Hurricane Warning 1015, NWS JSJ

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE OMAR LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
736 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...OMAR CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEASTWARD AS A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE...

.AT 500 AM AST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 14.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.7 WEST OR ABOUT 285 MILES...
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.

OMAR WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH...AND THIS MOTION
IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED
OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK... OMAR WOULD MOVE
ACROSS ST CROIX LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE ANEGADA PASSAGE OVERNIGHT THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR
IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES...30 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 105 MILES.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO
20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE- THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUD SLIDES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1-3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN ADDITION...
OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE
WEST- AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE TO
COASTAL STRUCTURES.

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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-
736 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT
FOR MAINLAND PUERTO RICO. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

INTERESTS ACROSS THE ISLAND ARE URGED TO RUSH TO COMPLETION STORM
PREPARATIONS BY NOON AT THE VERY LATEST TODAY...AS TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINS TODAY AND 
THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND
RIVER FLOODING PROBLEMS...AS WELL AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES. INTERESTS
ACROSS POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS SHOULD CONSIDER RELOCATING TO
SAFER AREAS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 1-3 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND
EAST COASTS OF THE ISLAND LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...WITH LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED
TIDES.

...WINDS...

RESIDENTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST COASTAL AREAS OF PUERTO RICO
SHOULD PREPARE FOR POTENTIAL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND
POSSIBLE GUSTS JUST UNDER HURRICANE FORCE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. STRONGER WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...

ACROSS PUERTO RICO...THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
CURRENTLY RANGES FROM 7 PERCENT ALONG THE WEST AND NORTHWEST
COASTS TO 35 PERCENT AT CEIBA ALONG THE EAST COAST...WHILE THE
PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS RANGES FROM 2 PERCENT ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND TO 6 PERCENT AT CEIBA.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
OF 15 TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO...
ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THESE RAINS
COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF OMAR...
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT OF
THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AT 9 AM.

$$

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CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
736 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
CULEBRA AND VIEQUES.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. A
FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CULEBRA AND VIEQUES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA SHOULD
RUSH TO COMPLETE PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS BEFORE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
TO SECURE AND PROTECT LIFE IN THE EVENT THAT HURRICANE OMAR MAKES
LANDFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY OR EARLY
EVENING...AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND
RIVER FLOODING PROBLEMS...AS WELL AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES. INTERESTS
ACROSS POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS SHOULD CONSIDER RELOCATING TO
SAFER AREAS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 1-3 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND
EAST COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...WITH LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED
TIDES. NORMALLY TRANQUIL COASTLINES ALONG THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
COASTS OF CULEBRA AND VIEQUES ARE EXPECTED TO SEE SIGNIFICANT WAVE
ACTION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
AFFECTING THE LOCAL ISLANDS THIS MORNING...AND INCREASE TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND
THEN POTENTIALLY REACH HURRICANE FORCE BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND LAST
INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. STRONGER WINDS SHOULD BE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...

ACROSS CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS CURRENTLY IS 45 TO 48 PERCENT...AND FOR HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS IS 10 TO 12 PERCENT.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.
THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE- THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD
SLIDES.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF OMAR...
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT OF
THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AT 9 AM.

$$

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ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
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-
736 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS
IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA...VIEQUES...AND EASTERN PUERTO
RICO. 

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE WATERS.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION ALL
PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS BY NOON TODAY AS ROUGH AND DANGEROUS COASTAL
MARINE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO
SOUTHEAST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF OMAR WILL GENERATE HIGH SEAS AND
LARGE WAVE ACTION ALONG THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS... CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AS WELL AS EAST AND
SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO. MARINERS ACROSS THESE COASTS SHOULD SEEK
HURRICANE SAFE HAVEN FOR THEIR VESSELS...AND EVACUATE INLAND FOR
THE DURATION OF OMAR. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL
DURING THE PASSAGE OF A HURRICANE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 2-3 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND
EAST COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...WITH LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE
ELEVATED TIDES. NORMALLY TRANQUIL COASTLINES ALONG THE WEST COAST
OF ST CROIX AND THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF ST THOMAS...
CULEBRA...AND VIEQUES ARE LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
NORTHWARD INTO THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS THIS MORNING...AND
INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...
CULEBRA AND VIEQUES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND
THEN REACH HURRICANE FORCE BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND LAST INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. MARINE INTERESTS ALONG THESE EAST
AND SOUTHEAST COASTAL AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS JUST UNDER HURRICANE FORCE THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF OMAR...
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT OF
THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AT 9 AM.

$$

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COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
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-
736 AM AST WED OCT 15 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS
ACROSS NORTH AND WESTERN PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
BY NOON TODAY AS ROUGH AND DANGEROUS COASTAL MARINE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS THIS
AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF OMAR WILL
GENERATE HIGH SEAS AND LARGE WAVE ACTION ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF 
PUERTO RICO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND ACROSS THE NORTH
AND WEST COAST LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. MARINERS ACROSS THESE COASTS
SHOULD SEEK HURRICANE SAFE HAVEN FOR THEIR VESSELS...AND EVACUATE
INLAND FOR THE DURATION OF OMAR. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR
VESSEL DURING THE PASSAGE OF A HURRICANE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES UP TO 2 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH AND
WEST COASTS OF THE ISLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY.
WITH LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED TIDES.
NORMALLY TRANQUIL COASTLINES ALONG THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST COAST OF
THE ISLAND ARE LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
NORTHWARD INTO THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS LATER THIS MORNING...AND
INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. MARINE INTERESTS ALONG THE NORTH AND WEST 
COASTAL AREAS SHOULD PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF
OMAR...ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE
RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AT 9 AM.

$$

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE OMAR LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
131 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...OMAR GRADUALLY STRENGTHENING AT IT CONTINUES MOVING NORTHEASTWARD...

.AT 1100 AM AST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED BY
SATELLITE AND NWS SAN JUAN DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR TO BE NEAR
LATITUDE 15.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 67.2 WEST OR ABOUT 235 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF ST CROIX...AND ABOUT 235 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF
SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.

OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 9 MPH AND THIS MOTION IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED OVER
THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON THIS TRACK...OMAR IS FORECAST TO MOVE
THROUGH THE VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR
IS A CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE.
ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24
HOURS...AND OMAR SHOULD BE A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE BY THE TIME IT
REACHES THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. ALSO...STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN
GUSTS...ARE LIKELY OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES. DURING THE PAST HOUR...NOAA BUOY 42059 LOCATED JUST
NORTHWEST OF THE EYE OF OMAR REPORTED A 1-MINUTE SUSTAINED WIND
OF 64 MPH...AND A WIND GUST TO 78 MPH.

THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 982 MB...29.00 INCHES. 

OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10
INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES ACROSS PUERTO RICO
AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-
THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN ADDITION...
OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE
WEST- AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS.
THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE TO COASTAL
STRUCTURES.

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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-
131 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...INTENSITY AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

INTERESTS ACROSS THE ISLAND ARE URGED TO RUSH TO COMPLETION STORM
PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY...AS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINS TODAY AND THURSDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING
PROBLEMS...AS WELL AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES. INTERESTS ACROSS
POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS SHOULD CONSIDER RELOCATING TO SAFER
AREAS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 1-2 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND
EAST COASTS OF THE ISLAND LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...WITH LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED
TIDES.

...WINDS...

RESIDENTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO SHOULD
PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND POSSIBLE GUSTS JUST
UNDER HURRICANE FORCE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. STRONGER WINDS
SHOULD BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL
ISLANDS.

...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...

ACROSS PUERTO RICO...THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
CURRENTLY RANGES FROM 9 PERCENT ALONG THE WEST AND NORTHWEST
COASTS TO 60 PERCENT AT CEIBA ALONG THE EAST COAST...WHILE THE
PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS RANGES FROM 2 PERCENT ACROSS
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND TO 10 PERCENT AT CEIBA.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
OF 15 TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO...
ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THESE RAINS
COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF OMAR...
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT
OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 3 PM.

$$

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COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
131 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...INTENSITY AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS
ACROSS NORTH...WEST...AND SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

INTERESTS ACROSS THE ISLAND ARE URGED TO COMPLETE STORM
PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY...AS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN ADVANCE
OF OMAR WILL GENERATE HIGH SEAS AND LARGE WAVE ACTION ALONG THE
SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHEAST COASTS OF THE PUERTO RICO. MARINERS
ACROSS THESE COASTS SHOULD SEEK HURRICANE SAFE HAVEN FOR THEIR
VESSELS...AND EVACUATE INLAND FOR THE DURATION OF OMAR. DO NOT
SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE PASSAGE OF A HURRICANE.

...SEAS...

WIND GENERATED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET THIS
EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH SEAS APPROACHING 12 FEET ALONG THE
SOUTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO THIS EVENING. LONG PERIOD SWELLS HAVE
ALREADY BEGUN TO REACH THE SOUTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO AND WILL
INCREASE FURTHER THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 12 HOURS. 

...WINDS...

MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD EXPECT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF OMAR...
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT
OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 3 PM.

$$

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CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
131 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...INTENSITY AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THIS HURRICANE WARNING AREA
SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS TO SECURE AND
PROTECT LIFE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS BEFORE
MIDNIGHT. TORRENTIAL RAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING
PROBLEMS...AS WELL AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES. INTERESTS ACROSS
POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS SHOULD CONSIDER RELOCATING TO SAFER
AREAS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 1-3 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND
EAST COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...WITH LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE
ELEVATED TIDES. THIS MAY YIELD OF COMBINED STORM SURGE AND WAVE
ACTION OF 4 TO 6 FEET ACROSS VULNERABLE COASTLINES OF ST CROIX. 
NORMALLY TRANQUIL COASTLINES ALONG THE SOUTH AND WEST COASTS OF
CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE
SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
AFFECTING THE LOCAL ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...AND
THEN REACH HURRICANE FORCE BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AND LAST INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. STRONGER WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...

ACROSS CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS CURRENTLY IS 67 TO 75 PERCENT...AND FOR HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS IS 13 TO 20 PERCENT.

ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS CURRENTLY IS 77 TO 94 PERCENT...AND FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IS 22 TO 43 PERCENT.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUD SLIDES.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF OMAR...
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT
OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 3 PM.

$$

AMZ710-715-722-725-732-161745-
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ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
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-
131 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...INTENSITY AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS
IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA...VIEQUES...AND EAST AND
SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED
ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS AS ROUGH AND DANGEROUS COASTAL MARINE
CONDITIONS ARE BEGINNING TO REACH THE SOUTH COASTS OF THE LOCAL
ISLANDS. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF OMAR ARE
GENERATING HIGH SEAS AND LARGE WAVE ACTION ALONG THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST COASTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS... CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AS
WELL AS EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO. MARINERS ACROSS THESE
COASTS SHOULD SEEK HURRICANE SAFE HAVEN FOR THEIR VESSELS...AND
EVACUATE INLAND FOR THE DURATION OF OMAR. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER
ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE PASSAGE OF A HURRICANE.

...SEAS...

SEAS GENERATED WITHIN 20 MILES TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE
CENTER OF OMAR ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD IN EXCESS OF 20 FEET AND WILL
PUSH ASHORE ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF ST CROIX TONIGHT...TO PRODUCE
BREAKING WAVES OF 25 TO 35 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH COASTAL REEF
LINES. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EXTEND OUTWARD 15
MILES FROM THE CENTER OF OMAR...WITH 50 KNOT WINDS EXPECTED TO
EXTEND 45 MILES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE HURRICANE.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NEAR
SHORE WATERS OF ST CROIX AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO JUST BEFORE
SUNSET AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE REST OF THE CARIBBEAN
WATERS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE THEN
EXPECTED TO REACH ST CROIX AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND THEN ST THOMAS
AND ST JOHN AROUND 3 AM.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF OMAR...
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT
OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.


...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 3 PM.

$$

AMZ741-161745-
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MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
131 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS
ACROSS THE MONA PASSAGE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
BY NOON TODAY AS ROUGH AND DANGEROUS COASTAL MARINE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS THIS
AFTERNOON. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE
PASSAGE OF A HURRICANE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES UP TO 2 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH AND
WEST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH
LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED TIDES. NORMALLY
TRANQUIL COASTLINES ALONG THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST COAST OF THE
ISLAND ARE LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED TO EXTEND
INTO THE MONA PASSAGE.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 3 PM.

$$

SS

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE OMAR INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
308 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...OMAR CONTINUES MOVING TOWARD THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND HAS BEGUN
   TO INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED...

.AT 200 PM AST...1800Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED
BY AN AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT TO BE NEAR
LATITUDE 15.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.6 WEST OR ABOUT 195 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ST CROIX AND ABOUT 205 MILES SOUTH OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.

OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 13 MPH. A GRADUAL
TURN BACK TOWARD THE NORTHEAST IS FORECAST TO OCCUR LATER
TODAY...WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT
DAY OR TWO. ON THIS TRACK...OMAR IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE
NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY.

DATA FROM A HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS ARE NEAR 85 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS A CATEGORY ONE
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS
FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND OMAR SHOULD BE A CATEGORY
2 HURRICANE BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
ALSO...STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE LIKELY OVER
ELEVATED TERRAIN.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES. 

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT DATA IS 978 MB...28.88 INCHES.  

OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10
INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES ACROSS PUERTO RICO
AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-
THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN ADDITION...
OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE
WEST- AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE ISLANDS OF
THE LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND
DAMAGE TO COASTAL STRUCTURES.

PRZ001>011-161915-
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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-
308 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

INTERESTS ACROSS THE ISLAND ARE URGED TO RUSH TO COMPLETION STORM
PREPARATIONS IMMEDIATELY...AS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINS TODAY AND THURSDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING
PROBLEMS...AS WELL AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES. INTERESTS ACROSS
POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS SHOULD CONSIDER RELOCATING TO SAFER
AREAS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 1-2 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND
EAST COASTS OF THE ISLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...WITH LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED
TIDES. LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM OMAR HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO REACH
THE SOUTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO THIS AFTERNOON AND HAVE CAUSED
ISOLATED AREAS OF COASTAL INUNDATION ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST.

...WINDS...

RESIDENTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO SHOULD
PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND POSSIBLE GUSTS JUST
UNDER HURRICANE FORCE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. STRONGER WINDS
SHOULD BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL
ISLANDS.

...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...

