[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1200 PM AST SAT SEP 10 2011

...MARIA BARELY A TROPICAL CYCLONE...WARNINGS DISCONTINUED...

.NEW INFORMATION...
WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.

.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TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT ANYWHERE ACROSS
PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. HOWEVER...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL WATERS. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

.STORM INFORMATION...
AT 11 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 17.3N...LONGITUDE 61.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 310 MILES
EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 240 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST
OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 15 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 40 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATE THAT THE CIRCULATION OF
MARIA CONTINUES TO BECOME LESS DEFINED. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES
MARIA COULD BE DOWNGRADED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY.
REGARDLESS INTENSITY OR FORECAST TRACK...COMPUTER FORECAST MODELS
CONTINUE TO INDICATE PLENTY OF MOISTURE MOVING OVER THE AREA
DURING THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.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.

AMZ710-712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-101700-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-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-
1200 PM AST SAT SEP 10 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

THIS EVENT IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ACROSS
THE LOCAL WATERS AT THIS TIME. USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE
PREPAREDNESS PLANS AND REMAIN PREPARED FOR FUTURE EVENTS.


&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SEAS AND WINDS WILL REMAIN ABOVE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA.
PLEASE SEE MARINE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

$$

PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-101700-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-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-
1200 PM AST SAT SEP 10 2011

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

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

THIS EVENT IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO HAVE AN IMPACT ACROSS THE
AREA AT THIS TIME. USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE PREPAREDNESS
PLANS AND REMAIN PREPARED FOR FUTURE EVENTS.


&&

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS OR WIND GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR WIND
INFORMATION.

...INLAND FLOODING...
SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATE THAT THE CIRCULATION OF
MARIA CONTINUES TO BECOME LESS DEFINED. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES
...MARIA COULD BE DOWNGRADED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER
TODAY. REGARDLESS INTENSITY OR FORECAST TRACK...COMPUTER FORECAST
MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE PLENTY OF MOISTURE MOVING OVER THE
AREA DURING THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE...THE
LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER PUERTO RICO
AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. PLEASE SEE
LOCAL FLOOD STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

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