[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...IRENE MOVING AWAY FROM PUERTO RICO...TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS
DISCONTINUED...

.NEW INFORMATION...
WATCHES AND WARNING HAS BEEN UPDATED.
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...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE NORTHERN OFFSHORE WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS.

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 2 PM AST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 19.3N...LONGITUDE 68.1W. THIS WAS ABOUT 150 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 210 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST
OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT
12 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 80 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THESE
RAINBANDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND
RIVERS.

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

STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED STREAMS AND RIVERS. BE CAREFUL WHILE
DRIVING THIS AFTERNOON 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 6 PM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.


AMZ712-715-725-732-735-741-742-745-PRZ001>013-222000-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
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-
SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES-
257 PM AST MON AUG 22 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

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

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAIN BANDS FROM THE TAIL OF HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO
IMPACT THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO DURING THE REST OF
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...EXPECT
CONTINUED PERIODS OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH MAY
BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4
INCHES. THE RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
RISES OF RIVERS...STREAMS AND GUTS. WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED
SOILS...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN IN
AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

$$

AMZ710-231900-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.NEW.TJSJ.TR.W.1009.110822T1857Z-000000T0000Z/
ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
257 PM AST MON AUG 22 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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