ACROSS PUERTO RICO...THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
CURRENTLY RANGES FROM 9 PERCENT ALONG THE WEST AND NORTHWEST
COASTS TO 60 PERCENT AT CEIBA ALONG THE EAST COAST...WHILE THE
PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS RANGES FROM 2 PERCENT ACROSS
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND TO 10 PERCENT AT CEIBA.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
OF 15 TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO...
ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THESE RAINS
COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF OMAR...
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT
OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 6 PM.

$$

AMZ712-735-742-745-161915-
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COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
308 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS
ACROSS NORTH...WEST...AND SOUTHWEST PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

INTERESTS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED STORM
PREPARATIONS...AS TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE MOVING INTO THE
LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF
OMAR WILL GENERATE HIGH SEAS AND LARGE WAVE ACTION ALONG THE
SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHEAST COASTS OF THE PUERTO RICO. MARINERS
ACROSS THESE COASTS SHOULD SEEK HURRICANE SAFE HAVEN FOR THEIR
VESSELS...AND EVACUATE INLAND FOR THE DURATION OF OMAR. DO NOT
SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE PASSAGE OF A HURRICANE.

...SEAS...

WIND GENERATED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET THIS
EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. LONG PERIOD SWELLS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO
REACH THE SOUTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO AND WILL INCREASE FURTHER
THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 12 HOURS.

...WINDS...

MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD EXPECT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF OMAR...
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT
OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 6 PM.

$$

PRZ012-013-VIZ001-002-161915-
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CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
308 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ST CROIX THROUGH 5:45 PM.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THIS HURRICANE WARNING AREA
SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS TO SECURE AND
PROTECT LIFE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS BEFORE
MIDNIGHT. TORRENTIAL RAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING
PROBLEMS...AS WELL AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES. INTERESTS ACROSS
POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS SHOULD CONSIDER RELOCATING TO SAFER
AREAS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 1-3 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND
EAST COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...WITH LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE
ELEVATED TIDES. THIS MAY YIELD A COMBINED STORM SURGE AND WAVE
ACTION OF 4 TO 6 FEET ACROSS VULNERABLE COASTLINES OF ST CROIX.
NORMALLY TRANQUIL COASTLINES ALONG THE SOUTH AND WEST COASTS OF
CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE
SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
LONG PERIOD SWELLS GENERATED FROM OMAR ARE ALREADY REACHING THE
SOUTH COASTS OF ST CROIX AND VIEQUES...AND MAY INDUCE ISOLATED
AREAS OF COASTAL INUNDATION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
AFFECTING THE LOCAL ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING
HOURS...AND THEN REACH HURRICANE FORCE BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND LAST
INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. STRONGER WINDS SHOULD BE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...

ACROSS CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS CURRENTLY IS 67 TO 75 PERCENT...AND FOR HURRICANE
FORCE WINDS IS 13 TO 20 PERCENT.

ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL
STORM FORCE WINDS CURRENTLY IS 77 TO 94 PERCENT...AND FOR
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IS 22 TO 43 PERCENT.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS
AND MUD SLIDES.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF OMAR...
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT
OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 6 PM.

$$

AMZ710-715-722-725-732-161915-
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ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
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-
308 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...INTENSITY AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS
IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA...VIEQUES...AND EAST AND
SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED
ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS AS ROUGH AND DANGEROUS COASTAL MARINE
CONDITIONS ARE ALREADY MOVING INTO THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN COASTAL
WATERS. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF OMAR ARE
GENERATING HIGH SEAS AND LARGE WAVE ACTION ALONG THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST COASTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS... CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...
AS WELL AS EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO. MARINERS ACROSS
THESE COASTS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY MOORED THEIR VESSELS IN
HURRICANE SAFE HAVENS...AND EVACUATED INLAND FOR THE DURATION OF
OMAR. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE PASSAGE OF
A HURRICANE.

...SEAS...

SEAS GENERATED WITHIN 20 MILES TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE
CENTER OF OMAR ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD IN EXCESS OF 20 FEET AND WILL
PUSH ASHORE ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF ST CROIX TONIGHT...TO PRODUCE
BREAKING WAVES OF 25 TO 35 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH COASTAL REEF
LINES. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO EXTEND OUTWARD 15
MILES FROM THE CENTER OF OMAR...WITH 50 KNOT WINDS EXPECTED TO
EXTEND 45 MILES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE HURRICANE.


...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NEAR
SHORE WATERS OF ST CROIX AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO JUST BEFORE
SUNSET AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE REST OF THE CARIBBEAN
WATERS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE THEN
EXPECTED TO REACH ST CROIX AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND THEN ST THOMAS
AND ST JOHN AROUND 3 AM.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF OMAR...
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT
OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 6 PM.

$$

AMZ741-161915-
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MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
308 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS
ACROSS THE MONA PASSAGE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
BY NOON TODAY AS ROUGH AND DANGEROUS COASTAL MARINE CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS THIS
AFTERNOON. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE
PASSAGE OF A HURRICANE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES UP TO 2 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH AND
WEST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH
LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED TIDES.
NORMALLY TRANQUIL COASTLINES ALONG THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST COAST
OF THE ISLAND ARE LIKELY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION TONIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED TO EXTEND
INTO THE MONA PASSAGE.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF OMAR AS
IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 6 PM.

$$

SS

000 
WTCA82 TJSJ 152204
HLSSJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE OMAR LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
604 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...OMAR CONTINUES TO SLOWLY STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES TOWARDS ST
   CROIX AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...

.AT 500 PM...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED BY AN AIR
FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 15.9
NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.1 WEST...OR ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST
CROIX...ABOUT 155 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF VIEQUES...ABOUT 175
MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF CULEBRA...ABOUT 180 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST
OF ST THOMAS...AND ABOUT 175 MILES SOUTH OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.

OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH. A GRADUAL
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON
THE FORECAST TRACK...OMAR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.

DATA FROM A HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS A
CATEGORY ONE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL
STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND OMAR
SHOULD BE A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS. ALSO...STRONGER WINDS... ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...
ARE LIKELY OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES. 

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY A HURRICANE
HUNTER AIRCRAFT WAS 973 MB...28.73 INCHES.

OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10
INCHES... WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES...ACROSS PUERTO
RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-
THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN ADDITION...
OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE
WEST- AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND DAMAGE TO
COASTAL STRUCTURES.

PRZ001>011-162215-
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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-
604 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...INTENSITY AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

	FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

INTERESTS ACROSS THE ISLAND SHOULD ALREADY HAVE COMPLETED STORM
PREPARATIONS. HEAVY RAINS TODAY AND THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO LEAD
TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING PROBLEMS...AS
WELL AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES. INTERESTS ACROSS POTENTIALLY
VULNERABLE AREAS SHOULD CONSIDER RELOCATING TO SAFER AREAS FOR THE
DURATION OF THIS EVENT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 1-2 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND
EAST COASTS OF THE ISLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...WITH LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED
TIDES. LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM OMAR HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO REACH
THE SOUTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO THIS AFTERNOON.

...WINDS...

RESIDENTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO SHOULD
PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND POSSIBLE GUSTS JUST
UNDER HURRICANE FORCE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. STRONGER WINDS
SHOULD BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL
ISLANDS.

...PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE/TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...

ACROSS PUERTO RICO...THE PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
CURRENTLY RANGES FROM 4 PERCENT ALONG THE WEST AND NORTHWEST
COASTS TO 45 PERCENT AT CEIBA ALONG THE EAST COAST...WHILE THE
PROBABILITY OF HURRICANE FORCE WINDS IS 2 PERCENT OR LESS ACROSS
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
OF 15 TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO THIS
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS
INTERIOR. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE- THREATENING FLASH
FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF OMAR...
ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG AND TO THE RIGHT
OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 9 PM.

$$

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COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
604 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...INTENSITY AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS
ALONG THE NORTH...WEST...AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO. 

