WWCN31 CWHX 280052
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE
OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 9:52 PM ADT SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2008.
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TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR:
      LUNENBURG COUNTY
      QUEENS COUNTY
      SAINT JOHN AND COUNTY
      GRAND MANAN AND COASTAL CHARLOTTE COUNTY
      ST. STEPHEN AND NORTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

      TROPICAL STORM KYLE IS MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARD THE MARITIMES.
      WIND AND OR RAIN FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION
      BEGINNING SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

      A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT A TROPICAL STORM OR AN
      INCIPIENT TROPICAL STORM CONDITION POSES A POSSIBLE THREAT TO
      THE SPECIFIED AREAS WITHIN 36 HOURS. BY NATURE A TROPICAL STORM
      ALSO IMPLIES THE THREAT OF LOCAL FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL.

HURRICANE WATCH FOR:
      SHELBURNE COUNTY
      YARMOUTH COUNTY
      DIGBY COUNTY.

      TROPICAL STORM KYLE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT
      AND PASS WEST OF YARMOUTH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WIND SPEEDS COULD
      REACH 120 KM/H.

      A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT A HURRICANE OR AN INCIPIENT
      HURRICANE CONDITION POSES A POSSIBLE THREAT TO THE SPECIFIED
      AREAS WITHIN 36 HOURS. BY NATURE A HURRICANE ALSO IMPLIES THE
      THREAT OF LOCAL FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL.

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==DISCUSSION==
AT 9PM ADT THIS EVENING HURRICANE KYLE WAS LOCATED 530
KILOMETRES EAST OF CAPE HATTERAS AND MOVING NORTHWARD 39 KM/H. ON ITS 
PATH KYLE IS FORECAST TO PASS JUST TO THE WEST OF YARMOUTH VERY LATE 
SUNDAY EVENING OR VERY EARLY MONDAY MORNING JUST BEFORE MAKING 
LANDFALL ON THE NEW BRUNSWICK COAST BEFORE DAWN MONDAY.

CURRENT EXPECTATIONS ARE THAT KYLE WILL PUSH TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WINDS OF 80 KM/H WITH GUSTS TO 120 KM/H INTO THE TRI-COUNTY REGION OF 
NOVA SCOTIA EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TRACK AND 
STRENGTH AND POSITION OF KYLE SUSTAINED HURRICANE FORCE WINDS MAY BE 
POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST JUST AS KYLE PASSES WEST OF YARMOUTH.
A HURRICANE WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED CONCURRENTLY FOR THIS POSSIBILITY. 
THE REMAINING COUNTIES ON THE SOUTH SHORE OF NOVA SCOTIA AND IN 
SOUTHWESTERN NEW BRUNSWICK CAN EXPECT WINDS NEAR 65 KM/H GUSTING AS 
HIGH AS 110 KM/H.

THESE SAME WINDS SPEEDS IN SIMILAR EVENTS IN THE PAST HAVE CAUSED 
SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE THAT HAS RESULTED IN DOWNED POWER LINES AND 
DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES DUE TO FALLING BRANCHES OR TREES.
ALL PREPARATIONS TO SECURE LOOSE OBJECTS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY 
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

KYLE IS EXPECTED TO BRING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO MOST OF NEW
BRUNSWICK WHERE RAINFALL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN POSTED. 50 TO 100 
MILLIMETRES OF RAIN COULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. EMO NEW
BRUNSWICK REMINDS THE PUBLIC THAT RAINFALL IN THESE AMOUNTS IN A 
SHORT PERIOD OF TIME CAN RESULT IN RAPID INCREASE IN WATER LEVELS IN 
STREAMS AND RIVERS AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

ALSO OF CONCERN..KYLE WILL BE ARRIVING AT THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE IN 
YARMOUTH. THE RESULTING STORM SURGE FROM KYLE ON TOP OF THE DANGEROUS 
ROUGH SURF MAY LEAD TO SHORELINE EROSION AND DAMAGE TO THE COASTAL 
INFRASTRUCTURE MAINLY IN YARMOUTH AND DIGBY COUNTIES.


PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.


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