ATL: Tropical Storm Kyle : Advisories

[Ed Mahmoud]

I guess we'll see Kyle again in 2014...

[cycloneye]

CWHX 290205
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE
OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 11:05 PM ADT SUNDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2008.
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TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR:
=NEW= SHELBURNE COUNTY
=NEW= YARMOUTH COUNTY
=NEW= DIGBY COUNTY
LUNENBURG COUNTY
QUEENS COUNTY NOVA SCOTIA
ANNAPOLIS COUNTY
SAINT JOHN AND COUNTY
GRAND MANAN AND COASTAL CHARLOTTE COUNTY
MONCTON AND SOUTHEAST NEW BRUNSWICK
FUNDY NATIONAL PARK.

TROPICAL STORM KYLE IS MOVING NORTHWARD TOWARD NEW BRUNSWICK.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SUSTAINED GALES...WINDS OF
63 KM/H OR MORE. BY NATURE A TROPICAL STORM ALSO IMPLIES THE
THREAT OF LOCAL FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL.

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==DISCUSSION==
AT 9PM ADT KYLE WENT ASHORE JUST NORTH OF YARMOUTH AS A
MARGINAL CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE. REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO
FAR OF SOME TREES DOWNED AND ALONG WITH POWER OUTAGES.

WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM KYLE CAN STILL CAUSE DAMAGE
WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 110 KM/H OVER EXPOSED AREAS.

KYLE WILL CONTINUE 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.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

END/CHC

[tropicana]

FINAL Advisory by the Canadian Hurricane Center
at 12noon today, Monday Sep 29 2008


POST-TROPICAL STORM KYLE INTERMEDIATE INFORMATION STATEMENT
ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 12.00 NOON ADT MONDAY 29 SEPTEMBER 2008.

THIS WILL BE THE FINAL CHC STATEMENT ISSUED ON KYLE.

AT NOON ADT... POST-TROPICAL STORM KYLE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 47.4 N AND LONGITUDE 63.0 W... ABOUT 65 NAUTICAL MILES
OR 120 KM NORTH OF CHARLOTTETOWN.

KYLE IS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST AT 11 KNOTS... 20 KM/H.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT 40 KNOTS... 74 KM/H AND
CENTRAL PRESSURE 998 MB.

THE STORM IS LIKELY TO DIE IN THE GULF OF ST LAWRENCE..A RATHER
UNUSUAL DEMISE FOR A POST-TROPICAL STORM. THE LOW WILL CARRY GALES
OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS FOR ANOTHER 12 TO 18 HOURS. THE GALE-FORCE WINDS
ARE WELL-REMOVED FROM THE CENTER.

A SUMMARY OF KEY HIGHLIGHTS...

KYLE MADE LANDFALL NEAR YARMOUTH NOVA SCOTIA AT 9 PM ADT SEPTEMBER
29TH. THE CENTRAL PRESSURE WAS AROUND 986 MB AND THE MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 65 KNOTS - 120 KM/H. BASED ON
ANALYSES OF THE STORM STRUCTURE..KYLE WAS AT THE END OF THE
EXTRATROPICAL (I.E. POST-TROPICAL) TRANSITION PROCESS WHEN IT
ARRIVED AT YARMOUTH.

THE CENTRE OF THE STORM TRACKED NORTH OF YARMOUTH TO DIGBY THEN
ACROSS THE BAY OF FUNDY TO THE NS/NB BORDER AND ACROSS WESTERN PEI.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 65 KNOTS WERE DEDUCED FROM BUOY DATA ON
GEORGES BANK AND 60 KNOTS AT BACCARO POINT ON NOVA SCOTIA'S SOUTH-
WESTERN TIP. THOSE WINDS PERSISTED FOR 3 TO 4 HOURS CAUSING TREE
BLOW-DOWNS..POWER INTERRUPTIONS AND CLADDING/ROOFING DAMAGE TO
BUILDINGS. STORM SURGE AND HEAVY WAVE ACTION CAUSED SOME LOCAL
FLOODING ALONG THE COAST OF YARMOUTH AND SHELBURNE COUNTIES.

RAINFALLS OF 50 TO 70 MM OCCURRED OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF NEW
BRUNSWICK WHILE 20 TO 40 MM GENERALLY FELL OVER NOVA SCOTIA AND PEI
DURING A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHICH OVERWHELMED SOME DRAINAGE
BASINS. PEAK WINDS WERE BACCARO POINT'S 124 KM/H. WIND GUSTS OFFSHORE
REACHED 127 KM/H AT THE GEORGES BANK BUOY. GUSTS OF 102 KM/H WERE
MEASURED AT MCNAB'S ISLAND..AND GUSTS TO AROUND 80 KM/H OCCURRED IN
AND AROUND THE HALIFAX AREA.

END FOGARTY