Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Tropical Storm Warnings in 2011
Tropical Storm Warning 1014, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this tropical storm warning at Sep 9, 2011, 5:08 AM CDT. It was in force for 71 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
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The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 2011, 5:08 AM CDT (10:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2011, 4:31 AM CDT
- In force
- 71 hr
- Issued by
- NWS JSJ
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
912 WTCA82 TJSJ 091008 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 608 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH MARIA ALREADY REACHING THE LESSER ANTILLES... .NEW INFORMATION... TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ST THOMAS...ST JOHN AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS...AND FOR ST CROIX. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 13.8N...LONGITUDE 56.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 720 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 630 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAINT CROIX VI. STORM MOTION WAS WEST NORTHWEST OR 290 DEGREES AT 18 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 40 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM MARIA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING IN A GENERAL WEST NORTHWEST MOTION FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF MARIA WILL BE NEAR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING EVENT ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS. THERE IS ALSO A CONCERN FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER TRACKS. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH...CONTINUE WITH YOUR PREPARATIONS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 930 AM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. AMZ712-735-741-742-745-PRZ001>013-101015- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- 608 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... NONE. ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH...CONTINUE WITH YOUR PREPARATIONS AND LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT. && ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE SUNDAY MORNING. A GENERAL CONCERN SHOULD BE FOR THE INCREASING LIKELIHOOD OF AT LEAST MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE WIND DAMAGE SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE AREA. ...INLAND FLOODING... FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY ALONG THE TRACK OF THE STORM. THIS POSES A THREAT OF MODERATE FLOODING. MODERATE FLOODING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LARGER RIVERS WITH INUNDATION OF STRUCTURES AND ROADS NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS IS EXPECTED. $$ AMZ710-715-722-725-732-VIZ001-002-101015- /O.UPG.TJSJ.TR.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.NEW.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.110909T1008Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN USVI AND CULEBRA OUT 10 NM- ANEGADA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN USVI VIEQUES AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 608 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... $$
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290 WTCA82 TJSJ 091358 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 958 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH MARIA ALREADY REACHING THE LESSER ANTILLES... .NEW INFORMATION... NEW POSITION. ADDED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS PROBABILITIES. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS...ST CROIX. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. A TROPICAL STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND THE COASTAL WATERS AND THE MONA PASSAGE SOUTH OF AGUADILLA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 8 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.0N...LONGITUDE 56.9W. THIS WAS ABOUT 680 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 610 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 290 DEGREES AT 18 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 40 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM MARIA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING IN A GENERAL WEST NORTHWEST MOTION FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF MARIA WILL BE NEAR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING EVENT ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS. THERE IS ALSO A CONCERN FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER TRACKS. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR THOSE UNDER A WATCH...CONTINUE WITH YOUR PREPARATIONS AND LISTEN FOR PROBABLE WARNINGS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WATCH...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RETURN TO PORT OR SEEK SAFE HARBOR. DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT. CLOSELY MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS FOR OFFICIAL STORM INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE CHANGES TO THE FORECAST. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 1230 PM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. AMZ710-715-722-725-732-101400- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-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- 958 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 47 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS EARLY AS SATURDAY MORNING. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. SEAS WILL INCREASE TO AS MUCH AS 24 FEET IN THE FAR EASTERN PORTION OF THE ZONES. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF WATERSPOUTS ESPECIALLY IN THE OUTER RAIN BANDS. $$ VIZ001-002-101400- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 958 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 43 PERCENT. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS SOON AS LATE SATURDAY MORNING. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY MORNING. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH. DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED! HOUSES OF POOR TO AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION WILL SEE SOME DAMAGE. SOME WINDOWS WILL BE BLOWN OUT. UNFASTENED HOME ITEMS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE WEIGHT WILL BECOME AIRBORNE...CAUSING ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. DOZENS OF WIRES WILL BE BLOWN DOWN. MANY LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL BE SNAPPED AND WEAKENED. SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZED TREES WILL BE UPROOTED...OR SNAPPED...ESPECIALLY WHERE THE GROUND IS SATURATED. POWER OUTAGES WILL AFFECT ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITH NUMEROUS DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CAUSE MANY LOCAL GUSTS AND LOW LYING AREAS TO FLOOD. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE RANGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF TORNADOES IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. $$ PRZ012-013-101400- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CULEBRA-VIEQUES- 958 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. KEEP INFORMED WHILE LISTENING FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. STRONGLY CONSIDER EVACUATING IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...AND DO SO IF ORDERED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS 31 TO 37 PERCENT. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO LATE SATURDAY EVENING. A GENERAL CONCERN SHOULD BE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF AT LEAST MINOR DAMAGE SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE AREA. ...INLAND FLOODING... FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY ALONG THE TRACK OF THE STORM. THIS POSES A THREAT OF MODERATE FLOODING. MODERATE FLOODING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING WITH INUNDATION OF STRUCTURES AND ROADS NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS IS EXPECTED. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE RANGE OF 1 TO 2 FEET. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF TORNADOES IN CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. $$ PRZ001>011-101400- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST- 958 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE...BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. KEEP INFORMED WHILE LISTENING FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. STRONGLY CONSIDER EVACUATING IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...AND DO SO IF ORDERED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 35 PERCENT. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE. DAMAGE TO LIGHTLY CONSTRUCTED STRUCTURES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE ISLAND. SOME TREE DAMAGE WILL OCCUR AND POWER LINES ARE LIKELY TO BE KNOCKED DOWN WITH FALLING TREE LIMBS CAUSING POWER OUTAGES TO ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS. ...INLAND FLOODING... FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF RAIN ARE LIKELY ALONG THE TRACK OF THE STORM...WITH HIGHER TERRAIN RECEIVING LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS POSES A THREAT OF MODERATE FLOODING. MODERATE FLOODING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LARGER RIVERS WITH INUNDATION OF STRUCTURES AND ROADS NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS IS EXPECTED. ...TORNADOES... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF TORNADOES IN PUERTO RICO. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... STORM SURGE OF LESS THAN 2 FEET IS EXPECTED IN PUERTO RICO. $$ AMZ712-735-741-742-745-101400- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ 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- 958 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT NEED TO DETERMINE THE BEST STRATEGY FOR SECURING THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 37 PERCENT...HIGHEST IN THE EAST. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE. MARINERS EAST OF PONCE OR ARECIBO SHOULD MONITOR THIS SYSTEM CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE INTENSIFICATION. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... THERE IS A LOW TO MODERATE RISK OF WATERSPOUTS IN THE COASTAL WATERS...HIGHEST ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF PUERTO RICO. $$ SNELL