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

INTERESTS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED STORM
PREPARATIONS. 

...SEAS...

WIND GENERATED SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 7 TO 10 FEET THIS
EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE WATERS NORTH THROUGH WEST OF
PUERTO RICO. LONG PERIOD SWELLS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO REACH THE SOUTH
COAST OF PUERTO RICO AND WILL INCREASE FURTHER THROUGHOUT THE NEXT
12 HOURS...AND BEGIN TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST COASTAL SECTIONS. 

...WINDS...

MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD EXPECT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS THIS
EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
PASSAGE OF OMAR... ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG
AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 9 PM.

$$

PRZ012-013-VIZ001-002-162215-
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CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
604 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...INTENSITY AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
CULEBRA...VIEQUES...AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ST CROIX.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THIS HURRICANE WARNING AREA
SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS TO SECURE AND
PROTECT LIFE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS...AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
TORRENTIAL RAINS THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO
LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING
PROBLEMS...AS WELL AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES. INTERESTS ACROSS
POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS SHOULD CONSIDER RELOCATING TO SAFER
AREAS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 2-3 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND
EAST COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...WITH LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED
TIDES. THIS MAY YIELD A COMBINED STORM SURGE AND WAVE RUN-UP OF 
4-6 FEET ACROSS VULNERABLE COASTLINES OF SOUTHERN ST CROIX. NORMALLY
TRANQUIL COASTLINES ALONG THE SOUTH AND WEST COASTS OF
CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE
SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. LONG PERIOD
SWELLS GENERATED FROM OMAR ARE ALREADY REACHING THE SOUTH COASTS
OF ST CROIX AND VIEQUES...AND MAY INDUCE ISOLATED AREAS OF COASTAL
INUNDATION THIS EVENING.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN
AFFECTING THE LOCAL ISLANDS MOMENTARILY...AND INCREASE TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE DURING THE EVENING HOURS...AND THEN REACH
HURRICANE FORCE BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND LAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS THURSDAY. STRONGER WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE RAINS
COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. FLASH
FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN ST CROIX.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
PASSAGE OF OMAR... ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG
AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 9 PM.

$$

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ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
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-
604 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...INTENSITY AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTERESTS
ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND ALONG THE
EAST AND SOUTHEAST COAST OF PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED
ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF
OMAR WILL GENERATE HIGH SEAS AND LARGE WAVE ACTION ALONG THE
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS... CULEBRA AND
VIEQUES... AS WELL AS EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO. MARINERS
ACROSS THESE COASTS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY MOORED THEIR VESSELS IN
HURRICANE SAFE HAVENS...AND EVACUATED INLAND FOR THE DURATION OF
OMAR. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE PASSAGE OF
A HURRICANE.

...SEAS...

SEAS GENERATED WITHIN 20 MILES TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF THE
CENTER OF OMAR ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD IN EXCESS OF 20 FEET AND WILL
PUSH ASHORE ALONG THE SOUTH COAST OF ST CROIX TONIGHT...TO PRODUCE
BREAKING WAVES OF 25 TO 35 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH COASTAL REEF
LINES. ELSEWHERE...VERY STEEP AND CONFUSED SEAS WILL GROW TO 14 TO
18 FEET AND OMAR MOVES THROUGH THE AREA WATERS. 

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NEAR
SHORE WATERS OF ST CROIX AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO JUST BEFORE
SUNSET AND SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE REST OF THE CARIBBEAN
WATERS DURING THE EVENING HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE THEN
EXPECTED TO REACH ST CROIX AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND THEN ST THOMAS
AND ST JOHN AROUND 3 AM. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
EXTEND OUTWARD 15 MILES FROM THE CENTER OF OMAR...WITH 50 KNOT
WINDS EXPECTED TO EXTEND 45 MILES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE
HURRICANE.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
PASSAGE OF OMAR... ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG
AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 9 PM.

$$

AMZ741-162215-
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MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
604 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...INTENSITY AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY MARINE INTEREST
ACROSS THE MONA PASSAGE.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS
AS ROUGH AND DANGEROUS COASTAL MARINE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
BEGIN ACROSS THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS EARLY THIS EVENING. DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE PASSAGE OF A
HURRICANE.

...SEAS...

WIND GENERATED SEAS FROM OMAR ARE EXPECTED TO BUILD TO 8 TO 9 FEET
LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AS OMAR MOVES THROUGH THE LOCAL EASTERN
WATERS. 

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED TO EXTEND
INTO THE MONA PASSAGE.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS OF OMAR AS
IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 9 PM.

$$

SS

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WTCA82 TJSJ 160137
HLSSJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE OMAR INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
937 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

....OMAR BECOMES CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE...MOVING QUICKLY
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE VIRGIN AND NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...

.AT 800 PM AST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED BY AN
AIR FORCE RESERVE UNIT HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT AND NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 16.6 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 65.2 WEST OR ABOUT 80 MILES...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ST.
CROIX OR ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ST. THOMAS OR ABOUT
100 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF VIEQUES OR ABOUT 115 MILES SOUTH OF
CULEBRA AND ABOUT 135 MILES SOUTH SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO
RICO.

OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 17 MPH. A GRADUAL
INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. ON
THE FORECAST TRACK...OMAR IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN
LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH...
WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS NOW A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE
SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. ADDITIONAL STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST DURING
THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AND OMAR IS EXPECTED TO BE A STRONG CATEGORY
TWO HURRICANE BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.
ALSO...STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE LIKELY OVER
ELEVATED TERRAIN.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 15 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE BEGINNING TO SPREAD INTO THE
VIRGIN ISLANDS...AND SHOULD SPREAD OVER THE LEEWARD ISLAND DURING
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE
HUNTER WAS 971 MB...28.67 INCHES.  

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES... WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE
NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-
THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR. IN ADDITION...
 OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL AFFECT THE
WEST- AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE ISLANDS OF
THE LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND
DAMAGE TO COASTAL STRUCTURES.

VIZ002-170145-
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ST CROIX-
937 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND INTENSITY UPDATED.
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM AST THURSDAY. 

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING. FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THIS HURRICANE WARNING AREA
SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS TO SECURE AND
PROTECT LIFE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN AND
HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED BEFORE MIDNIGHT. TORRENTIAL
RAINS THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO LEAD TO
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING PROBLEMS...AS WELL
AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES. INTERESTS ACROSS POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE
AREAS SHOULD CONSIDER RELOCATING TO SAFER AREAS FOR THE DURATION
OF THIS EVENT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. 

