[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE FRANCES LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
825 PM AST MON AUG 30 2004

...HURRICANE FRANCES CONTINUES MOVING WESTWARD...AND WILL
   PASS NORTH OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS LATE THIS EVENING...

...WATCHES/ADVISORIES...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ST THOMAS...ST JOHN...
CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND THE ISLAND OF PUERTO RICO. A TROPICAL STORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ST CROIX. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT WITHIN 24 HOURS OR LESS. A
TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN 36 HOURS OR LESS.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR
THE NORTH THROUGH EAST COASTS OF ST CROIX THROUGH TONIGHT...AND FOR
THE NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST COASTS OF ST THOMAS...ST JOHN AND
THE ADJACENT SMALLER ISLANDS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND COASTAL FLOOD
WATCH ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST...NORTH... EAST AND
SOUTHEAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO...FROM RINCON NORTH TO AGUADILLA
EAST TO FAJARDO SOUTH THEN SOUTHWEST TO GUAYAMA...AND FOR THE
NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST COASTS OF CULEBRA AND VIEQUES.

...AREA AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND
VISITORS OF ALL THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND FOR PUERTO RICO...
CULEBRA AND VIEQUES.

RESIDENTS AND VISITORS OF THE NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND
CULEBRA SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS...WITH FREQUENT SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BEGINNING TUESDAY
MORNING SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE AND CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON.

RESIDENTS OF PUERTO RICO AND VIEQUES SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE ONSET OF
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS TUESDAY FROM THE LATE MORNING HOURS
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS BASED ON THE LATEST TROPICAL CYCLONE
FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IN MIAMI. FUTURE
FORECASTS AND CONDITIONS MAY CHANGE CONSIDERABLY AS THIS WEATHER
SCENARIO EVOLVES.

...STORM INFORMATION...
AT 8 PM AST..2100Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FRANCES WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 60.7 WEST...OR ABOUT 155 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BARBUDA IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS...290 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF ST THOMAS AND ST JOHN...OR ABOUT 315 MILES EAST
NORTHEAST OF CULEBRA...OR ABOUT 365 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF SAN
JUAN.

FRANCES WAS MOVING WEST AT NEAR 14 MPH...AND THIS GENERAL MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE
CORE OF THE HURRICANE WILL PASS TO THE NORTH OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY.

REPORTS FROM A NOAA HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE REMAINED NEAR 125 MPH...205 KM/HR...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY COULD OCCUR DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES...110 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS NOW EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO
180 MILES...290 KM.

THE NOAA HURRICANE HUNTERS ESTIMATE THAT THE MINIMUM CENTRAL
PRESSURE HAS DECREASED TO 945 MB...27.91 INCHES.

...WIND IMPACTS...
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND CULEBRA TONIGHT...GRADUALLY BECOMING NORTHWEST AFTER
MIDNIGHT...AND SPREAD TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS ST
THOMAS...ST JOHN AND CULEBRA AFTER SUNRISE TUESDAY MORNING ...THEN
PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE DAY. PEAK SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY TO IMPACT THE NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND CULEBRA BETWEEN 10 AM AND 4 PM...WITH STRONGER WINDS
POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN ST THOMAS AND ST JOHN. ANY
DEVIATION TO THE LEFT OF THE CURRENT FORECAST FOR FRANCES COULD
BRING HURRICANE CONDITIONS DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THESE ISLANDS DURING
THIS TIME.

FOR PUERTO RICO AND VIEQUES...THE SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE ATLANTIC WATERS...AND ARE EXPECTED TO
JUST BRUSH THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO ON TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40
MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ANY DEVIATION TO THE LEFT OF THE CURRENT
FORECAST OR INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
OF FRANCES COULD BRING SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ACROSS
LARGE PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND VIEQUES.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF FRANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHERN
ANEGADA PASSAGE LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY AND THEN ACROSS THE
LOCAL OFF SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...
BRINGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO THE MAJORITY OF THE LOCAL
ATLANTIC WATERS. GUSTS TO HURRICANE STRENGTH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS
THE OFF SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS...WHERE SEAS WILL GROW VERY CONFUSED
AND HIGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MODERATE EAST NORTHEAST SWELLS GENERATED
FROM FRANCES HAD BEGUN TO AFFECT THE ANEGADA PASSAGE...THE LOCAL
EASTERN CARIBBEAN WATERS...AND THE OFF SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL QUICKLY INCREASE TO 8 FEET AND GREATER
LATE TONIGHT THEN REACH 12 FEET ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE LOCAL ATLANTIC
WATERS...AND SPREAD INTO THE OPEN WATERS OF THE MONA PASSAGE LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SURF AND TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST
COASTS OF ST CROIX AND THE EAST AND SOUTH COASTS OF THE REMAINING
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS TONIGHT. AS FRANCES PASSES TO THE NORTH ON
TUESDAY...VERY LARGE AND POWERFUL NORTHEAST THEN NORTHERLY SWELLS
WILL AFFECT THE LOCAL ATLANTIC COASTLINES...CREATING VERY HIGH AND
DANGEROUS SURF OF 12 TO 20 FEET...WHICH WILL GENERATE STRONG RIP
CURRENTS. ATLANTIC TIDES WILL RUN AROUND ONE FOOT ABOVE NORMAL...AND
IN COMBINATION WITH HIGH SURF WILL CAUSE BEACH EROSION ALONG THE
ATLANTIC COASTLINES.

SMALL CRAFT IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES SHOULD
PLAN TO RETURN TO SAFE HARBOR BY THIS EVENING AND REMAIN IN PORT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WHILE SMALL CRAFT IN NORTH AND EASTERN
PUERTO RICO SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

...RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL...
SHOWERS...SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH FIRST THE
SOUTHWEST THEN SOUTHERN FRINGES OF HURRICANE FRANCES ARE EXPECTED TO
BEGIN TO AFFECT THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND CULEBRA AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...AND THEN BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND NUMEROUS THROUGH
TUESDAY. SIMILAR WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOUTHERN FRINGES OF
FRANCES WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT EASTERN PUERTO RICO AND VIEQUES BEFORE
SUNRISE TUESDAY...THEN SPREAD TO THE NORTHWEST COAST BY AROUND NOON
TIME. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND LANDSLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING
THESE TIMES. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE ISSUED LATER TONIGHT OR
TUESDAY.

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OF THREE TO SIX INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
AREA BEGINNING TONIGHT THROUGH THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE INTERIOR AND MOUNTAINOUS SECTIONS OF THE
LOCAL ISLANDS. HOWEVER...GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES ARE MORE LIKELY TO IMPACT THE LOCAL ISLANDS. FLOODING OF DRY
GUTS AND SMALL STREAMS IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE TO BE EXPECTED
TUESDAY WITH ROCK AND LANDSLIDES POSSIBLE. RAPID RIVER AND STREAM
RISES COULD OCCUR WITH SOME RIVERS EXCEEDING BANKFULL MAINLY TUESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY AROUND 11 PM BY
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HURRICANE FRANCES CAN BE FOUND IN THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER TROPICAL CYCLONE PRODUCTS AND TROPICAL
CYCLONE MARINE ADVISORIES.

...OR VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS WEBSITE ON THE INTERNET AT (ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS).

        HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU


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