766 WTCA82 TJSJ 091544 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1144 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...MARIA EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE LESSER ANTILLES TONIGHT... .NEW INFORMATION... THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING VIEQUES AND CULEBRA...HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. IN ADDITION...STORM INFORMATION UPDATED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL PUERTO RICO... INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.2 NORTH...LONGITUDE 57.5 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 630 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 570 MILES EAST- SOUTHEAST OF SAINT THOMAS VI...OR ABOUT 540 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAINT CROIX. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 17 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 45 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM MARIA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING IN A GENERAL WEST NORTHWEST MOTION FOR THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF MARIA WILL BE NEAR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING EVENT ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS. THERE IS ALSO A CONCERN FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER TRACKS. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 300 PM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. PRZ001>013-101545- /O.UPG.TJSJ.TR.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.EXA.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- 1144 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... $$ VIZ001-002-101545- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 1144 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 43 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS EARLY AS SATURDAY MORNING. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. EAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 14 FEET OR GREATER. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAIN BANDS WITH EMBEDDED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM MARIA ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS SATURDAY MORNING...AND PUERTO RICO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SURROUNDING TROPICAL STORM MARIA WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN FAVORED AREA. MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW. THE STORM SURGE IS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET. THIS SURGE WILL ADD TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THUS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS UNTIL THE ONSHORE WINDS SUBSIDE. IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF...AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF ALONG THE SOUTH AND NORTH COASTS OF PUERTO RICO WILL LIKELY APPROACH 8 TO 12 FEET ON SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA SLOWLY APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA AND THEN PASSES CLOSE TO PUERTO RICO...AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. REMEMBER... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$ AMZ712-735-741-742-745-101545- /O.UPG.TJSJ.TR.A.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ /O.EXA.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- 1144 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... $$ AMZ710-715-722-725-732-101545- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-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- 1144 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 47 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A GENERAL STEADY TREND SINCE THE LAST FORECAST. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS EARLY AS SATURDAY MORNING. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. EAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 14 FEET OR GREATER. ...MARINE... ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ACROSS THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL WATERS AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA BRINGS INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS STARTING SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK ON SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH TUESDAY. COMBINED SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 8 TO 14 FEET OR GREATER. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA SLOWLY APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA AND THEN PASSES CLOSE TO PUERTO RICO...AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. REMEMBER... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$
473 WTCA82 TJSJ 091847 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 247 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...MARIA SLOWS DOWN AS IT NEARS THE LESSER ANTILLES... .NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION UPDATED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PUERTO RICO INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO INCLUDING VIEQUES AND CULEBRA AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 2 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.3N...LONGITUDE 57.9W. THIS WAS ABOUT 610 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 540 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 45 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM MARIA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING IN A GENERAL WEST NORTHWEST MOTION FOR THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THIS FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF MARIA WILL BE VERY NEAR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA...VIEQUES...AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING EVENT ACROSS THE LOCAL REGION DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS. THERE IS ALSO A CONCERN FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER TRACKS. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 630 PM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-101900- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 247 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. EAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 14 FEET OR GREATER. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAIN BANDS WITH EMBEDDED TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM MARIA ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS SATURDAY MORNING...AND PUERTO RICO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SURROUNDING TROPICAL STORM MARIA WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN FAVORED AREA. MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW. THE STORM SURGE IS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET. THIS SURGE WILL ADD TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THUS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS UNTIL THE ONSHORE WINDS SUBSIDE. IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF...AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF ALONG THE SOUTH AND NORTH COASTS OF PUERTO RICO WILL LIKELY APPROACH 8 TO 12 FEET ON SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA SLOWLY APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA AND THEN PASSES CLOSE TO PUERTO RICO...AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. REMEMBER... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$ AMZ710-712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-101900- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- 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- 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- 247 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. EAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 14 FEET OR GREATER. ...MARINE... ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ACROSS THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL WATERS AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA BRINGS INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS STARTING SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK ON SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH TUESDAY. COMBINED SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 8 TO 14 FEET OR GREATER. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA SLOWLY APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA AND THEN PASSES CLOSE TO PUERTO RICO...AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. REMEMBER... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$
