[Tropical] Hurricane Local Statement

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
547 PM AST SUN SEP 11 2011

...CENTER OF MARIA TO PASS WELL NORTH OF PUERTO RICO TONIGHT...

.NEW INFORMATION...
POSITION AND MOVEMENT.

.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 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 5 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 19.8N...LONGITUDE 65.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 110 MILES
NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF
SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 9 MPH.
STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH.

.SITUATION OVERVIEW...
TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS NORTH OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
IT IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT. ON
THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF MARIA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC
WATERS TO THE NORTH OF LATITUDE 20 NORTH AND PUERTO RICO LATER
TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME...THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND FIELD
EXPANDED TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF ITS CENTER OF
CIRCULATION...THEREFORE...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY IN
THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE LOCAL OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS.

.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 9 PM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS
WARRANT.

AMZ710-120400-
/O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
547 PM AST SUN SEP 11 2011

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

...WINDS AND SEAS...

SUSTAINED WINDS OF 34 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 POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO.

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

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