000 WTCA82 TJSJ 032212 AAA HLSSJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIKA LOCAL STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 612 PM AST THU SEP 3 2009 ...ERIKA WEAKENS TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...ALL WARNINGS DISCONTINUED... .AREAS AFFECTED... THIS LOCAL STATEMENT PROVIDES IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND RECOMMENDED ACTIONS FOR RESIDENTS ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO. .WATCHES/WARNINGS... TROPICAL CYCLONE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR OUR AREA. THEY HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED AS OF 5 PM. HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND ALL OF PUERTO RICO. .STORM INFORMATION... AT 5 PM AST...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIKA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 16.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 65.3 WEST...ABOUT 80 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF SAINT CROIX OR ABOUT 130 MILES SOUTH- SOUTHEAST OF SAN JUAN OR ABOUT 120 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PONCE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE WEST AT 12 MPH AND THE MAXIMUM WIND WAS 35 MPH. .SITUATION OVERVIEW... ALL TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...ERIKA WAS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AND ITS CIRCULATION WAS RUNNING AHEAD OF THE LARGE MASS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL STILL CONTINUES FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AND FOR PUERTO RICO FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAINS TO THE EAST OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION ERIKA'S CENTER WILL OVERSPREAD THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AFTER MIDNIGHT AND PUERTO RICO TOMORROW AFTERNOON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PEOPLE ARE URGED TO REMAIN INFORMED AND LISTEN FOR ANY UPDATES TO THE POTENTIAL HEAVY RAIN SITUATION THROUGH YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. && .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. PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-032315- /O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.W.1006.000000T0000Z-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- 612 PM AST THU SEP 3 2009 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... ALL WARNINGS CANCELLED. STORM INFORMATION...SITUATION OVERVIEW AND INLAND FLOODING SECTIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED. ...INLAND FLOODING... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. POTENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER BOTH THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. $$ AMZ710-712-715-722-725-732-735-741-742-745-032315- /O.CAN.TJSJ.TR.W.0001.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/ ATLC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN USVI AND CULEBRA OUT 10 NM- ANEGADA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN USVI VIEQUES AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM-CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- MONA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N- COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM- 612 PM AST THU SEP 3 2009 ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...NEW INFORMATION... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING WAS DISCONTINUED. HOWEVER...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. $$ ROSA/MOJICA
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