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FZCA72 TJSJ 151802
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
202 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

AMZ722-725-732-735-151945-
202 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008

...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND OUTER RAINBANDS OF OMAR MOVING     
   INTO CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS...

AT 1:45 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE CENTER OF HURRICANE 
OMAR LOCATED ACROSS THE OFFSHORE CARIBBEAN...ABOUT 185 MILES 
SOUTHWEST OF ST CROIX. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND RAPIDLY 
BUILDING SEAS OCCURRING OUT AHEAD OF OMAR HAVE BEGUN TO BUILD INTO 
THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS...AND WILL SPREAD NORTH AND 
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR 
SEAS ACROSS THE LOCAL SOUTHEAST CARIBBEAN WATERS TO BUILD TO 12 FEET 
AND GREATER BEFORE 4 PM. 

MARINERS ACROSS THESE WATERS SHOULD HAVE ALREADY SECURED YOUR 
VESSELS IN HURRICANE SAFE HAVENS...AND EVACUATED INLAND TO RIDE OUT 
THE STORM. 

LAT...LON 1791 6608 1850 6399 1699 6400 1697 6609

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