[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
554 AM AST MON AUG 17 2009

...TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA IS RACING WEST THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN
WATERS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA WAS LOCATED
NEAR 16.6 DEGREES NORTH LATITUDE 63.9 DEGREES WEST LONGITUDE OR
ABOUT 95 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAINT CROIX. THE DEPRESSION WAS
MOVING WEST NORTHWEST OR 285 DEGREES AT AN INCREDIBLE 28 MPH.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 35 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
WHEN MAKING DECISIONS...DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT FORECAST TRACK.
ANA IS MOVING EXTREMELY RAPIDLY TOWARD THE WEST NORTHWEST AND WILL
CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ITS CURRENT STRENGTH AS IT CROSSES THE
CARIBBEAN IN THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF SAN JUAN'S FORECAST AREA.
IT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LATER TODAY.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT DANGERS WILL BE FLYING LOOSE OBJECTS AND THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING. OBJECTS SHOULD BE SECURED IF THIS
HAS NOT ALREADY BEEN DONE AND RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY INDOORS DURING
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME TREE BRANCHES MAY STILL BE BROKEN OFF DURING
THE GUSTS AROUND THE DEPRESSION.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 9 AM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

PRZ001>013-181000-
/O.CON.TJSJ.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES-
554 AM AST MON AUG 17 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
THE SPEED AND POSITION OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA HAVE BEEN UPDATED.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FROM
THE EAST BEFORE 6 AM AST AND SPREAD ACROSS THE ISLAND DURING THE
MORNING. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS DURING THE THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
AND...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
VERY SMALL.

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
OCCUR ALONG THE COAST AND INLAND AREAS OF VIEQUES...SOUTHEASTERN
AND SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO AS TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA MOVES CLOSER.
GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY IN SOME AREAS.

$$

VIZ001-002-181000-
/O.CON.TJSJ.TR.A.1002.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
554 AM AST MON AUG 17 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
THE SPEED AND POSITION OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA HAVE BEEN UPDATED.


...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE WORST CONDITIONS IN THIS DEPRESSION HAVE LIKELY ALREADY BEGUN
IN SAINT CROIX AND SAINT THOMAS. ALL PREPARATIONS SHOULD HAVE
ALREADY BEEN MADE AND RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS.


&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS NO CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
AND...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
VERY SMALL.

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS TO 35 TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR ALONG THE COAST AND INLAND AREAS OF SAINT CROIX
IN ASSOCIATION WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA AS IT PASSES TO THE
SOUTH. SOMEWHAT LESSER SPEEDS ARE EXPECTED IN SAINT THOMAS AND
SAINT JOHN.

$$

AMZ710-712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-181000-
/O.CON.TJSJ.TR.A.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
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-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN 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-
554 AM AST MON AUG 17 2009

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
THE SPEED AND POSITION OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ANA HAVE BEEN UPDATED.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE WORST CONDITIONS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN IN SOUTHEASTERN WATERS OF
THE FORECAST AREA AND ARE RAPIDLY MOVING WEST. KEEP INFORMED WHILE
LISTENING FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF
SMALL CRAFT OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN WATERS NEED TO DETERMINE
THE BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING THEIR CRAFT AND EXECUTE THEIR PLAN NOW.


&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS NOW IS NIL. AND...THE CHANCE
FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL.

...WINDS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED IN THE CARIBBEAN
WATERS WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS AS TROPICAL
DEPRESSION ANA MOVES INTO LOCAL WATERS. WINDS IN THE ATLANTIC
WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 10 TO 20 MPH BUT GUSTS IN THUNDERSTORMS
ARE POSSIBLE TO 40 MPH.

...MARINE...
SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 6 TO 10 FEET OVER THE WATERS
SURROUNDING THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS THIS MORNING AND INCREASE
RAPIDLY IN THE CARIBBEAN WATERS TO THE WEST. SEAS IN THE ATLANTIC
WILL LIKELY REACH 6 TO 8 FEET.

$$




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