 3.60”
in Western CT and moderate in Eastern CT. The Housatonic Meriden 38 MPH Essex 45 MPH Southington 5.10”
River is especially vulnerable to major flooding. Moderate to Flood Watch for the Entire State Wolcott 6.50”
Danbury 32 MPH Essex 5.83”
major coastal flooding is possible with storm surges of 4 to 5
Tornado Watch for All Four Southern Hartford 36 MPH North Lyme 3.10”
feet possible in Western Long Island Sound during high tide Counties until 11:00 AM. Norwich 2.00”
this morning at 11:00 AM. CURRENT OUTAGES ACROSS
Thompson 2.60”
This product is a public service of the Department CONNECTICUT

The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection of Emergency Services and Public Protection Utility Current Outages 2 Hours Ago

will issue another update on Irene at 11:15 AM. (DESPP), and is intended for informational CL&P 454,270 222,949
purposes only. DESPP assumes no liability for the
UI 75,000 14,309
use or distribution of this product or any actions
resulting from this product. TOTALS 529,270 116,735

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