[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE TOMAS LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1047 PM AST SUN OCT 31 2010

...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE LOCAL
CARIBBEAN WATERS AND PASSAGES...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL
WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL
WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR
THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS AND PASSAGES.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 PM AST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE TOMAS WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 14.2N...LONGITUDE 66.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 220 NAUTICAL MILES
SOUTH OF PONCE PR. TOMAS WAS MOVING TO THE WEST AROUND 13 KNOTS AND
ITS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE NEAR 56 KNOTS.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM TOMAS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE WEST ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN WATERS OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
IMPACT THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS OR PASSAGES. HOWEVER...TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS...ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED
WATER SPOUTS...WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE STRONGER RAIN
BANDS.

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

WHILE TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...MARINERS
SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST BEFORE MAKING ANY
DEFINITE PLANS.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
NO FURTHER UPDATES TO THIS PRODUCT WILL BE ISSUED.

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ANEGADA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N-
MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
1047 PM AST SUN OCT 31 2010

...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
HURRICANE TOMAS HAS WEAKENED INTO A TROPICAL STORM AND THE
ASSOCIATED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND FIELD IS NOT EXPECTED TO
IMPACT THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS OR PASSAGES AS IT PASSES
APPROXIMATELY 200 MILES SOUTH OF PUERTO RICO OVERNIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.

$$

SR



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