213 WTCA82 TJSJ 092205 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 605 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RAIN BANDS FROM MARIA MOVING ACROSS THE LESSER ANTILLES... .NEW INFORMATION... STORM LOCATION UPDATED. ADDED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS PROBABILITIES. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PUERTO RICO INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.8N...LONGITUDE 58.6W. THIS WAS ABOUT 550 MILES EAST- SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 490 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 16 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 45 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... MARIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF MARIA WILL BE NEAR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO BY SATURDAY NIGHT. MARIA'S RAINBANDS PRESENT A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA. ALSO TH STORM IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AND BY SATURDAY EVENING DAMAGING TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 9:30 PM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. PRZ001>011-102215- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST- 605 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 45 PERCENT. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM MARIA ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING PUERTO RICO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SURROUNDING TROPICAL STORM MARIA WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN FAVORED AREA. MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR HIGH WINDS WILL INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST BRINGS THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. EAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 14 FEET OR GREATER. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW. THE STORM SURGE IS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET. THIS SURGE WILL ADD TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THUS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS UNTIL THE ONSHORE WINDS SUBSIDE. IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF...AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF ALONG THE SOUTH AND NORTH COASTS OF PUERTO RICO WILL LIKELY APPROACH 8 TO 12 FEET ON SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA SLOWLY APPROACHES THE LOCAL AREA AND PASSES CLOSE TO PUERTO RICO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$ AMZ710-712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-102215- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- 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- 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- 605 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 57 PERCENT. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. EAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 14 FEET OR GREATER. ...MARINE... ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS SEAS ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ACROSS THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL WATERS AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA BRINGS INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS STARTING SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK ON SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE SLOWLY SUBSIDING THROUGH TUESDAY. COMBINED SEAS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 8 TO 14 FEET OR GREATER. ...WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA SLOWLY APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. REMEMBER... WATERSPOUTS CAN DEVELOP MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$ PRZ012-013-VIZ001-002-102215- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 605 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME. ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 53 PERCENT. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO SUNDAY EVENING. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. EAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 14 FEET OR GREATER. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAIN BANDS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM MARIA ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND VIEQUES AND CULEBRA SATURDAY MORNING...AND PUERTO RICO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SURROUNDING TROPICAL STORM MARIA WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN FAVORED AREA. MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW. THE STORM SURGE IS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 FEET. THIS SURGE WILL ADD TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THUS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS UNTIL THE ONSHORE WINDS SUBSIDE. IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF...AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF ALONG THE SOUTH AND NORTH COASTS OF PUERTO RICO WILL LIKELY APPROACH 8 TO 12 FEET ON SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA SLOWLY APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA AND THEN PASSES CLOSE TO PUERTO RICO...AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$
112 WTCA82 TJSJ 100143 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 943 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RAIN BANDS FROM MARIA MOVING ACROSS THE LESSER ANTILLES... .NEW INFORMATION... ALL SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PUERTO RICO INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 8 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.0N...LONGITUDE 59.1W. THIS WAS ABOUT 386 MILES EAST- SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 287 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAINT CROIX VI. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 45 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... MARIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF MARIA WILL BE NEAR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO BY SATURDAY NIGHT. MARIA'S RAINBANDS PRESENT A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS EASTERN PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. MARIA IS ALSO FORECAST TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AND BY SATURDAY EVENING DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 9:30 PM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. PRZ001>011-100745- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST- 943 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 45 PERCENT. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM MARIA ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING EASTERN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AROUND DAYBREAK SATURDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN FAVORED AREAS. MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR HIGH WINDS WILL INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST BRINGS THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. EAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 14 FEET. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW. THE STORM SURGE IS FORECAST TO BE AROUND ONE FOOT. THIS SURGE WILL ADD TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THUS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS UNTIL THE ONSHORE WINDS SUBSIDE. IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF...AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF ALONG THE SOUTH AND NORTH COASTS OF PUERTO RICO WILL LIKELY APPROACH 8 TO 12 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA SLOWLY APPROACHES THE LOCAL AREA AND PASSES CLOSE TO PUERTO RICO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$ AMZ710-712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-100745- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN USVI AND CULEBRA OUT 10 NM- ANEGADA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN USVI VIEQUES AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- 943 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 57 PERCENT. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. EAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 14 FEET. ...WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA SLOWLY APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. REMEMBER... WATERSPOUTS CAN DEVELOP MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$ PRZ012-013-VIZ001-002-100745- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 943 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 53 PERCENT. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. EAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 14 FEET. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAIN BANDS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM MARIA ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND VIEQUES AND CULEBRA SATURDAY MORNING...AND PUERTO RICO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SURROUNDING TROPICAL STORM MARIA WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN FAVORED AREAS. MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW. THE STORM SURGE IS FORECAST TO BE AROUND ONE FOOT. THIS SURGE WILL ADD TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THUS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS UNTIL THE ONSHORE WINDS SUBSIDE. IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF...AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF ALONG THE SOUTH AND NORTH COASTS OF PUERTO RICO WILL LIKELY APPROACH 8 TO 12 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA SLOWLY APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA AND THEN PASSES CLOSE TO PUERTO RICO...AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$
