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Hurricane Watch 1015, NWS JSJ

October 14, 2008

NWS JSJ issued this hurricane watch at Oct 14, 2008, 6:34 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2008, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 2008, 3:41 AM CDT
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hurricane watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS JSJ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this hurricane watch went out at Oct 14, 5:56 PM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 5:56 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 5:17 AM CDT, 13 hours 17 minutes before
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.

FIGUEROA

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 7:18 PM CDTTropical Storm WatchJSJ23 hr
Oct 14, 4:01 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryJSJ15 hr
Oct 14, 1:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ7 hr
Oct 14, 4:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr
Oct 14, 4:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Oct 14, 6:34 PM CDTHurricane WatchJSJ7 hr
Oct 14, 6:34 PM CDTTropical Storm WarningJSJ33 hr
Oct 14, 6:34 PM CDTTropical Storm WarningJSJ33 hr
Oct 13, 8:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.