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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM EARL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
727 PM AST SAT AUG 28 2010

...EARL HEADING TOWARD THE LEEWARD ISLANDS IN A HURRY...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE...VISITORS AND MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA...VIEQUES...AND ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
CULEBRA...VIEQUES...ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS AND ST
CROIX.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
PORTIONS OF PUERTO RIO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL
WATERS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 5 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 16.5N...LONGITUDE 54.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 720 MILES EAST OF
SAINT THOMAS VI...OR ABOUT 700 MILES EAST OF SAINT CROIX VI...OR
ABOUT 760 MILES EAST OF CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. A GRADUAL TURN TO THE
WEST NORTHWEST WITH A DECREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED ON
SUNDAY. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF EARL WILL APPROACH
THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS ON SUNDAY. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 60 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. EARL IS
FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE ON SUNDAY.


.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
THE CURRENT TRACK OF TROPICAL STORM EARL STILL REMAINS VERY CLOSE
TO THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. THIS IMPLIES A RISK FOR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND OCCASIONAL BANDS OF SIGNIFICANT
RAINFALL WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES.THE
BANDS OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER FRINGES OF THE SYSTEM
MAY AFFECT THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AS EARLY AS SUNDAY NIGHT AND
SHOULD BECOME MORE FREQUENT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. ON ITS
PRESENT TRACK LESS FREQUENT BANDS MAY AFFECT PARTS OF THE NORTH
AND EAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AS EARLY
AS MONDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE CURRENT FORECAST FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
TURNS EARL TO THE WEST NORTHWEST AS IT APPROACHES THE NORTHERN
LEEWARDS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A SMALL DEVIATION TO THE SOUTH OF ITS FORECAST
TRACK COULD BRING TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS TO THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA...AND POTENTIALLY MAINLAND PUERTO

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

PEOPLE ARE URGED TO REMAIN INFORMED AND LISTEN FOR ANY
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. DO NOT LISTEN TO RUMORS OR
UNINFORMED OPINIONS. RATHER...SEEK AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION FROM
YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT. MARINERS SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF THE LATEST COASTAL
WATERS FORECAST.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 930 PM. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT
DETAILS REGARDING THE EVOLVING TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR
POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE AREA.

AMZ715-725-732-PRZ012-013-292330-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.TR.A.1007.100828T2327Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN USVI AND CULEBRA OUT 10 NM-
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-
727 PM AST SAT AUG 28 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED
STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW AT 830 PM.

$$

VIZ001-002-292330-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.TR.A.0001.100828T2327Z-000000T0000Z/
ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
727 PM AST SAT AUG 28 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED
STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW AT 830 PM.

$$

AMZ722-292330-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.TR.A.1007.100828T2327Z-000000T0000Z/
ANEGADA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
727 PM AST SAT AUG 28 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED
STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW AT 830 PM.

$$

AMZ710-292330-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.TR.A.0001.100828T2327Z-000000T0000Z/
ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
727 PM AST SAT AUG 28 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED
STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW AT 830 PM.

$$







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