840 WTCA82 TJSJ 100150 CCA HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 949 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...RAIN BANDS FROM MARIA MOVING ACROSS THE LESSER ANTILLES... .NEW INFORMATION... ALL SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PUERTO RICO INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 8 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.0N...LONGITUDE 59.1W. THIS WAS ABOUT 386 MILES EAST- SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 287 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAINT CROIX VI. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 45 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... MARIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT DAY OR SO. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF MARIA WILL BE NEAR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO BY SATURDAY NIGHT. MARIA'S RAINBANDS PRESENT A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS EASTERN PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. MARIA IS ALSO FORECAST TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AND BY SATURDAY EVENING DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS...VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 12:30 AM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. PRZ001>011-100815- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST- 949 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 45 PERCENT. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM MARIA ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING EASTERN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AROUND DAYBREAK SATURDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN FAVORED AREAS. MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR HIGH WINDS WILL INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST BRINGS THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. EAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 14 FEET. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW. THE STORM SURGE IS FORECAST TO BE AROUND ONE FOOT. THIS SURGE WILL ADD TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THUS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS UNTIL THE ONSHORE WINDS SUBSIDE. IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF...AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF ALONG THE SOUTH AND NORTH COASTS OF PUERTO RICO WILL LIKELY APPROACH 8 TO 12 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA SLOWLY APPROACHES THE LOCAL AREA AND PASSES CLOSE TO PUERTO RICO LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$ AMZ710-712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-100815- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- 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- 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- 949 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 57 PERCENT. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. EAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 14 FEET. ...WATERSPOUTS... ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA SLOWLY APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. REMEMBER... WATERSPOUTS CAN DEVELOP MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$ PRZ012-013-VIZ001-002-100815- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 949 PM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 53 PERCENT. THE ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COULD START AS EARLY AS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA MOVES CLOSER...THE THREAT FOR SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE. THE LATEST FORECAST IS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 45 TO 55 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH OR GREATER. EAST SWELLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE COASTAL WATERS SATURDAY AND WILL BUILD SIGNIFICANTLY BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. COMBINED SEAS ACROSS THE REGIONAL WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 8 TO 14 FEET. ...INLAND FLOODING... RAIN BANDS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM MARIA ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFFECTING THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND VIEQUES AND CULEBRA SATURDAY MORNING...AND PUERTO RICO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SURROUNDING TROPICAL STORM MARIA WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN FAVORED AREAS. MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. ...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... THE IMPACT FROM COMBINED STORM SURGE AND TIDE WATERS IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW. THE STORM SURGE IS FORECAST TO BE AROUND ONE FOOT. THIS SURGE WILL ADD TO THE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS...CREATING ABOVE NORMAL TIDES. THUS...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF INUNDATION OF LOW LYING AREAS UNTIL THE ONSHORE WINDS SUBSIDE. IN ADDITION TO ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF...AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED. THE SURF ALONG THE SOUTH AND NORTH COASTS OF PUERTO RICO WILL LIKELY APPROACH 8 TO 12 FEET THROUGH SUNDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE MODERATE BEACH EROSION AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ROADS. ...TORNADOES... ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS IN THE OUTER RAINBANDS...AS THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA SLOWLY APPROACH THE LOCAL AREA AND THEN PASSES CLOSE TO PUERTO RICO...AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. REMEMBER... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP MANY MILES AWAY FROM THE TROPICAL CYCLONE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. $$
947 WTCA82 TJSJ 100457 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1257 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FINDS THAT MARIA REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED... .NEW INFORMATION... ALL SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO INCLUDING VIEQUES AND CULEBRA AND ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 12 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.1N...LONGITUDE 59.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 490 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 390 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAINT CROIX VI. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 14 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 45 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM MARIA WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE WEST NORTHWEST OR NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS AROUND 15 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...MARIA WILL BE PASSING VERY NEAR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS BY SUNDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO DETERIORATE QUICKLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO SATURDAY NIGHT. WHILE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THESE AREAS SATURDAY MORNING...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. ISOLATED TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A STORM SURGE OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW SUNDAY MORNING THAT COULD LEAD TO SLIGHTLY ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 330 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. PRZ001>006-012-013-VIZ001-002-101100- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 1257 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... ALL SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 60 PERCENT. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR LIKELY TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER TRACKS. THIS POSES A THREAT OF MODERATE FLOODING. MODERATE FLOODING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LARGER RIVERS WITH INUNDATION OF STRUCTURES AND ROADS NEAR STREAMS...RIVERS AND GUTTERS IS EXPECTED. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND SATURDAY EVENING IN EASTERN PUERTO RICO. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. $$ AMZ710-712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-101100- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN USVI AND CULEBRA OUT 10 NM- ANEGADA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN USVI VIEQUES AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- 1257 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... ALL SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...ANEGADA PASSAGE AND THE CARIBBEAN WATERS SURROUNDING VIEQUES...CULEBRA AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS LESS THAN 30 PERCENT. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. SEAS OF 8 TO 14 FEET IN EAST NORTHEAST GENERATED WIND WAVES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND THE WATERS SURROUNDING THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE...SEAS OF 4 TO 7 FEET ARE EXPECTED OVER UNPROTECTED WATERS WITH SEAS LESS THAN 4 FEET IN PROTECTED WATERS. $$ PRZ007>011-101100- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-WESTERN INTERIOR- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST- 1257 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... ALL SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ON SUNDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS APPEAR UNLIKELY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. $$
