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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
811 AM AST SUN SEP 11 2011

...TROPICAL STORM MARIA CONTINUES NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OUR
OUTER ATLANTIC WATERS...

.NEW INFORMATION...
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING WAS EXTENDED UNTIL 4 PM AST FOR THE EXTREME
NORTHEAST PORTION OF ATLANTIC OUTER WATERS.

.AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL
WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL
WATERS.

.WATCHES/WARNINGS...
FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING WAS EXTENDED FOR
PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS OUTER COASTAL
WATERS UNTIL 4 PM AST.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS 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 5 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 19.0N...LONGITUDE 63.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 160 MILES EAST-
NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 90 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF
SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS NORTH OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS
AND WILL TRACK NORTHWEST AT 11 KNOTS OR LESS OVER THE NEXT 12
HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF MARIA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF ANEGADA ISLAND THIS MORNING AND TO THE
NORTH OF LATITUDE 20 NORTH TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE STRONGEST
WINDS ARE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE
STORM. THEREFORE STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY ONLY IN THE EXTREME
NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ATLANTIC OUTER WATERS OF ZONE 710. A NOAA
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL INVESTIGATE THE STORM AT ABOUT 10 AM AST.

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

MARINERS AT SEA SHOULD AVOID TRAVELING NORTH OR EAST OF 19.0 NORTH
64.3 WEST IN SAN JUANS OUTER ATLANTIC WATERS. SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES ARE UP FOR ATLANTIC WATERS ELSEWHERE.

&&

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

AMZ710-112000-
/O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
811 AM AST SUN SEP 11 2011

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED
NORTH OF 19 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 65 DEGREES WEST. SEAS MAY
REACH 12 TO 16 FEET. ELSEWHERE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30
KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED MORE THAN 25 NM NORTH OF
SAINT THOMAS AND PUERTO RICO. 8 TO 12 FOOT SEAS ARE OCCURRING
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE COAST
OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY
SUBSIDE TONIGHT.

...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS...
WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA
AND IN OUTER RAINBANDS.

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