[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ERIKA LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
658 PM AST TUE SEP 1 2009

...NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL STORM ERIKA IS SLOWLY APPROACHING THE
NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR RESIDENTS ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
AND PUERTO RICO.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THERE ARE NO TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES OR WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR
OUR AREA...HOWEVER PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS THEY ARE IN THE CONE OF UNCERTAINTY
FOR THIS STORM...AND WATCHES OR WARNINGS MAY BECOME NECESSARY AS
THIS STORM CONTINUES IT TRACK WEST-NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT DAY OR
TWO.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM AST...NEWLY FORMED TROPICAL STORM ERIKA WAS LOCATED AT LATITUDE
17.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 57.3 WEST...OR ABOUT 390 MILES EAST OF THE
NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. ERIKA WAS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9
MPH...AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS JUST NORTHEAST OF THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO LATE THURSDAY.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
WHILE THE CURRENT TRACK OF TROPICAL STORM ERIKA REMAINS NORTH OF
THE LOCAL ISLANDS...RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO
THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AS PUERTO RICO AND THE NORTHERN
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS REMAIN IN THE CONE OF UNCERTAINTY AND WATCHES
OR WARNINGS MAY EVENTUALLY BECOME NECESSARY.

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

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT TROPICAL STORM ERIKA TRACKS NORTH OF
THE LOCAL ISLANDS...INCREASED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS
EXPECTED ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ON THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN
A FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU SHOULD FIND OUT WHICH LOCAL SHELTER WOULD
BE AVAILABLE TO YOU IN CASE OF FLOODING.

PEOPLE ARE URGED TO REMAIN INFORMED AND LISTEN FOR ANY
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST THROUGH YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA
OUTLET.

IN ADDITION...MARINERS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS
FORECAST AS INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS
TROPICAL STORM ERIKA IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE LOCAL ATLANTIC
WATERS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

NOW IS THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT YOUR TROPICAL CYCLONE PREPAREDNESS
KITS ARE IN ORDER AND READY TO GO IN CASE DISASTER STRIKES.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

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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-
SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES-
ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
658 PM AST TUE SEP 1 2009

...TROPICAL STORM ERIKA IS APPROACHING THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS...

...NEW INFORMATION...
STORM STATUS...POSITION AND SPEED.

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

EVEN IF TROPICAL STORM ERIKA TRACKS NORTH OF THE LOCAL
ISLANDS...INCREASED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED
ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. IF
YOU ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...YOU SHOULD FIND OUT WHICH LOCAL
SHELTER WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO YOU IN CASE OF FLOODING.

PEOPLE ARE URGED TO REMAIN INFORMED AND LISTEN FOR ANY
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST THROUGH YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA
OUTLET.

IN ADDITION...MARINERS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS
FORECAST AS INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS SEA CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS
TROPICAL STORM ERIKA IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE LOCAL ATLANTIC
WATERS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

NOW IS THE TIME TO ENSURE THAT YOUR TROPICAL CYCLONE PREPAREDNESS
KITS ARE IN ORDER AND READY TO GO IN CASE DISASTER STRIKES.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH THE OUTER BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM
ERIKA AS IT PASSES BY TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MAINTAIN
VIGILANCE AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA.


...MARINE...
ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC
WATERS AS TROPICAL STORM ERIKA BRINGS INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE
THURSDAY...BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

$$

SR/WS


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