393 WTCA82 TJSJ 100722 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 322 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FINDS THAT MARIA REMAINS POORLY ORGANIZED... .NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO INCLUDING VIEQUES AND CULEBRA AND ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 2 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 15.5N...LONGITUDE 59.8W. THIS WAS ABOUT 385 MILES EAST- SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 286 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAINT CROIX VI. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 12 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 45 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM MARIA WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE WEST NORTHWEST OR NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS AROUND 15 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...MARIA WILL BE PASSING VERY NEAR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS BY SUNDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO DETERIORATE QUICKLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO SATURDAY NIGHT. WHILE OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THESE AREAS SATURDAY MORNING...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. ISOLATED TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. A STORM SURGE OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW SUNDAY MORNING THAT COULD LEAD TO SLIGHTLY ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 330 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. PRZ001>006-012-013-VIZ001-002-110730- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 322 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... NONE. ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 60 PERCENT. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR LIKELY TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER TRACKS. THIS POSES A THREAT OF MODERATE FLOODING. MODERATE FLOODING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LARGER RIVERS WITH INUNDATION OF STRUCTURES AND ROADS NEAR STREAMS...RIVERS AND GUTTERS IS EXPECTED. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND SATURDAY EVENING IN EASTERN PUERTO RICO. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. $$ AMZ710-712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-110730- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- 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- 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- 322 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... ALL SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...ANEGADA PASSAGE AND THE CARIBBEAN WATERS SURROUNDING VIEQUES...CULEBRA AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS LESS THAN 30 PERCENT. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS. SEAS OF 8 TO 14 FEET IN EAST NORTHEAST GENERATED WIND WAVES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND THE WATERS SURROUNDING THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE...SEAS OF 4 TO 7 FEET ARE EXPECTED OVER UNPROTECTED WATERS WITH SEAS LESS THAN 4 FEET IN PROTECTED WATERS. $$ PRZ007>011-110730- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-WESTERN INTERIOR- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST- 322 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... NONE. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ON SUNDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS APPEAR UNLIKELY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. $$
818 WTCA82 TJSJ 101016 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 616 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...MARIA BARELY A TROPICAL STORM... .NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION AND SITUATION OVERVIEW SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO INCLUDING VIEQUES AND CULEBRA AND ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.0N...LONGITUDE 60.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 425 MILES EAST- SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 312 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAINT CROIX VI. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 295 DEGREES AT 12 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 45 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM MARIA WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK TO THE WEST NORTHWEST OR NORTHWEST OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS AROUND 13 MPH. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...MARIA WILL BE PASSING OVER THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE DAY...HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ISOLATED TORNADOES OR WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CULEBRA AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. A STORM SURGE OF UP TO 1 FOOT IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF ONSHORE FLOW SUNDAY MORNING THAT COULD LEAD TO SLIGHTLY ELEVATED TIDE LEVELS. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 930 AM...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. PRZ001>006-012-013-VIZ001-002-111030- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 616 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS SECTION. ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 40 PERCENT. THIS REPRESENTS A DOWNWARD TREND FROM THE LAST ADVISORY. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR LIKELY TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER TRACKS. THIS POSES A THREAT OF MODERATE FLOODING. MODERATE FLOODING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LARGER RIVERS WITH INUNDATION OF STRUCTURES AND ROADS NEAR STREAMS...RIVERS AND GUTTERS IS EXPECTED. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. $$ AMZ710-712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-111030- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN USVI AND CULEBRA OUT 10 NM- ANEGADA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN USVI VIEQUES AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- 616 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. ...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS... TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS...ANEGADA PASSAGE AND THE CARIBBEAN WATERS SURROUNDING VIEQUES...CULEBRA AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS IS LESS THAN 30 PERCENT. ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS. SEAS OF 8 TO 14 FEET IN EAST NORTHEAST GENERATED WIND WAVES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND THE WATERS SURROUNDING THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE...SEAS OF 4 TO 7 FEET ARE EXPECTED OVER UNPROTECTED WATERS WITH SEAS LESS THAN 4 FEET IN PROTECTED WATERS. $$ PRZ007>011-111030- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-WESTERN INTERIOR- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST- 616 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...NEW INFORMATION... WINDS SECTION HAS BEEN UPDATED. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ON SUNDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS APPEAR UNLIKELY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH MAINLY WITH SHOWERS. $$
