[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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Wed Sep 15 17:55:15 CDT 2004


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

...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE OVER NORTH CENTRAL PUERTO
RICO AND CONTINUES TO MOVE WEST-NORTHWEST...

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

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

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ST CROIX...ST
THOMAS...ST JOHN AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA
AND VIEQUES.

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

THE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL COASTAL
SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES.

A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST CROIX...ST
THOMAS...ST JOHN AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS.

THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL COASTAL
SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES.

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST CROIX...ST THOMAS...ST
JOHN AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS.

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 STORM INFORMATION FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS AS
TROPICAL STORM JEANNE CONTINUES MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. IF YOU ARE
ALREADY INSIDE A SAFE AND STURDY SHELTER...YOU SHOULD REMAIN THERE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS MOVED WELL PAST THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

...STORM UPDATE...
AT 5 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WAS ESTIMATED NEAR
LATITUDE 18.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.5 WEST OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF
SAN JUAN OR 40 MILES EAST OF AGUADILLA.

JEANNE WAS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 9 MPH AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE FORECAST
MOTION SHOULD BRING THE CENTER OFF THE NORTHWESTERN COAST OF PUERTO
RICO TONIGHT.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 70 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SOME
SLOW STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE ONCE JEANNE MOVES INTO THE
ATLANTIC...AND IT COULD BECOME A HURRICANE LATER TONIGHT OR THURSDAY.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 70 MILES FROM THE
CENTER.

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS TONIGHT...WITH WATERSPOUTS LIKELY OVER THE ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

...WIND IMPACTS...
BASED ON THE LATEST OFFICIAL TRACK AND DOPPLER RADAR DATA...THE
CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING...EXITING PUERTO RICO BETWEEN ARECIBO AND
AGUADILLA LATER THIS EVENING. 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 70 MILES FROM ITS CENTER.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY IN SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND
OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT ST
CROIX...ST THOMAS...ST JOHN AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS THROUGH
MIDNIGHT...BEFORE JEANNE MOVES FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO LESSEN ITS WIND
EFFECTS OVER THE ISLANDS.

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS
TO HURRICANE FORCE ESPECIALLY IN SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND
OVER HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT VIEQUES AND CULEBRA
AND ALL OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH 10 PM. 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 AT ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS
ACROSS ALL OF THE LOCAL COASTAL WATERS AND PASSAGES THROUGH
TONIGHT...WITH SEAS OF 8 TO 13 FEET OR HIGHER CONTINUING UNTIL AFTER
JEANNE PASSES. SURF AND TIDES OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL WILL
CONTINUE TO AFFECT PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS THROUGH
TONIGHT.

...RIP CURRENTS...
STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT ALL THE COASTAL SECTIONS
OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND PUERTO RICO.
ALL SURFERS AND SWIMMERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER
UNTIL AFTER JEANNE HAS PASSED.

...RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL...
INTENSE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP
AND MOVE ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...VIEQUES...CULEBRA AND THE
PUERTO RICO TONIGHT.

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA AND MOST OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH
EARLY THURSDAY...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS PROBABLE. THIS
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN LIFE THREATENING
FLASH FLOODING...AND MAY RESULT IN NEAR RECORD RIVER FLOODING IN A
FEW LOCATIONS. IN ADDITION...DANGEROUS MUDSLIDES AND LANDSLIDES WILL
CONTINUE TO OCCUR OVER AREAS OF STEEP OR UNSTABLE TERRAIN.

THE FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING POTENTIAL ACROSS ST CROIX...ST
THOMAS...ST JOHN  AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS...CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND
ALL OF PUERTO RICO REMAINS VERY SIGNIFICANT. THIS IS A SLOW MOVING
SYSTEM WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS RECEIVING AN
RECEIVING AS MUCH AS 15 TO 20 INCHES OF RAINFALL.

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 930 PM.

TIRADO/SEELEY

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