Flash Flood Warning 81, NWS JSJ

050 
WGCA72 TJSJ 301956
FFSSJU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
356 PM AST MON AUG 30 2010

PRC017-019-039-043-047-051-054-073-091-101-107-143-145-149-302003-
/O.EXP.TJSJ.FF.W.0081.000000T0000Z-100830T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CIALES PR-COAMO PR-COROZAL PR-FLORIDA PR-BARRANQUITAS PR-JAYUYA PR-
OROCOVIS PR-MOROVIS PR-VILLALBA PR-VEGA ALTA PR-DORADO PR-
BARCELONETA PR-MANATI PR-VEGA BAJA PR-
356 PM AST MON AUG 30 2010

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM AST FOR VEGA BAJA...
MANATI...BARCELONETA...DORADO...VEGA ALTA...VILLALBA...MOROVIS...
OROCOVIS...JAYUYA...BARRANQUITAS...FLORIDA...COROZAL...COAMO AND
CIALES MUNICIPALITIES...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH AFFECTED THIS AREA 
HAD MOVED AWAY. HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
PUERTO RICO. OTHER BANDS OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED LATER ON TODAY AND 
TONIGHT. STAY TUNED TO THE NWS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT.

LAT...LON 1815 6657 1818 6659 1850 6654 1847 6627
      1813 6635

$$

MARTINEZ

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT /USE LOWER CASE LETTERS/:
     HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SANJUAN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1139 AM AST MON AUG 30 2010

.UPDATE...CONTINUE TO EXPECT SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND BREEZY TO
GUSTY WINDS ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE VI...AS HURRICANE EARL
TRACKS WNW.

&&

.AVIATION...INCREASING CLOUDINESS WITH +SHRA OR +TSRA ARE EXPECTED
AT ALL TAF SITES...AS HURRICANE EARL TRACKS ACROSS THE LOCAL
ISLANDS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TEMPO CONDITIONS OF
IFR ACROSS THE TAF SITES AT LEAST THROUGH 30/22Z. OCCASIONAL TO
FREQUENT RAINBANDS WITH EMBEDDED TSRA...AS WELL AS TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WIND GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLYING AREA LATE TODAY
AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY ESPECIALLY BTW NE PR AND THE NORTHERN
LEEWARD ISLANDS.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 613 AM AST MON AUG 30 2010/

SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE EARL LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN LEEWARD
ISLANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST AND ACROSS THE LOCAL FORECAST
AREA. THEN ON TUESDAY NIGHT HIGH PRESSURE IN THE WEST CENTRAL
ATLANTIC WILL RIDGE TO THE SOUTHWEST AND INTO THE NORTHEAST
CARIBBEAN...AND CONTINUE UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING. A LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN THURSDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY.

DISCUSSION...OUTER BANDS FROM HURRICANE EARL HAVE BEEN AFFECTING
THE USVI...MAINLY THE NORTHERN ISLANDS. THE ST THOMAS AIRPORT
REPORTED SUSTAINED WINDS OF 29 MPH AND A GUST OF 44 MPH. THIS SAME
BAND WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST AND AFFECT THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF
PUERTO RICO LATER THIS MORNING.

THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE EARL WILL TAKE THE SYSTEM ACROSS
THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS THIS MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY BRING
HURRICANE CONDITIONS TO THE NORTHERN U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ACROSS PUERTO RICO STARTING MID
AFTERNOON.

BANDS OF SHOWERS ASSOCIATED TO EARL WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT
AS THE DAY GOES BY...MAINLY AFTER MID AFTERNOON. THESE BANDS WILL
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND VERY GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE ISLAND.
THE STRONGER WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD CONTINUE TO CLOSELY
MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF EARL OVERNIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT HURRICANE EARL AND ITS LOCAL IMPACTS...PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST SAN JUAN HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT.

AVIATION...INCREASING CLOUDINESS WITH +SHRA OR +TSRA ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE LOCAL FLYING AREA TO INCLUDE TNCM...AND TKPK...AS
HURRICANE EARL TRACKS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
THIS WILL LEAD TEMPO CONDITIONS OF IFR ACROSS TNCM AND TKPK AT LEAST
THROUGH 30/22Z THEREAFTER...OCCASIONAL TO FREQUENT RAINBANDS WITH
EMBEDDED TSRA...AS WELL AS TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS CAN BE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE FLYING AREA LATE TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY ESPECIALLY BTW NE PR AND THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS.

MARINE...MARINERS ARE URGED TO PORT IN PORT AS MARINE CONDITIONS
WILL DETERIORATE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. HURRICANE CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN
WATERS...INCLUDING THE ANEGADA PASSAGE. ISOLATED TORNADOES OR
WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...
EASTERN PASSAGES AND THE WATERS SURROUNDING THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS WITH RAIN BANDS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  89  79  90  79 / 100 100  80  30
STT  88  82  89  82 / 100 100  60  30

&&

.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 TUESDAY AFTERNOON 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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR ST CROIX-ST.
     THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS.

     HURRICANE WARNING FOR ST CROIX-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT
     ISLANDS.

&&

23/12

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN...DELAYED
ISLANDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
805 AM AST MON AUG 30 2010

AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-311215-
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-
805 AM AST MON AUG 30 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HURRICANE EARL WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK WEST NORTHWEST AND WILL PASS
BETWEEN 75-100 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE LOCAL AREA. A HURRICANE
WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. A
TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL PUERTO RICO.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT AND FLASH
FLOOD MESSAGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HURRICANE WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR ALL PUERTO
RICO...CULEBRA...AND VIEQUES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...RAIN INFORMATION WILL BE APPRECIATED.

AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-311215-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
805 AM AST MON AUG 30 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT AND FLASH
FLOOD MESSAGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A HURRICANE WARNING CONTINUE FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...RAIN INFORMATION WILL BE
APPRECIATED.