817 WTCA82 TJSJ 101337 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 937 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...MARIA LOSING ORGANIZATION... .NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION AND SITUATION OVERVIEW SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PUERTO RICO INCLUDING VIEQUES AND CULEBRA AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 8 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.9N...LONGITUDE 61.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 330 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 270 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 40 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATE THAT THE CIRCULATION OF MARIA CONTINUES TO BECOME LESS DEFINED. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...MARIA COULD DISSIPATE AS A TROPICAL CYCLONE LATER TODAY. HOWEVER...ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF POORLY ORGANIZED MARIA WILL BE PASSING OVER THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND MOVE INTO THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE DAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR THOSE UNDER A WARNING...NOW IS THE TIME TO RUSH TO COMPLETION PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. EVACUATE IF DIRECTED TO DO SO BY LOCAL OFFICIALS...OR IF YOUR HOME IS VULNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS OR FLOODING. FOR INTERESTS AT PORTS...DOCKS...AND MARINAS...URGENTLY COMPLETE PRESCRIBED PREPARATIONS ACCORDING TO YOUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR TROPICAL CYCLONES. IF YOU LIVE ON A BOAT...MAKE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR SECURING YOUR CRAFT BEFORE LEAVING IT. BE SURE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE POSSIBLE CLOSURE OF BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS. REGARDING ANY COASTAL WATERS UNDER A WARNING...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT AND WELL SECURED. FOR ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION... PLEASE REFER TO THE DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO YOUR LOCATION AS FURTHER DESCRIBED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE AND LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 12:30 PM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. PRZ001>004-012-013-VIZ001-002-111345- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- CULEBRA-VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 937 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THIS POSES A THREAT OF MODERATE FLOODING. MODERATE FLOODING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING AS WELL AS FLOODING OF LARGER RIVERS WITH INUNDATION OF STRUCTURES AND ROADS NEAR STREAMS...RIVERS AND GUTTERS IS EXPECTED. ...WINDS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND SATURDAY NIGHT IN VIEQUES AND CULEBRA. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. $$ AMZ710-712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-111345- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- 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- 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- 937 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOAT OWNERS AND CAPTAINS OF SMALL CRAFT SHOULD RUSH TO COMPLETION THE SECURING OF THEIR CRAFT. && ...WINDS AND SEAS... AS TROPICAL STORM MARIA APPROACHES...SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 30 TO 40 KNOTS RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KNOTS. SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET IN EAST NORTHEAST GENERATED WIND WAVES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND THE WATERS SURROUNDING THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. ELSEWHERE...SEAS OF 4 TO 7 FEET ARE EXPECTED OVER UNPROTECTED WATERS WITH SEAS LESS THAN 4 FEET IN PROTECTED WATERS. $$ PRZ005>011-111345- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST- 937 AM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FINAL PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE CONDITIONS DETERIORATE. THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES TO BECOME DANGEROUS. SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS WHICH CAN BE BLOWN AROUND. IF YOU LIVE IN A MOBILE HOME...LEAVE IT FOR MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. && ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION...AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED MAINLY ON SUNDAY. THIS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. ...WINDS... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS APPEAR UNLIKELY. MAXIMUM WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH MAINLY WITH SHOWERS. $$
875 WTCA82 TJSJ 101600 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1200 PM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...MARIA BARELY A TROPICAL CYCLONE...WARNINGS DISCONTINUED... .NEW INFORMATION... WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR PEOPLE AND MARINE INTERESTS IN SELECT LOCATIONS AND COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT ANYWHERE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. HOWEVER... SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE LOCAL WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 17.3N...LONGITUDE 61.5W. THIS WAS ABOUT 310 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 240 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 15 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 40 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATE THAT THE CIRCULATION OF MARIA CONTINUES TO BECOME LESS DEFINED. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES MARIA COULD BE DOWNGRADED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY. REGARDLESS INTENSITY OR FORECAST TRACK...COMPUTER FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE PLENTY OF MOISTURE MOVING OVER THE AREA DURING THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .NEXT UPDATE... AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA. AMZ710-712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-101700- /O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- 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- 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- 1200 PM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS EVENT IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS AT THIS TIME. USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE PREPAREDNESS PLANS AND REMAIN PREPARED FOR FUTURE EVENTS. && ...WINDS AND SEAS... SEAS AND WINDS WILL REMAIN ABOVE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA. PLEASE SEE MARINE LOCAL STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. $$ PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-101700- /O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- 1200 PM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS EVENT IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO HAVE AN IMPACT ACROSS THE AREA AT THIS TIME. USE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE PREPAREDNESS PLANS AND REMAIN PREPARED FOR FUTURE EVENTS. && ...WINDS AND SEAS... SUSTAINED HIGH WINDS OR WIND GUSTS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST FOR WIND INFORMATION. ...INLAND FLOODING... SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATE THAT THE CIRCULATION OF MARIA CONTINUES TO BECOME LESS DEFINED. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES ...MARIA COULD BE DOWNGRADED INTO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY. REGARDLESS INTENSITY OR FORECAST TRACK...COMPUTER FORECAST MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE PLENTY OF MOISTURE MOVING OVER THE AREA DURING THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. THEREFORE...THE LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. PLEASE SEE LOCAL FLOOD STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. $$
581 WTCA82 TJSJ 110330 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1130 PM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FINDS MARIA IS BETTER ORGANIZED... .NEW INFORMATION... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE NEXT 36 HOURS IN THIS CASE WITHIN 12 HOURS SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SPECIFIED AREAS. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST COASTAL WATERS FORECAST FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT WIND AND SEAS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5N...LONGITUDE 62.9W. THIS WAS ABOUT 200 MILES EAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 140 MILES EAST OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 10 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. A MORE DETAILED STATEMENT WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN SHORTLY. IT WILL PROVIDE IMPORTANT DETAILS REGARDING THE EVOLVING TROPICAL CYCLONE THREATS AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACTS UPON THE AREA. AMZ710-120330- /O.NEW.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.110911T0330Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- 1130 PM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT... $$
505 WTCA82 TJSJ 110347 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1147 PM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FINDS MARIA IS BETTER ORGANIZED... .NEW INFORMATION... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS NOW BEEN ISSUED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 18.5N...LONGITUDE 62.9W. THIS WAS ABOUT 200 MILES EAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 140 MILES EAST OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 10 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 50 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM MARIA NORTH OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS WILL TRACK NORTHWEST AROUND 9 KNOTS OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF MARIA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF ANEGADA ISLAND OVERNIGHT AND TO THE NORTH OF LATITUDE 20 NORTH BY SUNDAY EVENING. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. FOR SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR PORT... AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY DISTRESS BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS... AND SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 3 AM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. AMZ710-111000- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- 1147 PM AST SAT SEP 10 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...WINDS AND SEAS... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF 19 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 66 DEGREES WEST. ELSEWHERE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. 8 TO 15 FOOT SEAS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS BEYOND 10 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE COAST OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE SUNDAY NIGHT. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA AND IN OUTER RAINBANDS. $$
