[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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

...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL OFFSHORE
ATLANTIC WATERS...

.AREAS AFFECTED...
OFFSHORE WATERS OF THE ATLANTIC.

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

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

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 6 PM AST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IRENE WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 19.5N...LONGITUDE 68.6W. THIS WAS ABOUT 180 MILES
WEST-NORTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 250 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST
OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT
13 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 80 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
RAIN BANDS AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE
IRENE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC
WATERS THIS EVENING.

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

FOR SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR PORT...
AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO
MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY DISTRESS
BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS... AND
SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE.

&&

.NEXT UPDATE...
THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 930 PM AST OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ710-230300-
/O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1009.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
636 PM AST MON AUG 22 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT ONLY FOR THE LOCAL OFFSHORE
ATLANTIC WATERS...

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

SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THESE WATERS.

&&

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

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