[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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WTCA82 TJSJ 031534
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM EMILY LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1134 AM AST WED AUG 3 2011

...EMILY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD...AND IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT
THE HISPANIOLA TONIGHT...

.NEW INFORMATION...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN
COASTAL WATERS.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT
LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR PUERTO
RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THEIR COASTAL WATERS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO EXCEPT
CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS
THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM EMILY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 16.7N...LONGITUDE 69.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 200 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF MAYAGUEZ PR...OR ABOUT 230 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST
OF PONCE PR. STORM MOTION WAS WEST AT 14 MPH. THE STORM INTENSITY
WAS 50 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
ALTHOUGH...OUTER RAINBANDS OF TROPICAL STORM EMILY WILL CONTINUE
TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS PUERTO RICO TODAY WITH FREQUENT SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.

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

CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST
AREA... WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY
FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH FLOOD
WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL
STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN
REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA.

AMZ710-712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-PRZ001>013-031645-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.W.1005.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
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-
SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES-
1134 AM AST WED AUG 3 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED ESPECIALLY WITHIN RAINBANDS. HIGHER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
IN AREAS OF ELEVATED TERRAIN AND OVER WATER.

SEAS OF 8 TO 10 FEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
TODAY AND START TO DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT.

HOWEVER...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED.

...INLAND FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. SEE
LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING
RAINS OCCUR.

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