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

A STORM SURGE OF 3-4 FEET ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE OMAR IS
EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT AS THIS SYSTEM PASSES ACROSS OR NEAR ST
CROIX. HIGH SEAS GENERATED ON THE RIGHT...OR EASTERN SIDE OF
OMAR...WILL PRODUCE VERY HIGH POUNDING SURF ALONG THE REEF LINES
AND BEACHES OF SOUTHERN ST CROIX. THE COMBINATION OF ELEVATED
TIDES...THE EXPECTED STORM SURGE...AND THE RUNUP OF THESE VERY
LARGE WAVES ALONG THE BEACHES AND SHORE LINES...IS EXPECTED TO
PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ST
CROIX. WATER LEVELS MAY RISE 4 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THESE
COAST LINES JUST AHEAD...AND THROUGH A FEW HOURS AFTER...THE
PASSAGE OF OMAR OVERNIGHT. WESTERN COASTAL SECTIONS ALSO MAY SEE
SIGNIFICANT BUT SLIGHTLY LOWER WATER LEVEL RISES WITH THE PASSAGE
OF OMAR...AND ARE ALSO LIKELY TO SEE COASTAL FLOODING OVERNIGHT.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 20 MPH ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE LOCAL
ISLANDS WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH. WINDS WILL QUICKLY INCREASE
TO SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR..AND THEN
REACH HURRICANE FORCE BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND LAST INTO THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. STRONGER WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE RAINS
COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. FLASH
FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN ST CROIX.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
PASSAGE OF OMAR... ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG
AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 12 MIDNIGHT. 

$$

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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-
937 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND INTENSITY UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

 FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

INTERESTS ACROSS THE ISLAND SHOULD ALREADY HAVE COMPLETED STORM
PREPARATIONS. HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AND ARE
EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING...AS WELL AS
LAND AND MUDSLIDES. INTERESTS ACROSS POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS
SHOULD CONSIDER RELOCATING TO SAFER AREAS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS
EVENT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 1-2 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND
EAST COASTS OF THE ISLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...WITH LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED
TIDES. LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM OMAR HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO REACH
THE SOUTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO THIS AFTERNOON.

...WINDS...

RESIDENTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO SHOULD
PREPARE FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND POSSIBLE GUSTS JUST
UNDER HURRICANE FORCE LATER TONIGHT.  STRONGER WINDS SHOULD BE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
OF 15 TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO THIS
EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS
INTERIOR. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE- THREATENING FLASH
FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 12 MIDNIGHT. 

$$

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COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
937 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...AND INTENSITY UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED
ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF
OMAR WILL GENERATE HIGH SEAS AND LARGE WAVE ACTION ALONG THE
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS... CULEBRA AND
VIEQUES... AS WELL AS EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO. MARINERS
ACROSS THESE COASTS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY MOORED THEIR VESSELS IN
HURRICANE SAFE HAVENS...AND EVACUATED INLAND FOR THE DURATION OF
OMAR. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE PASSAGE OF
A HURRICANE.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE MOVING INTO THE WATERS OF ST CROIX
AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO...AND THEN SPREAD NORTHEASTWARD INTO
THE REST OF THE CARIBBEAN WATERS. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE THEN
EXPECTED TO REACH ST CROIX AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND THEN ST THOMAS
AND ST JOHN AFTER MIDNIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
EXTEND OUTWARD 15 MILES FROM THE CENTER OF OMAR...WITH 50 KNOT
WINDS EXPECTED TO EXTEND 45 MILES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE
HURRICANE.


...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
PASSAGE OF OMAR... ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG
AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 12 MIDNIGHT. 

$$

PRZ012-013-VIZ001-170145-
/O.CON.TJSJ.HU.W.1015.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-
937 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...INTENSITY AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

	FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THIS HURRICANE WARNING AREA
SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS TO SECURE AND
PROTECT LIFE. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS...AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS BEFORE MIDNIGHT.
TORRENTIAL RAINS THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO
LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING
PROBLEMS...AS WELL AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES. INTERESTS ACROSS
POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE AREAS SHOULD CONSIDER RELOCATING TO SAFER
AREAS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS EVENT.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 2-3 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND
EAST COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...WITH LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED
TIDES. THIS MAY YIELD A COMBINED STORM SURGE AND WAVE RUN-UP OF
4-6 FEET ACROSS VULNERABLE COASTLINES OF SOUTHERN ST CROIX.
NORMALLY
TRANQUIL COASTLINES ALONG THE SOUTH AND WEST COASTS OF
CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE
SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. LONG PERIOD
SWELLS GENERATED FROM OMAR ARE ALREADY REACHING THE SOUTH COASTS
OF ST CROIX AND VIEQUES...AND MAY INDUCE ISOLATED AREAS OF
COASTAL
INUNDATION THIS EVENING.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH ARE BEGINNING ALONG THE LOCAL
ISLANDS AND WILL INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE DURING THE
NEXT HOUR...AND THEN REACH HURRICANE FORCE BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND
LAST INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. STRONGER WINDS SHOULD
BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE RAINS
COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. FLASH
FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN ST CROIX.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
PASSAGE OF OMAR... ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG
AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 12 MIDNIGHT.

$$

AMZ710-715-722-725-732-170145-
/O.CON.TJSJ.HU.W.1015.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
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-
937 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...AND INTENSITY UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED
ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS IN ADVANCE OF
OMAR WILL GENERATE HIGH SEAS AND LARGE WAVE ACTION ALONG THE
SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS... CULEBRA AND
VIEQUES... AS WELL AS EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO. MARINERS
ACROSS THESE COASTS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY MOORED THEIR VESSELS IN
HURRICANE SAFE HAVENS...AND EVACUATED INLAND FOR THE DURATION OF
OMAR. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE PASSAGE
OF A HURRICANE.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE QUICKLY MOVING INTO THE NEAR SHORE
WATERS OF ST CROIX AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO. HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH ST CROIX AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND THEN
ST THOMAS AND ST JOHN AFTER MIDNIGHT. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO EXTEND OUTWARD 15 MILES FROM THE CENTER OF OMAR...WITH
50 KNOT WINDS EXPECTED TO EXTEND 45 MILES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF
THE HURRICANE.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
PASSAGE OF OMAR... ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS...AND ALONG
AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE CENTER OF ITS PATH.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 12 MIDNIGHT. 

$$

AMZ741-170145-
/O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
937 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...AND INTENSITY UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINERS SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED ALL PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS AS ROUGH
AND DANGEROUS COASTAL MARINE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. DO NOT SEEK
SHELTER ABOARD YOUR VESSEL DURING THE PASSAGE OF A HURRICANE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED TO EXTEND
INTO THE MONA PASSAGE.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 12 MIDNIGHT.

$$

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE OMAR LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1246 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...OMAR BECOMES MAJOR CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE...MOVING QUICKLY
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARD ST CROIX AND THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...

.AT 1100 PM AST...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED NEAR
LATITUDE 17.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.5 WEST OR ABOUT 30 MILES...SOUTHEAST
OF ST. CROIX AND ABOUT 105 MILES...WEST- SOUTHWEST OF ST. MARTIN.

OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...AND THIS
GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF
DAYS. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF OMAR WILL PASS JUST
EAST OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS...AND NEAR THE
NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR
115 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS NOW A CATEGORY THREE
HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME ADDITIONAL
STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS OMAR MOVES THROUGH THE
NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 115
MILES. ST. CROIX RECENTLY REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 39 MPH WITH
A WIND GUST OF 59 MPH.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE
HUNTER IS 967 MB...28.56 INCHES.  

OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO
10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS...THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS... VIEQUES...AND CULEBRA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
2 TO 4 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE FOR PUERTO RICO.  THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-
THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.  

COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 4 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE
LEVELS...ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE PATH OF OMAR.  COASTAL
STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 2 TO 4 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...
ALONG WITH LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE EXPECTED
ALONG THE COASTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO.  IN
ADDITION...OMAR IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LARGE SWELLS THAT WILL
AFFECT THE WEST- AND SOUTH-FACING COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE
ISLANDS OF THE LESSER ANTILLES. THESE SWELLS COULD CAUSE BEACH
EROSION AND DAMAGE TO COASTAL STRUCTURES.

