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TUESDAY, May 26, 1999 – 4:15 PM

HURRICANE IRENE UPDATE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY Reuben F. Bradford, Commissioner


Friday August 26, 2011 at 8:15 AM SERVICES AND PUBLIC PROTECTION Peter J. Boynton, Deputy Commissioner

HURRICANE WATCH ISSUED FOR SOUTHERN National Hurricane Center Storm Track Forecast
CONNECTICUT…
TROPICAL STORM WATCH ISSUED FOR NORTHERN Current Hurricane Storm Forecast at
Intensity Landfall / Closest
CONNECTICUT… Approach
HURRICANE IRENE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE IN Central Pressure ETA – Sun 5 PM
CONNECTICUT SUNDAY MORNING… 945 mb 51 Hours
Hurricane Hurricane
At 8:00 AM the center of Hurricane Irene was located at Category Category
30.0 North 77.3 West (Approximately 375 Miles South 2 1
Southwest of Cape Hatteras). Irene has maximum Maximum Maximum
sustained winds of 110 MPH and is moving to the North Sustained Winds Sustained Winds
at 14 MPH. 110 MPH 90 MPH
Maximum Maximum
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is forecasting that Wind Gusts Wind Gusts
Irene will intensify back up to a Category III hurricane 135 MPH 110 MPH
today and remain a Category III hurricane until the storm
passes over the outer banks of Cape Hatteras around
5:00 PM Saturday afternoon.

Irene is then forecast to move up along the immediate


East Coast and arrive in the Bridgeport area around
11:00 AM Sunday morning as a strong Category I
hurricane. The first effects from Irene are still expected
CURRENT WATCHES AND WARNINGS
to begin Saturday afternoon with light rain which is
expected to become heavy at times by midnight. Heavy Hurricane Watch for Southern Connecticut
rain is expected to continue from midnight on Saturday
Tropical Storm Watch for Northern
through the passage of the center of Irene late Sunday Connecticut
morning (especially in Western Connecticut). Tropical
storm force winds are expected to enter the state before Flood Watch for the Entire State
daybreak on Sunday and hurricane force winds are
expected by mid morning on Sunday. Although forecast
confidence is getting better with each update, Irene is still This product is a public service of the
2 days away and additional changes to the track forecast Department of Emergency Services and Public
are possible. Protection (DESPP), and is intended for
informational purposes only. DESPP assumes
no liability for the use or distribution of this Hydrologic Prediction Center NHC Tropical Storm Force
The Department of Emergency Services and Public product or any actions resulting from this Rainfall Forecast = 7 – 9 Wind Percentage = 70%
Protection will issue another update on Irene at 12 Noon. product. Inches

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