646 WTCA82 TJSJ 111000 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 600 AM AST SUN SEP 11 2011 ...MARIA EXPECTED TO MOVE GRADUALLY AWAY FROM THE FORECAST AREA TODAY... .NEW INFORMATION... STORM INFORMATION HAS BEEN UPDATED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.0 NORTH...LONGITUDE 63.7 WEST. THIS WAS ABOUT 160 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 90 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SAINT THOMAS. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 13 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM MARIA NORTH OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS WILL TRACK NORTHWEST AROUND 11 KNOTS OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF MARIA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF ANEGADA ISLAND THIS MORNING AND TO THE NORTH OF LATITUDE 20 NORTH TONIGHT. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. FOR SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR PORT... AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS... RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE... DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY DISTRESS BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS... AND SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 900 AM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. AMZ710-121000- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- 600 AM AST SUN SEP 11 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...WINDS AND SEAS... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF 19 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 66 DEGREES WEST. ELSEWHERE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED. 8 TO 12 FOOT SEAS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS BEYOND 10 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE COAST OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA AND IN OUTER RAINBANDS. $$
784 WTCA82 TJSJ 111211 AAA HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 811 AM AST SUN SEP 11 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM MARIA CONTINUES NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OUR OUTER ATLANTIC WATERS... .NEW INFORMATION... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING WAS EXTENDED UNTIL 4 PM AST FOR THE EXTREME NORTHEAST PORTION OF ATLANTIC OUTER WATERS. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING WAS EXTENDED FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS OUTER COASTAL WATERS UNTIL 4 PM AST. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.0N...LONGITUDE 63.7W. THIS WAS ABOUT 160 MILES EAST- NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 90 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 315 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS. STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS NORTH OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS AND WILL TRACK NORTHWEST AT 11 KNOTS OR LESS OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF MARIA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS NORTH OF ANEGADA ISLAND THIS MORNING AND TO THE NORTH OF LATITUDE 20 NORTH TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE STORM. THEREFORE STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY ONLY IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ATLANTIC OUTER WATERS OF ZONE 710. A NOAA RECONNAISSANCE PLANE WILL INVESTIGATE THE STORM AT ABOUT 10 AM AST. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS AT SEA SHOULD AVOID TRAVELING NORTH OR EAST OF 19.0 NORTH 64.3 WEST IN SAN JUANS OUTER ATLANTIC WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE UP FOR ATLANTIC WATERS ELSEWHERE. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND NOON AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. AMZ710-112000- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- 811 AM AST SUN SEP 11 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...WINDS AND SEAS... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF 19 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 65 DEGREES WEST. SEAS MAY REACH 12 TO 16 FEET. ELSEWHERE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED MORE THAN 25 NM NORTH OF SAINT THOMAS AND PUERTO RICO. 8 TO 12 FOOT SEAS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE COAST OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA AND IN OUTER RAINBANDS. $$ SNELL
301 WTCA82 TJSJ 111722 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 122 PM AST SUN SEP 11 2011 ...MARIA MOVING SLOWLY WEST NORTHWEST... .NEW INFORMATION... POSITION AND MOVEMENT. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE LISTEN CLOSELY FOR ANY FLOOD WARNINGS THAT MIGHT BE IN EFFECT FOR YOUR AREA. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.0N...LONGITUDE 64.6W. THIS WAS ABOUT 100 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 50 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 285 DEGREES AT 10 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... |TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS NORTH OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND WILL TRACK NORTHWEST AT 8 KNOTS OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF MARIA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS TO THE NORTH OF LATITUDE 20 NORTH AND PUERTO RICO TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STORM. THEREFORE STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY ONLY IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ATLANTIC OUTER WATERS OF ZONE 710. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MARINERS AT SEA SHOULD AVOID TRAVELING NORTH OR EAST OF 19.0 NORTH 64.3 WEST IN SAN JUANS OUTER ATLANTIC WATERS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE UP FOR ATLANTIC WATERS ELSEWHERE. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 630 PM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. AMZ710-112230- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- 122 PM AST SUN SEP 11 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST... ...WINDS AND SEAS... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF 19 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 65 DEGREES WEST. SEAS MAY REACH 12 TO 16 FEET. ELSEWHERE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED MORE THAN 25 NM NORTH OF SAINT THOMAS AND PUERTO RICO. 8 TO 12 FOOT SEAS ARE OCCURRING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS BEYOND 20 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE COAST OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. THE HEAVIEST RAINS REMAIN NORTHEAST OF ATLANTIC MARINE ZONE 710. SEAS WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA AND IN OUTER RAINBANDS. $$
587 WTCA82 TJSJ 112147 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 547 PM AST SUN SEP 11 2011 ...CENTER OF MARIA TO PASS WELL NORTH OF PUERTO RICO TONIGHT... .NEW INFORMATION... POSITION AND MOVEMENT. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 19.8N...LONGITUDE 65.2W. THIS WAS ABOUT 110 MILES NORTH-NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 100 MILES NORTH OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 9 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS NORTH OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND IT IS EXPECTED TO TURN TOWARD THE NORTHWEST LATER TONIGHT. ON THIS TRACK...THE CORE OF MARIA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS TO THE NORTH OF LATITUDE 20 NORTH AND PUERTO RICO LATER TONIGHT. AT THIS TIME...THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND FIELD EXPANDED TO THE WEST AND SOUTH OF ITS CENTER OF CIRCULATION...THEREFORE...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE LOCAL OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR PORT... AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY DISTRESS BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS... AND SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 9 PM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. AMZ710-120400- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- 547 PM AST SUN SEP 11 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...WINDS AND SEAS... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 34 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF 19 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 65 DEGREES WEST. SEAS MAY REACH 12 TO 16 FEET. ELSEWHERE...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA AND IN OUTER RAINBANDS. $$