VIZ002-170500-
/O.CON.TJSJ.HU.W.1015.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
ST CROIX-
1246 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND INTENSITY UPDATED.
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM AST THURSDAY.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

COASTAL FLOOD WARNING. FLASH FLOOD WARNING. FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL RESIDENTS IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS
UNTIL THE HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS DIMINISH.
HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE BEING FELT AND WILL PERSIST FOR A FEW
MORE HOURS UNTIL THE EYE OF OMAR MOVES FURTHER NORTHEAST. TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING. VERY HEAVY
TO TORRENTIAL RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE
EYE WALL WILL CONTINUE TO POUND SAINT CROIX. THIS WILL EXACERBATE
THE FLOOD PROBLEMS ACROSS THE ISLAND...KEEPING ROADS IMPASSABLE
AND CAUSING SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING OF DRY GUTS AND LOW LYING
AREAS...AS WELL AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES. RESIDENTS OF FLOOD PRONE
AND HIGHLY VULNERABLE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN SAFE SHELTER UNTIL
THE MORNING....AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES GIVE THE ALL CLEAR MESSAGE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

A STORM SURGE OF 4 TO 6 FEET ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE OMAR IS
EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS THIS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO
MOVE FURTHER NORTHEAST. THE HIGH SEAS GENERATED AS THE EYE OF OMAR
MOVES NEAR ST CROIX ...WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HIGH
POUNDING SURF ALONG THE REEF LINES AND BEACHES OF SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN ST CROIX. THE COMBINATION OF ELEVATED TIDES...THE EXPECTED
STORM SURGE...AND THE RUNUP OF THESE VERY LARGE WAVES ALONG THE
BEACHES AND SHORE LINES...IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE COASTAL FLOODING
ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ST CROIX. WATER LEVELS MAY RISE
4 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ALONG THESE COAST LINES JUST AHEAD...AND
THROUGH A FEW HOURS AFTER...THE PASSAGE OF OMAR OVERNIGHT. WESTERN
COASTAL SECTIONS ALSO MAY SEE SIGNIFICANT BUT SLIGHTLY LOWER WATER
LEVEL RISES WITH THE PASSAGE OF OMAR...AND ARE ALSO LIKELY TO SEE
COASTAL FLOODING OVERNIGHT.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE LOCAL
ISLANDS WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE 60 MPH. WINDS WILL CONTINUE T0 INCREASE
TO HURRICANE FORCE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THIS WILL LAST INTO THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. STRONGER WINDS SHOULD ALSO BE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE RAINS
COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES. FLASH
FLOODING HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN ST CROIX.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
PASSAGE OF OMAR... ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE SPIRAL BANDS.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 3 AM AST.

$$

PRZ001>004-170500-
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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
1246 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND INTENSITY UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

INTERESTS ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE ISLAND SHOULD REMAIN
ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS THAT MAY
REACH NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE. THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS REMAINS OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY AND IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING...AS WELL AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND
EAST COASTS OF THE ISLAND THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WITH LARGE
WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED TIDES. LONG PERIOD
SWELLS FROM OMAR WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SOUTH COAST OF
PUERTO RICO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

...WINDS...

RESIDENTS OF EAST AND SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF NEAR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND
GUSTS MAINLY IN RAIN BANDS. STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
8 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PUERTO RICO THIS EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINOUS INTERIOR.
THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD
SLIDES.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 3 AM AST.

$$

PRZ005>011-170500-
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/O.CON.TJSJ.HU.A.1015.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-
1246 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND INTENSITY UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

INTERESTS ACROSS PUERTO RICO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL
FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS THAT MAY REACH NEAR
TROPICAL STORM FORCE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE POSSIBILITY
OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS REMAINS OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY AND IS
EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING...AS WELL AS
LAND AND MUDSLIDES.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ARE TO BE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND
EAST COASTS OF THE ISLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...WITH LARGE WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED
TIDES. LONG PERIOD SWELLS FROM OMAR HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO REACH
THE SOUTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO THIS AFTERNOON.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
8 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS THE EAST ONE THIRD OF PUERTO
RICO OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. SOME THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 3 AM AST.

$$

AMZ712-735-742-745-170500-
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/O.CON.TJSJ.HU.A.1015.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
1246 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...
...HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...AND INTENSITY UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED AND CONDITIONS START
TO IMPROVE ON THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH SEAS AND LARGE WAVE ACTION
WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING ALONG THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST
COASTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS... CULEBRA AND VIEQUES... AS WELL AS
EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO. 

...WINDS...

WINDS OF HURRICANE FORCE ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE
ISLAND OF SAINT CROIX BUT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL REMAIN
FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY MORNING AS THE
HURRICANE PULLS AWAY.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
PASSAGE OF OMAR.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 3 AM AST.

$$

PRZ012-013-VIZ001-170500-
/O.CON.TJSJ.HU.W.1015.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-
1246 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...INTENSITY AND TRACK UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL RESIDENTS IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS
UNTIL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS DIMINISH. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS
ARE BEING FELT AND WILL PERSIST FOR A FEW MORE HOURS UNTIL THE EYE
OF OMAR MOVES FURTHER NORTHEAST. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING. WHILE RAINS BEGIN TO PULL AWAY FROM
WESTERN VIEQUES...HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NORTHWEST
QUADRANT WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ISLANDS. THIS WILL EXACERBATE
THE LOCALIZED FLOODING ACROSS THE ISLAND...KEEPING ROADS
IMPASSABLE AND CAUSING SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING OF DRY GUTS AND
LOW LYING AREAS...AS WELL AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES. RESIDENTS OF
FLOOD PRONE AND HIGHLY VULNERABLE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN SAFE
SHELTER UNTIL THE MORNING....AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES GIVE THE ALL
CLEAR MESSAGE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

STORM TIDES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTH AND EAST
COASTS OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WITH LARGE
WAVE ACTION SUPERIMPOSED UPON THESE ELEVATED TIDES. THE SOUTH AND
WEST COASTS OF CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS WILL SEE
SIGNIFICANT WAVE ACTION THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. LONG PERIOD
SWELLS GENERATED FROM OMAR CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE SOUTH COASTS OF
VIEQUES...AND MAY INDUCE ISOLATED AREAS OF COASTAL INUNDATION
OVERNIGHT.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE BEING FELT ACROSS THE LOCAL
ISLANDS AND MAY INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE DURING THE NEXT
FEW HOURS BEFORE THE STORM EVENTUALLY PULLS AWAY. STRONGER WINDS
SHOULD BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE LOCAL
ISLANDS.

...INLAND FLOODING...

TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES...WITH MAXIMUM AMOUNTS
UP TO 20 INCHES...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY. THESE RAINS
COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
PASSAGE OF OMAR.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 3 AM AST.

$$

AMZ710-715-722-725-732-170500-
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ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
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-
1246 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...AND INTENSITY UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL
THE HURRICANE WARNING IS DISCONTINUED AND CONDITIONS START
TO IMPROVE ON THURSDAY. HIGH SEAS AND LARGE WAVE ACTION WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS THE PASSAGE AS OMAR PULLS
AWAY.

...WINDS...

HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY AFFECTING ST CROIX AND THE
NEARBY WATERS AND WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS HURRICANE OMAR PULLS
AWAY FROM THE AREA. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD 35 MILES
FROM THE CENTER OF OMAR... WITH 50 KNOT WINDS EXPECTED TO EXTEND
AROUND 60 MILES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE HURRICANE.

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
OMARS RAIN BANDS. 

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 3 AM AST.

$$

AMZ741-170500-
/O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
1246 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

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

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...AND INTENSITY UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL
THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS DISCONTINUED AND CONDITIONS START
TO IMPROVE ON THURSDAY. 

