[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTCA82 TJSJ 141005
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
605 AM AST SUN OCT 14 2012

...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAVE BEEN
DISCONTINUED FOR PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL WARNINGS AND WATCHES DISCONTINUED FOR LAND AREAS.

.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 CONTINUES FOR
THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS 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 5 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.4N...LONGITUDE 63.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 160 MILES
EAST-NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 110 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS NNW OR 340 DEGREES AT 13 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE ACROSS THE LOCAL
ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH TODAY.

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

FOR SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR PORT...
AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY DISTRESS
BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS...AND
SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 930 AM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ710-141815-
/O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1017.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
605 AM AST SUN OCT 14 2012

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
AS TROPICAL STORM RAFAEL CONTINUES TO MOVE FURTHER NORTHEAST OF
THE AREA...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
DECREASE. HOWEVER...THE EXTREME EAST AND NORTHEAST COASTAL WATERS
ARE LIKELY TO RECEIVE HIGHER WINDS...POSSIBLY REACHING 25 TO 35
KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS THROUGH AT LEAST LATE THIS MORNING.
SEAS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 FEET THROUGH TODAY...EXPECT UP TO 10
FEET ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHEAST WATERS.

...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...
ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE IN RAIN
BANDS.

$$

AMZ715-722-725-732-PRZ012-013-VIZ001-002-141115-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.W.1017.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
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-
CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
605 AM AST SUN OCT 14 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

$$

AMZ712-735-741-742-745-PRZ001>011-141115-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.A.1017.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
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-
605 AM AST SUN OCT 14 2012

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

$$


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