[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE IRENE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1158 AM AST MON AUG 22 2011

...IRENE SLOWLY MOVING AWAY FROM PUERTO RICO...

.NEW INFORMATION...
WATCHES AND WARNING HAS BEEN UPDATED.
STORM INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED.

.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...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE
NORTHERN OFFSHORE WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES.

FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE
SOUTHERN COASTAL WATERS OF PUERTO...THE SURROUNDING COASTAL WATERS
OF THE U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS AND ALSO FOR THE WESTERN WATERS OF
PUERTO RICO.

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.

PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED
INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM AST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 19.2N...LONGITUDE 67.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 50 MILES
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF AGUADILLA PR...OR ABOUT 180 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR
300 DEGREES AT 13 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 80 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
RAINBANDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. THESE
RAINBANDS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND
RIVERS.

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

STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED STREAMS AND RIVERS. BE CAREFUL WHILE
DRIVING TODAY AS TREES AND POWER LINES COULD BE BLOCKING
ROADWAYS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 3 PM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ715-725-732-735-741-742-745-PRZ001>013-231600-
/O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-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-
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-
1158 AM AST MON AUG 22 2011

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

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

STAY AWAY FROM FLOODED STREAMS AND RIVERS. BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING
AROUND THE REST OF THIS MORNING AS TREES AND POWER LINES COULD BE
BLOCKING ROADWAYS. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL
SECURED.

&&

...INLAND FLOODING...
RAIN BANDS FROM THE TAIL OF TROPICAL STORM IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO
IMPACT THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...EXPECT CONTINUED PERIODS OF RAIN
WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES. THE RUNOFF FROM THIS
RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RISES OF RIVERS...STREAMS AND
GUTS. WITH THE ALREADY SATURATED SOILS...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS
CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE
DAY.

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON.
SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.


$$

VIZ001-002-221700-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
1158 AM AST MON AUG 22 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

$$

AMZ712-231600-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/O.EXA.TJSJ.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
1158 AM AST MON AUG 22 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

$$

AMZ710-231600-
/O.CON.TJSJ.HU.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
1158 AM AST MON AUG 22 2011

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

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

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS ARE STILL LIKELY.
THESE WINDS WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH THE REST OF DAY.

&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY
THIS AFTERNOON THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS OF
6 TO 10 FEET HAVE BEEN OBSERVED.

$$




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