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE CURRENTLY NOT EXPECTED ACROSS THE MONA
PASSAGE.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 3 AM AST.

$$

000 
WTCA82 TJSJ 160841
HLSSJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE OMAR INTERMEDIATE LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
441 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...OMAR RACING NORTHEASTWARD AND AWAY FROM THE LOCAL AREA...

.AT 300 AM AST...0700Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED BY
RADAR AND RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT NEAR LATITUDE 18.5 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 63.8 WEST OR ABOUT 55 MILES..90 KM...NORTHWEST OF ST.
MARTIN...OR ABOUT 75 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ST THOMAS...OR ABOUT
80 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST CROIX

OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/HR...AND
THIS GENERAL MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE
OF DAYS.  ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CORE OF OMAR WILL BE MOVING
AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF
HOURS.

REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT
INDICATE THAT MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR
125 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. OMAR IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN INTENSITY ARE
POSSIBLE TODAY.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM.

THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE JUST REPORTED BY THE HURRICANE
HUNTER WAS 959 MB...28.32 INCHES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE LOCAL
ISLANDS THROUGH TODAY. THESE RAINS COULD PRODUCE LIFE-THREATENING
FLASH FLOODS AND MUD SLIDES.

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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
441 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELED...
...HURRICANE WATCH IS CANCELED...

...NEW INFORMATION...

WATCHES AND WARNINGS CANCELED...STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND INTENSITY
UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION EARLY
THIS MORNING.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THIS MORNING.

...INLAND FLOODING...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THESE
AREAS.

$$

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NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-
441 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELED...
...HURRICANE WATCH IS CANCELED...

...NEW INFORMATION...

WATCHES AND WARNINGS CANCELED...STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND INTENSITY
UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION EARLY
THIS MORNING.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THIS MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THESE
AREAS.

$$

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COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-
441 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELED...
...HURRICANE WATCH IS CANCELED...

...NEW INFORMATION...

WATCHES AND WARNINGS CANCELED...STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND INTENSITY
UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD NOT VENTURE FAR FROM
PORT...UNTIL CONDITIONS START TO IMPROVE LATER THIS MORNING. HIGH
SEAS AND LARGE WAVE ACTION WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING ALONG
THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA
AND VIEQUES...AS WELL AS EAST AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO.

...WINDS...

ANY LEFTOVER TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...MAINLY IN GUSTS...WILL
CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THIS MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THESE
AREAS.

$$

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MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N-
441 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELED...

...NEW INFORMATION...

WARNINGS CANCELED...STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND INTENSITY
UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD NOT VENTURE FAR FROM
PORT...UNTIL CONDITIONS START TO IMPROVE LATER THIS MORNING.

...WINDS...

WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THIS MORNING.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THESE
AREAS.

$$

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ST CROIX-
441 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION AND INTENSITY UPDATED.
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM AST THURSDAY.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

        COASTAL FLOOD WARNING.
        FLASH FLOOD WARNING.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL RESIDENTS IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS 
UNTIL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS DIMINISH. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS 
WILL PERSIST LOCALLY THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS IN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEST PART OF OMAR...WILL
OCCASIONALLY AFFECT ST CROIX. THIS WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOOD
PROBLEMS ACROSS THE ISLAND...KEEPING ROADS IMPASSABLE AND CAUSING
SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING OF DRY GUTS AND LOW LYING AREAS...AS
WELL AS LAND AND MUDSLIDES. RESIDENTS OF FLOOD PRONE AND HIGHLY
VULNERABLE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN SAFE SHELTER UNTIL LATER THIS
MORNING...AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES GIVE THE ALL CLEAR MESSAGE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...

THE HIGH SEAS GENERATED AS THE EYE OF OMAR MOVED NEAR ST CROIX 
...WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HIGH POUNDING SURF ALONG THE REEF 
LINES AND BEACHES OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ST CROIX. THE COMBINATION 
OF ELEVATED TIDES...AND THE RUN UP OF THESE VERY LARGE WAVES ALONG 
THE BEACHES AND SHORE LINES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 
COASTAL FLOODING ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ST CROIX EARLY 
THIS MORNING. WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE 3 TO 6 FEET ABOVE NORMAL 
ALONG THESE COAST LINES THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE 
LOCAL ISLANDS WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL DIMINISH
FURTHER AS OMAR PULLS AWAY FROM THE LOCAL AREA.

...INLAND FLOODING...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS
STILL EXPECTED.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM AST.

$$

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CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-
441 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...INTENSITY.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ADDITIONAL HAZARDS.

	FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL RESIDENTS IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS 
UNTIL TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS DIMINISH. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS 
WILL PERSIST LOCALLY THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING.

...WINDS...

SUSTAINED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WERE OCCURRING ACROSS
THE LOCAL ISLANDS WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL
DIMINISH FURTHER AS OMAR PULLS AWAY FROM THE LOCAL AREA.

...INLAND FLOODING...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM AST.

$$

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ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
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-
441 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...

STORM INFORMATION...LOCATION...AND INTENSITY UPDATED.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL
THE HURRICANE WARNING IS DISCONTINUED AND CONDITIONS START
TO IMPROVE LATER TODAY. HIGH SEAS AND LARGE WAVE ACTION WILL
PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS THE PASSAGE AS OMAR PULLS AWAY.

...WINDS...

TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...WITH LOCAL HURRICANE GUSTS
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREAS...BUT WILL DIMINISHING AS HURRICANE
OMAR PULLS FURTHER AWAY FROM THE AREA.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT UPDATE IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM AST.

$$

BCS

000 
WTCA82 TJSJ 161027
HLSSJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
HURRICANE OMAR LOCAL STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
627 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...CORE OF OMAR RAPIDLY MOVING AWAY FROM THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS...

.AT 500 AM AST...0900Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE OMAR WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 19.1 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.2 WEST OR ABOUT
70 MILES...110 KM...NORTH OF ST. MARTIN.

OMAR IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 25 MPH...41 KM/HR...AND
THIS MOTION WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS.  

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 125 MPH...205 KM/HR...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS.  OMAR IS A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-
SIMPSON SCALE. STRONGER WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN GUSTS...ARE LIKELY
OVER ELEVATED TERRAIN. SOME WEAKENING IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT
24 HOURS.  

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 35 MILES...55 KM...
FROM THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD
UP TO 115 MILES...185 KM. ST. MAARTEN RECENTLY REPORTED A WIND
GUST TO 70 MPH...113 KM/HR.  

LATEST MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM AIR FORCE
RECONNAISSANCE PLANE DATA WAS 964 MB...28.47 INCHES.

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ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N-
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-
CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
627 AM AST THU OCT 16 2008

...HURRICANE WARNING IS CANCELED...

...NEW INFORMATION...

HURRICANE WARNING CANCELED...STORM INFORMATION AND LOCATION.

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN...
THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDS ARE IN EFFECT.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN
VENTURING OUT EARLY THIS MORNING.

MARINE INTERESTS ACROSS THESE AREAS SHOULD NOT VENTURE FAR FROM
PORT...UNTIL CONDITIONS START TO IMPROVE LATER THIS MORNING. A
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE LOCAL
COASTAL WATERS.

...WINDS...

ANY LEFTOVER TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH
THIS MORNING.