063 WTCA82 TJSJ 120335 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1135 PM AST SUN SEP 11 2011 ...CENTER OF MARIA MOVING FARTHER AWAY FROM THE ISLANDS OF THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN... .NEW INFORMATION... ALL SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... FOR MARINE INTERESTS...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 11 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.2N...LONGITUDE 65.9W. THIS WAS ABOUT 120 MILES NORTH OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 140 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 10 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... TROPICAL STORM MARIA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION WITH TROPICAL STORM WINDS DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. THIS WARNING WILL LIKELY BE CANCELLED EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR SMALL CRAFT WHO FAILED TO MAKE IT TO SAFE HARBOR OR PORT... AND ARE NOW IN DISTRESS...RADIO YOUR SITUATION ACCORDING TO MARITIME PROTOCOL. IF APPROPRIATE...DEPLOY YOUR EMERGENCY DISTRESS BEACON. ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IS WEARING LIFE JACKETS... AND SURVIVAL SUITS IF AVAILABLE. && .NEXT UPDATE... THE NEXT LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN AROUND 545 AM AST...OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. AMZ710-130345- /O.CON.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- 1135 PM AST SUN SEP 11 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT... ...WINDS AND SEAS... SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS ARE STILL OCCURRING NORTH OF 19 DEGREES NORTH AND EAST OF 65 DEGREES WEST. SEAS AROUND 10 FEET WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT. ...TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS... WATERSPOUTS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR THE CORE OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA AND IN OUTER RAINBANDS. $$
811 WTCA82 TJSJ 120931 HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 531 AM AST MON SEP 12 2011 ...MARIA MOVING AWAY FROM THE NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN ISLANDS WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH... .NEW INFORMATION... WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE ATLANTIC OFFSHORE WATERS. .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT OFFERS GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MARINERS...AS WELL AS OTHER MARINE INTERESTS...ALONG ALL COASTAL WATER LEGS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS COASTAL WATERS. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT THE ATLANTIC OFFSHORE WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST PUBLIC AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT ADDITIONAL HAZARDS. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 AM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 20.8N...LONGITUDE 66.3W. THIS WAS ABOUT 160 MILES NORTH OF SAN JUAN PR...OR ABOUT 190 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF SAINT THOMAS VI. STORM MOTION WAS NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 9 MPH. STORM INTENSITY WAS 60 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... ALTHOUGH...OUTER RAINBANDS OF TROPICAL STORM MARIA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ONSHORE ACROSS PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS THROUGH THE DAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. && .NEXT UPDATE... AS IT PERTAINS TO THIS EVENT...THIS WILL BE THE LAST LOCAL STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN REGARDING THE EFFECTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE HAZARDS UPON THE AREA. AMZ710-121045- /O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.W.1014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- 531 AM AST MON SEP 12 2011 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tropical storm warning 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 tropical storm warning went out at Sep 8, 7:39 PM CDT, 9 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 7:39 PM CDT, 9 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 839 PM AST THU SEP 8 2011 .SYNOPSIS...TUTT LOW NE OF THE AREA WILL RETROGRESS OVR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS THEN GET ABSORBED BY A POLAR TROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL THEN BUILD STRONG EARLY NEXT WEEK NORTH OF 20N ACROSS THE WRN ATLC. TS MARIA FCST TO TRACK ACROSS THE AREA LATE SAT THRU SUN. && .DISCUSSION...TROPICAL WAVE CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH SIG DRYING EXPECTED OVR THE NEXT 36-42 HRS. STILL SOME ISOLD-SCT AFTERNOON TSTMS EXPECTED ACROSS WRN PR TOMORROW BUT NOTHING LIKE TODAY. MAIN FCST CHALLENGE REMAINS WHAT TS MARIA IS GOING TO DO AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACTS ACROSS THE REGION. ONE THING THAT SEEMS DEFINITE HERE IS THAT THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAINFALL EVENT SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION. EVEN IF THE SYSTEM DEGENERATES INTO A TROPICAL WAVE OR THE SFC CIRCULATION DISSIPATES THE ASSOCIATED MID LEVEL CIRCULATION WILL TRIGGER HEAVY RAINS. LATEST ETRAP GUIDANCE SUGGESTS 4 TO 8 INCHES LIKELY ALONG THE TRACK OF THE STORM AND THIS SEEMS PRETTY REASONABLE. WHILE THE LATEST OFFICIAL NHC FORECAST CONTINUES TO CALL FOR MARIA TO TRACK NEAR ST. CROIX AND VIEQUES/CULEBRA SAT EVENING...ALL OF THE GLOBAL MODELS XCPT FOR THE GFS CALL FOR A MORE WWD TRACK ACROSS PR SAT NIGHT. THE 12Z GFES MEAN SHOWS A TRACK SOUTH OF PR THEN MAKING A HARD RIGHT TURN ONCE IT NEARS PONCE. IN TERMS OF INTENSITY...ANYTHING FROM A TROPICAL WAVE TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OR A TROPICAL STORM SEEMS POSSIBLE. XPCT MOST OF THE WEATHER (RAINS/WINDS) ON THE EAST SIDE OF WHERE THE CENTER TRACKS. HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH SUN. RIDGE BUILDS STRONGLY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH MODELS INDICATING RISING HEIGHTS QUICKLY SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE A REPEAT OF IRENE WITH WX IMPROVING QUICKLY BY MON. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS XPCD TOMORROW XCPT FOR POSSIBLE TSRA AT JMZ IN THE AFTERNOON. WX CONDITIONS DETEREORATING AT TNCM/TKPK FRI NIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH POSSIBLE TS CONDITIONS THEN AT USVI TERMINALS SAT MORNING AND PR TERMINALS SAT AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. PREDOMINANT MVFR WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUN. WX CONDITIONS IMPROVE RAPIDLY SUN NIGHT. && .MARINE...SEAS XPCD TO BUILD RAPIDLY SAT WITH SEAS POSSIBLY UP TO 15 FEET OFFSHORE WATERS. SCA CONDITIONS DEFINITE OVR THE WEEKEND WITH TS CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SJU 80 87 82 88 / 40 30 40 70 STT 80 83 81 82 / 40 40 40 70 && .SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PR...NONE. VI...NONE. && 64/64
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 4:35 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 535 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-100945- 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- 535 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TROPICAL STORM MARIA IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE LOCAL REGION SATURDAY AND DIRECT EFFECTS INCLUDING WINDS AND RAINS FROM THE TROPICAL STORM SHOULD BE EXPECTED LATE ON SATURDAY AND EARLY ON SUNDAY. CURRENT FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT PUERTO RICO WILL BE DIRECTLY IN MARIAS PATH. RESIDENTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND LOCAL FLOODING. PLEASE SEE TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THOSE PREPARATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL FOR LOCAL FLOODING AND WINDS REPORTS. AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-100945- ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 535 AM AST FRI SEP 9 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TROPICAL STORM MARIA IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE LOCAL REGION SATURDAY AND DIRECT EFFECTS INCLUDING RAINS AND WINDS FROM THE TROPICAL STORM WILL ALSO BEGIN ON SATURDAY. CURRENT FORECASTS SUGGEST THAT THE TERRITORY WILL BE DIRECTLY IN MARIAS PATH. THEREFORE...A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. RESIDENTS IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND LOCAL FLOODING. PLEASE SEE TROPICAL STORM MARIA LOCAL STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THOSE PREPARATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL FOR LOCAL FLOODING AND WINDS REPORTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 10:13 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | JSJ | 13 hr | |
| Sep 9, 1:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JSJ | 29 hr | |
| Sep 9, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JSJ | 42 min | |
| Sep 9, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | JSJ | 54 min | |
| Sep 9, 2:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JSJ | 53 min |
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Tropical Storm Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2011Tropical Storm Warnings in U.S. Virgin Islands, 2011Every tropical storm warning in 2011
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