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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE EARL LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
724 AM AST TUE AUG 31 2010

...WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO IMPROVE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS TODAY AS POWERFUL HURRICANE EARL CONTINUES
TO EXIT THE LOCAL AREA...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS PUERTO
RICO...THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND THE SURROUNDING LOCAL
COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE LOCAL OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS
THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 7 AM AST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE EARL WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 20.7N...LONGITUDE 67.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 170 MILES
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 220 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SAINT THOMAS VI. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN AT 135 MPH...AND
THE PRESENT STORM MOVEMENT IS TOWARDS THE WEST NORTHWEST AT 13
MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
AS HURRICANE EARL CONTINUES TO TRACK WEST NORTHWEST AND AWAY FROM
THE LOCAL ISLANDS...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED ACROSS PUERTO RICO...THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...AS WELL AS
THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS AND NEAR SHORE WATERS SURROUNDING THESE
ISLANDS. HOWEVER...TROPICAL STORM WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
ACROSS THE LOCAL OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH THE MORNING
HOURS...WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

WHILE SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED...THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE EARL WILL CONTINUE
TO BRING PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WIND GUSTS ACROSS SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. IN ADDITION...DUE TO VERY
SATURATED SOILS...FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS MUDSLIDES CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 PM AST.

.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REGARDING THE LOCAL OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS WHICH REMAIN UNDER A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND
WELL SECURED. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL
NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE
CHANGES TO THE FORECAST.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 11 AM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-311230-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.W.1007.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES-
ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
724 AM AST TUE AUG 31 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO TODAY. FOR THIS
REASON...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

WHILE SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED...THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF HURRICANE EARL WILL CONTINUE TO
BRING PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
GUSTS ACROSS SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. IN ADDITION...DUE TO VERY SATURATED
SOILS ACROSS...FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS MUDSLIDES CAN BE EXPECTED
WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN
EFFECT THROUGH 2 PM AST.

$$

AMZ712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-311230-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN USVI AND CULEBRA OUT 10 NM-
ANEGADA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN USVI VIEQUES AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO
OUT 10 NM-CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
724 AM AST TUE AUG 31 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...NEW INFORMATION...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS
THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS AND NEAR SHORE WATERS SURROUNDING
PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS TODAY. FOR THIS REASON...THE
TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THESE AREAS.
HOWEVER...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL
OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH 2 PM AST TODAY.

$$

AMZ710-011130-
/O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
724 AM AST TUE AUG 31 2010

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
WINDS AND SEAS.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 50 KNOTS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
GUSTS...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE LOCAL OFFSHORE
ATLANTIC WATERS TODAY AS HURRICANE EARL CONTINUES TO TRACK WEST
NORTHWESTWARD AND AWAY FROM THE LOCAL REGION. IN ADDITION...
EXTREMELY ROUGH SEAS...AS HIGH AS 20 FEET...ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL OFFSHORE ATLANTIC
WATERS.

$$

SR



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