[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM JEANNE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
210 AM AST WED SEP 15 2004

...TROPICAL STORM JEANNE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF ST CROIX POUNDING THE
ISLAND WITH TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD PUERTO
RICO...

...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY RESIDENTS AND
VISITORS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING
CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND MONA ISLAND.

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ST CROIX...ST THOMAS...ST JOHN
AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO INCLUDING
CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
FOR THE NORTHEAST...EAST AND SOUTH COASTS OF CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND
PUERTO RICO.

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS.

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO
RICO...INCLUDING VIEQUES...CULEBRA.

SMALL CRAFT IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT.

SMALL CRAFT IN PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING VIEQUES AND CULEBRA SHOULD
REMAIN IN PORT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RESIDENTS SHOULD KEEP UPDATED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL
OFFICIALS AS TROPICAL STORM JEANNE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...WE ARE RAPIDLY APPROACHING THE
POINT WHERE MOVING YOU OR YOU FAMILY MAY ITSELF BECOME DANGEROUS.
MOVE TO A SECURE AREA NOW...DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE RAINS AND WINDS
BEGIN...IT MAY BE TO LATE.

ALL SCHOOLS IN ST CROIX...ST THOMAS AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS WILL BE
CLOSED TODAY.

ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES OF ST CROIX HAVE BEEN DISMISSED FROM WORK
ON TODAY.

ALL SCHOOLS IN PUERTO RICO WILL BE CLOSED ON TODAY.

ALL COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES OF PUERTO RICO HAVE BEEN
DISMISSED FROM WORK ON TODAY.

A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN 24
HOURS OR LESS.

...STORM UPDATE...
AT 2 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.8 WEST OR ABOUT 35 MILES
SOUTH OF ST CROIX...75 MILES SOUTH OF ST THOMAS...70 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF VIEQUES...110 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN OR 120 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PONCE.

JEANNE HAS SLOWED AND WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 8
MPH. THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24
HOURS AND WOULD BRING THE CENTER NEAR PUERTO RICO THIS AFTERNOON.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND
JEANNE COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TODAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.

...SPOTTER REPORTS...
A WEATHER REPORT FROM MARIA HILL ST CROIX REPORT SUSTAINED WINDS
AROUND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 80 MPH.

THE ASOS AT THE AIRPORT IN CHRISTIANTED IN ST CROIX REPORTED A
MAXIMUM GUSTS OF 59 MPH AT 158 AM THIS MORNING.

...WIND IMPACTS...
BASED ON THE LATEST OFFICIAL TRACK...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
JEANNE IS FORECAST TO PASS DUE SOUTH OF ST CROIX AROUND 100 AM
...THEN ENTER THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF PUERTO RICO NEAR PATILLAS
AROUND NOON ON WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUE WEST-NORTHWEST AND EXIT
PUERTO RICO NEAR HATILLO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. YOU ARE URGED NOT TO
FOLLOW THE EXACT CENTER OF THE STORM AS JEANNE IS NOT A POINT AND
EFFECTS WILL EXTEND OUT OVER 50 MILES FROM ITS CENTER.

WINDS HAVE ALREADY REACHED TROPICAL STORM FORCE STRENGTH ACROSS ST
CROIX AND WILL CONTINUE WITH HURRICANE FORCE GUSTS POSSIBLE THROUGH
AT LEAST NOON TODAY. WINDS WILL BE HIGHEST IN
GUSTS...SQUALLS...THUNDERSTORMS AND OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO TROPICAL FORCE...40 TO 50
MPH...ACROSS VIEQUES AROUND 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING...ACROSS CULEBRA
AND THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AROUND 6 AM WITH WINDS OF
50 TO 60 MPH REACHING THESE SECTIONS AROUND 900 AM WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL SPREAD NORTHWEST AND INFLUENCE MOST OF
PUERTO RICO AS JEANNE MOVES ACROSS PUERTO RICO THROUGH THIS
EVENING. JEANNE IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE AS IT EXITS PUERTO
RICO WEDNESDAY EVENING WHICH WILL RESULT IN HURRICANE FORCE WINDS
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST SECTION OF PUERTO RICO. TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE EAST HALF OF PUERTO
RICO WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THE REST OF PUERTO RICO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.

BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST...ST THOMAS...ST JOHN AND THE ADJACENT
ISLANDS WILL REMAIN ON THE PERIPHERY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH NOON
WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER... HIGHER GUSTS ARE LIKELY IN
SQUALLS...THUNDERSTORMS AND OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
COASTAL SEAS...SURF...AND TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS AND
THE ANEGADA PASSAGE TODAY...WITH SEAS LIKELY REACHING 8 TO 12 FEET
OR HIGHER AS JEANNE PASSES. BUILDING SURF AND TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL WILL AFFECT THE PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
TODAY.

THESE DETERIORATING CONDITIONS WILL THEN SPREAD TO THE SOUTHEAST...
EAST...AND NORTHEAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH TODAY. MARINERS
ACROSS EASTERN PUERTO RICO SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THEIR PREPARATIONS.
BE SMART...FOR YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES...NEVER ATTEMPT TO RIDE OUT A
TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE ABOARD YOUR VESSEL!

...RIP CURRENTS...
STRONG RIP CURRENTS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTHEAST...EAST...SOUTHEAST AND
SOUTH COASTS OF PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES THROUGH TONIGHT
DUE TO BUILDING WAVE ACTION AND STRONG STORM FORCE WINDS. PERSONS
SHOULD NOT GO INTO THE WATER DURING THE PASSAGE OF JEANNE.

...RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL...
BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY SPREAD ACROSS THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA AND THE EAST HALF OF
PUERTO RICO...AND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REST OF PUERTO
RICO TODAY. THESE BANDS WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND MORE
INTENSE...AND THEN CONTINUE TO SHIFT WEST NORTHWEST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA AND MOST OF PUERTO RICO
TODAY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS PROBABLE. THE PROBABILITY OF
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING AND OR RIVER FLOODING WILL
REMAIN HIGH AS THE TROPICAL STORM MOVES TOWARD AND THEN ACROSS THE
LOCAL AREA TODAY. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS MUDSLIDES ARE PROBABLE
OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ACROSS ST CROIX...ST THOMAS AND
ADJACENT ISLANDS...CULEBRA ..VIEQUES AND ALL OF PUERTO RICO IS
SIGNIFICANT. THE TREAT WILL THIS IS A SLOW MOVING SYSTEM WHICH HAS
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...SIMILAR TO HURRICANE
HORTENSE IN 1996...WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING 15
TO 20 INCHES OR MORE.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TROPICAL STORM JEANNE 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

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 530 AM.

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