[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...TROPICAL STORM JEANNE PASSING SOUTHWEST OF ST CROIX AND SLOWLY
INTENSIFYING...HEADING 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 HURRICANE WARNING MEANS HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN 24
HOURS OR LESS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ST CROIX...ST THOMAS...ST
JOHN AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS...AND FOR CULEBRA AND VIEQUES.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE ISLAND OF PUERTO
RICO.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ST CROIX...VIEQUES AND
THE EAST THROUGH SOUTH COASTS OF PUERTO RICO...FROM FAJARDO SOUTH
AND WEST THROUGH SALINAS.

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 ST THOMAS...ST JOHN AND THE
ADJACENT ISLANDS.

A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF PUERTO
RICO...INCLUDING 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...
ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD CONTINUE TO REMAIN VIGILANT
AND KEEP UPDATED ON THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS AS TROPICAL STORM
JEANNE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA PRONE TO
COASTAL...FLASH OR RIVER FLOODING...YOU SHOULD MOVE NOW TO HIGHER
GROUND AND THEN REMAIN INSIDE A SAFE DWELLING. IF YOU ARE ALREADY
INSIDE A SAFE AND STURDY SHELTER...YOU SHOULD REMAIN THERE UNTIL THE
STORM HAS MOVED WELL PAST THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

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

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

ALL SCHOOLS IN PUERTO RICO WILL BE CLOSED TODAY.

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

...STORM UPDATE...
AT 5 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.1 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ST CROIX...60 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ST THOMAS...50
MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF VIEQUES...95 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN OR
110 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PONCE.

JEANNE 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 HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 65 MPH...WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. SOME 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 IN ST CROIX REPORTED SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 58 MPH WITH A GUST TO 88 MPH.

THE ASOS AT THE AIRPORT IN CHRISTIANSTED IN ST CROIX REPORTED A
MAXIMUM GUSTS OF 62 MPH AT 359 AM THIS MORNING.

...WIND IMPACTS...
BASED ON THE LATEST OFFICIAL TRACK...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM
JEANNE IS FORECAST TO PASS DUE SOUTH OF VIEQUES AROUND 800 AM...
THEN ENTER THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF PUERTO RICO NEAR GUAYAMA AROUND
NOON...AND CONTINUE WEST-NORTHWEST AND EXIT PUERTO RICO NEAR
AGUADILLA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. YOU ARE URGED NOT TO FOLLOW THE EXACT
CENTER OF THE STORM AS JEANNE IS NOT A POINT AND ITS EFFECTS WILL
EXTEND OUT OVER 50 MILES FROM ITS CENTER.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS ST CROIX
THROUGH AT LEAST 10 AM THIS MORNING BEFORE JEANNE MOVES FAR ENOUGH
AWAY TO LESSEN ITS EFFECT OVER THE ISLAND. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
HURRICANE FORCE STRENGTH WILL REMAIN LIKELY THROUGH THIS TIME.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS ST
THOMAS...ST JOHN AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS THROUGH MOST OF THIS
MORNING. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST IN SQUALLS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AND ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

WINDS HAVE GRADUALLY INCREASED TO TROPICAL FORCE STRENGTH...40 TO 50
MPH...ACROSS VIEQUES AND CULEBRA...AND WILL REACH THE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST SECTION OF PUERTO RICO BY 8 AM THIS MORNING. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 50 MPH OR HIGHER WILL REACH ACROSS VIEQUES...CULEBRA AND
THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO SPREADING NORTHWEST ACROSS
PUERTO RICO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE
STRENGTHS ARE LIKELY ACROSS PUERTO RICO...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS...IN SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH ACROSS THE EAST HALF OF PUERTO
RICO LATER THIS EVENING AND THE REST OF PUERTO RICO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.


...MARINE IMPACTS...
COASTAL SEAS...SURF...AND TIDES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS ALL
OF THE LOCAL COASTAL WATERS AND PASSAGES 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 PUERTO RICO AND THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS TODAY.

ALL LOCAL MARINERS SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THEIR STORM 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 THE 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 EASTERN THIRD 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 TODAY.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA AND MOST OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS PROBABLE. THE PROBABILITY OF
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING AND OR RIVER FLOODING WILL
REMAIN HIGH AS THE TROPICAL STORM CONTINUES MOVING ACROSS THE LOCAL
AREA. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS MUDSLIDES ARE PROBABLE OVER AREAS OF
STEEP TERRAIN.

THE FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL ACROSS ST CROIX...ST THOMAS...ST JOHN
AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS...CULEBRA ..VIEQUES AND ALL OF PUERTO RICO
IS SIGNIFICANT. 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

0THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO WILL BE ISSUED
AROUND 930 AM.

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