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WWCA72 TJSJ 211619
NPWSJU

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1219 PM AST TUE JUL 21 2009

...A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE CROSSING THE CARIBBEAN WATERS SOUTH OF
PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS WILL PRODUCE STRONG WINDS OF
25 TO 35 MPH WITH LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS...UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING.

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/O.EXT.TJSJ.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-090722T0200Z/
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-
1219 PM AST TUE JUL 21 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AST THIS EVENING...

LOCAL OBSERVATIONS INDICATE STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ACROSS
COASTAL LOCATIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. SOME
ESTIMATES AND BRIEF THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS SUGGEST GUST POTENTIAL
UP TO 45 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL DOWN WEAK TREE LIMBS AND POWER
LINES...AND CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. RESIDENTS SHOULD
TAKE ACTION TO SECURE LOOSE ITEMS OUTSIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S VIRGIN ISLANDS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 MPH OR
GREATER ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. PEOPLE IN THE
ADVISORY AREA SHOULD SECURE ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS SUCH AS GARBAGE
CANS OR LAWN FURNITURE. TRUCKS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN
AND MOUNTAINS PASSES.

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