[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM ERIKA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
646 PM AST WED SEP 2 2009

...ERIKA NOW IN THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN...

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PUERTO RICO
AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. RESIDENTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE
POSSIBILITY OF TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS LATER TONIGHT OR THURSDAY...AS THIS
STORM TAKES A MORE A WEST-NORTHWESTWARD MOTION LATER TONIGHT OR
EARLY THURSDAY.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM AST...THE CENTER OF POORLY ORGANIZED TROPICAL STORM ERIKA
WAS ESTIMATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 61.7 WEST OR
VERY NEAR GUADELOUPE AND ABOUT 320 MILES...515 KM...EAST-
SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO OR ABOUT 210 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
SAINT CROIX. ERIKA HAS BEEN MOVING TOWARD THE WEST NEAR 10 MPH.
A WEST NORTHWEST MOTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TONIGHT OR
EARLY THURSDAY. ERIKA IS EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR SAINT CROIX ON
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND APPROACH PUERTO RICO LATE THURSDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 40 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST AND ERIKA COULD WEAKEN
TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CURRENT TRACK OF TROPICAL STORM ERIKA STILL REMAINS VERY CLOSE
TO THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. THIS IMPLIES A RISK FOR
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THE SYSTEM
APPROACHES AND CROSSES THE LOCAL ISLANDS. BANDS OF MOISTURE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER FRINGES OF THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS TONIGHT AND SHOULD BECOME MORE
FREQUENT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION AS WARNINGS COULD
BECOME NECESSARY LATE TONIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING.

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

TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ERIKA'S LATEST TRACK...INCREASING
SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS AND 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 STORM 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 AROUND 9 PM.

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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-
646 PM AST WED SEP 2 2009

...TROPICAL STORM ERIKA ERIKA NOW IN THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN...

...NEW INFORMATION...
WATCHES AND POSITION.

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

TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION ERIKA'S LATEST TRACK...INCREASING
SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINS AND 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 STORM PREPAREDNESS
KITS ARE IN ORDER AND READY TO GO IN CASE DISASTER STRIKES.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED WITH TROPICAL STORM ERIKA AS IT PASSES
ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY
GREATER AMOUNTS APPROACHING 8 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. DUE TO THE
UNCERTAINTY OF BOTH TRACK AND TIMING...RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY
VARY...BUT COULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER DEPENDING ON HOW CLOSE IT
TRACK TO THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THIS 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 BY TONIGHT. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK LATE THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

...WINDS...
AS TROPICAL STORM ERIKA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED
HIGH WINDS WILL LIKELY INCREASE...THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF NEAR 40 MPH TO AFFECT THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLAND...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA BY MIDDAY THURSDAY BUT TO REMAIN
BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER PUERTO RICO.

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