...INLAND FLOODING...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS WILL BE THE LAST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED FOR
HURRICANE OMAR.

$$

BCS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1152 PM AST TUE OCT 14 2008

.UPDATE...
OMAR HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A HURRICANE AS OF THE LATEST NHC
ADVISORY. THE FORECAST TRACK HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THE LAST
ADVISORY...BUT THE INTENSITIES HAVE BEEN NUDGED UP. OMAR IS NOW
FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL OVER ST CROIX AS A CATEGORY TWO
HURRICANE. A HURRICANE WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS AS WELL AS VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. FOR MAINLAND PUERTO
RICO...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND HURRICANE WATCH REMAIN IN
EFFECT. OUTER RAIN BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE SOUTHERN
PORTION OF THE PUERTO RICO AND ST CROIX BEGINNING TOMORROW BY LATE
MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER
SOUTHEASTERN PR AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS BEGINNING LATE AFTERNOON
AND INCREASING TO HURRICANE FORCE OVER THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
OVERNIGHT. THE CENTER OF OMAR IS FORECAST TO BEGIN PASSING OVER ST
CROIX STARTING MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY. AS OF NOW...WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO REMAIN AT TROPICAL STORM FORCE FOR MAINLAND PUERTO RICO FOR THE
PASSAGE OF THE STORM. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS SHOULD BE VIGILANT TO
ANY CHANGES IN THE FORECAST TRACK OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...AS A
SLIGHT SHIFT WESTWARD WOULD RESULT IN STRONGER WINDS AND HEAVIER
RAINS OVER MAINLAND PR. PLEASE SEE THE HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT
FOR DETAILED LOCAL IMPACTS.

&&

.AVIATION...CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN DETERIORATING WEDNESDAY MORNING
AS SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF OMAR BEGIN INCREASING TO THE 15 TO 25
KNOT RANGE 10Z TO 15Z...AND REACHING 25 TO 50 KNOTS AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES OVER TIST AND TISX...WITH SLIGHTLY LESSER VALUES A BIT
LATER OVER TNCM AND TKPK. IFR VSBYS/CIGS ARE EXPECTED AS OUTER
RAIN BANDS WORK OVER MOST OF THE TAF SITES STARTING ROUGHLY 12Z TO
15Z. TJMZ AND TJBQ WILL BE THE AIRPORTS LEAST IMPACTED BY THE SYSTEM.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 656 PM AST TUE OCT 14 2008/

SYNOPSIS...AT 5 PM...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR WAS LOCATED BY
RECON AIRCRAFT AT 14.0 NORTH...68.5 WEST...NOW MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 6 KT. BASED ON THE LATEST TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST...OMAR IS EXPECTED
TO BECOME A HURRICANE TONIGHT...WHILE ASSUMING A NORTHEAST MOTION OVERNIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS FORECAST MOTION WILL BRING THE CENTER OF OMAR
ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WATERS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WHILE SLOWLY STRENGTHENING. RAINBANDS
WITH INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE LOCAL
CARIBBEAN WATERS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH WEATHER AND MARINE
CONDITIONS THEN QUICKLY DETERIORATING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

DISCUSSION...ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE...ASSOCIATED WITH OMAR...
WILL LIFT NORTHWARDS AND BRING OCCASIONAL RAINBANDS OF SHOWERS AND
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND MUCH OF PUERTO RICO...THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUING
THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO HIGH RAIN
ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS TWO DAY PERIOD. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED
SOILS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID RIVER RISES AND FLASH FLOODING...ALONG WITH
MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW. LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF THIS SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS
AS HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE LOCAL
ISLANDS.

AVIATION...EXPECT MVFR CEILINGS AND VSBYS INITIALLY...BECOMING
IFR AT TIMES AS CONVECTION FROM OUTER BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM OMAR REFORM
THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LATEST 00Z TJSJ SOUNDING INDICATED A
STRONG SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW FROM THE SURFACE TO AROUND 7K
FEET...BECOMING EASTERLY FROM 7K-23K FEET...AND THEN WESTERLY
ABOVE 23K FEET

MARINE...DETERIORATING MARINE CONDITIONS SHOULD BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGIONAL WATERS DURING THE NEXT FEW DAYS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE LOCAL COASTAL WATERS. A HURRICANE
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL THE LOCAL WATERS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
THE NEAR SHORE ATLANTIC WATERS. A MAJOR CONCERN...WILL BE
INCREASING WINDS...SWELLS AND WAVE ACTION ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN
WATERS AND ADJACENT COASTLINES STARTING TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY WHERE INCREASING THUNDERSTORM AND SQUALLS CAN BE
EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  77  86  77  87 /  20  90  90  90
STT  78  86  78  86 /  70  90  90  90

&&

.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...HURRICANE WATCH FOR CENTRAL INTERIOR-CULEBRA-EASTERN INTERIOR-
     MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHEAST-NORTHWEST-
     PONCE AND VICINITY-SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-SOUTHEAST-
     SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-WESTERN INTERIOR.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR CENTRAL
     INTERIOR-CULEBRA-EASTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-
     NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHEAST-NORTHWEST-PONCE AND VICINITY-SAN
     JUAN AND VICINITY-SOUTHEAST-SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-WESTERN
     INTERIOR.

     TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL INTERIOR-CULEBRA-EASTERN
     INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-NORTH CENTRAL-NORTHEAST-
     NORTHWEST-PONCE AND VICINITY-SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-
     SOUTHEAST-SOUTHWEST-VIEQUES-WESTERN INTERIOR.

VI...HURRICANE WATCH FOR ST CROIX-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT
     ISLANDS.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ST CROIX-ST.
     THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS.

     TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ST CROIX-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT
     ISLANDS.

&&

93/70

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
617 AM AST TUE OCT 14 2008

AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-151030-
SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES-
THE NEARSHORE AND OFF SHORE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
617 AM AST TUE OCT 14 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE OUTER FRINGES OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN...WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE NORTH ACROSS PUERTO RICO LATER TODAY...WITH MORE FREQUENT BANDS
THEN SPREADING OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. PERIODS
OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS...VISITORS AND MOTORISTS CAN
THEREFORE EXPECT AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO
ALREADY SATURATED SOILS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID RIVER RISES
AND FLASH FLOODING...ALONG WITH MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW. A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL
OF PUERTO RICO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS PUERTO RICO THROUGH THE WORK
WEEK AS THE DEPRESSION FIFTEEN TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHEAST AND
THEN NORTHEAST...MOVING ACROSS PUERTO RICO AS A TROPICAL STORM
LATE WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD
ACROSS THE SOUTH AND WEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO ON WEDNESDAY...
AND WILL THEN CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHEAST ACROSS ALL OF PUERTO
RICO EARLY THURSDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS...
ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND EXPOSED AREAS. DUE TO
ALREADY SATURATED SOILS ACROSS THE ISLAND...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID RIVER RISES AND FLASH
FLOODING...ALONG WITH MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW. ALL LOCAL
RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-151030-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
617 AM AST TUE OCT 14 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE OUTER FRINGES OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN...WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATER TODAY...WITH MORE FREQUENT
BANDS THEN SPREADING OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. PERIODS OF VERY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS...VISITORS AND MOTORISTS CAN THEREFORE
EXPECT AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED
SOILS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOW. A FLASH FLOOD
WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE
LOCAL ISLANDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS THROUGH THE
WORK WEEK AS THE DEPRESSION FIFTEEN TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHEAST
AND THEN NORTHEAST...MOVING ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS AS A TROPICAL
STORM WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO
SPREAD ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
ALL OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY OVER EXPOSED AREAS. DUE TO ALREADY
SATURATED SOILS ACROSS THE ISLANDS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...ALONG WITH DEBRIS FLOW. ALL
LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

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