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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE OMAR INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
302 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...OMAR CONTINUES MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD...

.AT 200 AM AST THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 14.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 68.0 WEST OR ABOUT 310 MILES...495
KM...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO...OR 305 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ST CROIX...335 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST THOMAS...315
MILES SOUTHWEST OF VIEQUES...AND 325 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CULEBRA.

OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 6 MPH...9 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN
FORWARD SPEED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...
OMAR WOULD MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS.  OMAR IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE.  ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 TO 36 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 90 MILES...150 KM.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM AIR FORCE
RECONNAISSANCE REPORTS IS 984 MB...29.06 INCHES.

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE
NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-
THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1-2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN ADDITION...
OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE
WEST- AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE ISLANDS OF
THE LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND
DAMAGE TO COASTAL STRUCTURES.

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CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
302 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF TWO TO FOUR FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE
SOUTH AND EAST COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE
ELEVATED TIDES. NORMALLY TRANQUIL COASTLINES ALONG THE WEST COAST
OF ST CROIX AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF ST THOMAS...
CULEBRA...AND VIEQUES ARE LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
AFFECTING THE LOCAL ISLANDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND INCREASE
TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND THEN REACH HURRICANE FORCE
BEFORE MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...VIEQUES AND
CULEBRA...AND LAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY.
RESIDENTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST COASTAL AREAS OF PUERTO RICO
SHOULD PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND
POSSIBLE GUSTS JUST UNDER HURRICANE FORCE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
PUERTO RICO...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE
RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF
OMAR...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE
RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE OF THIS STATEMENT WILL BE AROUND 6 AM AST
WEDNESDAY.

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ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN USVI AND CULEBRA OUT 10 NM-
ANEGADA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN USVI VIEQUES AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO
OUT 10 NM-CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N-
302 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

...A HURRICANE WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL LOCAL WATERS...
...A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR ALL LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS AND THE ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF
65.6 WEST.
...NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
BEFORE NOON ON WEDNESDAY AS ROUGH AND DANGEROUS COASTAL MARINE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS IN ADVANCE OF OMAR WILL GENERATE HIGH SEAS AND WAVE ACTION
ALONG THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA
AND VIEQUES...AS WELL AS EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO.
MARINERS ACROSS THESE COASTS SHOULD SEEK HURRICANE SAFE HAVEN FOR
THEIR VESSELS...AND EVACUATE INLAND FOR THE DURATION OF OMAR. DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE PASSAGE OF A
HURRICANE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF TWO TO FOUR FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE
SOUTH AND EAST COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE
ELEVATED TIDES. NORMALLY TRANQUIL COASTLINES ALONG THE WEST COAST
OF ST CROIX AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF ST THOMAS...
CULEBRA...AND VIEQUES ARE LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
NORTHWARD INTO THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS VERY EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...AND INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND THEN REACH
HURRICANE FORCE BEFORE MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA...AND LAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS THURSDAY. RESIDENTS OF PUERTO RICO'S EAST AND SOUTHEAST
COASTAL AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH
POSSIBLE GUSTS JUST UNDER HURRICANE FORCE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE ISLAND.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF
OMAR...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE
RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE OF THIS STATEMENT WILL BE AROUND 6 AM AST
WEDNESDAY.

$$

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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-
302 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR MAINLAND PUERTO RICO. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH
FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING PROBLEMS...AS WELL AS LAND AND
MUDSLIDES. INTERESTS ACROSS POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS SHOULD
CONSIDER RELOCATING TO SAFER AREAS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF TWO TO FOUR FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE
SOUTH AND EAST COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE
ELEVATED TIDES. NORMALLY TRANQUIL COASTLINES ALONG THE WEST COAST
OF ST CROIX AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF ST THOMAS...
CULEBRA...AND VIEQUES ARE LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

...WINDS...

RESIDENTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST COASTAL AREAS OF PUERTO RICO
SHOULD PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND
POSSIBLE GUSTS JUST UNDER HURRICANE FORCE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. HIGHER WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
PUERTO RICO...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THESE
RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF
OMAR...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE
RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE OF THIS STATEMENT WILL BE AROUND 3 AM AST
WEDNESDAY.

$$

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COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
302 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A HURRICANE WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FOR ALL LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS AND THE ATLANTIC WATERS WEST OF
65.6 WEST. NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
BEFORE NOON ON WEDNESDAY AS ROUGH AND DANGEROUS COASTAL MARINE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS IN ADVANCE OF OMAR WILL GENERATE HIGH SEAS AND WAVE ACTION
ALONG THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA
AND VIEQUES...AS WELL AS EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO.
MARINERS ACROSS THESE COASTS SHOULD SEEK HURRICANE SAFE HAVEN FOR
THEIR VESSELS...AND EVACUATE INLAND FOR THE DURATION OF OMAR. DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE PASSAGE OF A
HURRICANE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF TWO TO FOUR FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE
SOUTH AND EAST COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...WITH WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE
ELEVATED TIDES. NORMALLY TRANQUIL COASTLINES ALONG THE WEST COAST
OF ST CROIX AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF ST THOMAS...
CULEBRA...AND VIEQUES ARE LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
NORTHWARD INTO THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS VERY EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING...AND INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND THEN REACH
HURRICANE FORCE BEFORE MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA...AND LAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS THURSDAY. RESIDENTS OF PUERTO RICO'S EAST AND SOUTHEAST
COASTAL AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITH
POSSIBLE GUSTS JUST UNDER HURRICANE FORCE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE ISLAND.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF
OMAR...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE
RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE OF THIS STATEMENT WILL BE AROUND 3 AM AST
WEDNESDAY.

$$

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COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
302 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
BEFORE NOON ON WEDNESDAY AS ROUGH AND DANGEROUS COASTAL MARINE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
WINDS IN ADVANCE OF OMAR WILL GENERATE HIGH SEAS AND WAVE ACTION
ALONG THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH NIGHT...AND ALONG THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST COASTS
ON THURSDAY. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE
PASSAGE OF A HURRICANE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF ONE TO THREE FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE
SOUTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...WITH WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED
TIDES...WITH STORM TIDES OF ONE TO TWO FEET EXPECTED ALONG THE
NORTH COASTS ON THURSDAY.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED
TO SPREAD NORTHWARD INTO THE COASTAL WATERS OF NORTH AND WESTERN
PUERTO RICO BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE OF THIS STATEMENT WILL BE AROUND 6 AM AST
WEDNESDAY.

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