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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
822 AM AST MON AUG 22 2011

...IRENE GRADUALLY MOVING AWAY FROM PUERTO RICO...

.NEW INFORMATION...
STORM INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED.

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

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO...VIEQUES
AND CULEBRA.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL
WATERS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS...ST CROIX.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL
WATERS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS
THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 AM AST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 18.8N...LONGITUDE 66.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 60 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF
AGUADILLA PR. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 14 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 75 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED TO HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
PUERTO RICO THROUGH THE DAY. THESE RAINBANDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN
HALF OF PUERTO RICO.

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

 STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED STREAMS AND RIVERS. BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING
AROUND THIS MORNING AS TREES AND POWER LINES COULD BE BLOCKING
ROADWAYS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 1030 AM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ710-712-PRZ001>013-231230-
/O.CON.TJSJ.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN 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-
822 AM AST MON AUG 22 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

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

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS ARE STILL LIKELY.
THESE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE DAY. THE HURRICANE
WARNING WILL LIKELY BE DISCONTINUED LATER THIS MORNING.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF PUERTO
RICO.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS
OCCUR.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
MORNING AND THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS OF 8 TO
12 FEET HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
ELEVATED WATER LEVELS OF 2 TO 3 FEET WERE OBSERVED. THESE WATER
LEVELS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE DAY.

$$

AMZ715-725-732-735-741-742-745-VIZ001-002-231230-
/O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN USVI AND CULEBRA OUT 10 NM-
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-
ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
822 AM AST MON AUG 22 2011

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

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

PEOPLE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING THIS MORNING DUE TO TREES
BLOCKING ROADWAYS. STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE THIS MORNING.

...WINDS...
THE LATEST AREA FORECAST IS FOR MAXIMUM WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST
FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINS WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE
DAY AS IRENE MOVES FARTHER OUT FROM THE REGION.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE DAY.

$$





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