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ACCA72 TJSJ 231535 AAA
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POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE OMAR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1135 AM AST THU OCT 23 2008


NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE ARE PRELIMINARY....AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES
AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.

THIS REPORT INCLUDES EVENTS OCCURRING WHEN WATCHES AND/OR WARNINGS
WERE IN EFFECT FOR OMAR

COUNTIES INCLUDED...U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO

A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS
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METAR OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES
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LOCATION  ID    MIN    DATE/     MAX      DATE/     PEAK    DATE/
LAT  LON        PRES   TIME      SUST     TIME      GUST    TIME
DEG DECIMAL     (MB)   (UTC)     (KT)     (UTC)     (KT)    (UTC)
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TISX-HENRY E. ROHLSEN AIRPORT ASOS SAINT CROIX USVI
17.7 -64.8      993.9 16/0326   360/042  16/0410   330/054 16/0343

18/1306 TIST - CYRILLE KING AIRPORT ASOS SAINT THOMAS USVI
18.3 -64.9     1003.1 16/0546   060/029  16/0428   060/043 16/0450

TJSJ - LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ASOS CAROLINA PR
18.4 -66.0     1006.4 16/0448   340/017  16/0628   350/023 16/0524
               1006.4 15/2337

B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION  ID    MIN    DATE/     MAX      DATE/     PEAK    DATE/
LAT  LON        PRES   TIME      SUST     TIME      GUST    TIME
DEG DECIMAL     (MB)   (UTC)     (KT)     (UTC)     (KT)    (UTC)
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NOAA NOS LIME TREE BAY SAINT CROIX USVI
1741.0-6445.2   995.4 16/0424   012/044   16/0418  012/065 16/0418

C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 1200 UTC OCT 15 UNTIL 1200 UTC OCT 16
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CITY/TOWN                    COUNTY               ID         RAINFALL
LAT LON                                                       (IN)
DEG DECIMAL
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ASOS ST CROIX AIRPORT      SAINT CROIX           TISX          5.30
17.7 -64.8

ASOS ST THOMAS AIRPORT     SAINT THOMAS          TIST          2.42
18.3 -64.9

COTTON VALLEY RAWS USDA    SAINT CROIX           CVAV3         3.44

REMARKS: NONE.

D. INLAND FLOODING...

FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS WAS REPORTED BY THE SOURCE
NEWSPAPER AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (10/15/2008). THE SAVAN
ROAD IN ST THOMAS...THE ROAD IN FRONT OF THE STARFISH MARKET ON ST
JOHN...AND THE HOPE ROAD FROM HOVENSA TO SUNNY ISLES ON ST CROIX
WERE REPORTED IMPASSABLE OR CLOSED TO TRAFFIC.
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E. MAXIMUM STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
OFFICIAL TIDE GAUGES NOTED WITH LEADING G
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COUNTY           CITY/TOWN        SURGE   TIDE   DATE/   BEACH
                 OR LOCATION      (FT)    (FT)   TIME    EROSION
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CHRISTIANSTED HARBOR ST CROIX             2.2   16/0400


F. TORNADOES...
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(DIST)CITY/TOWN              COUNTY           DATE/         EF SCALE
LAT LON (DEG DECIMAL                          TIME(UTC)    (IF KNOWN)
DESCRIPTION
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NONE REPORTED.


G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY...
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COUNTY            DEATHS           INJURIES             EVACUATIONS
DESCRIPTION
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ST CROIX           0                 0                     0

ISLANDWIDE POWER OUTAGE. DOWNED TREES....POWER LINES AND UTILITY
POLES. 3 MILLION ESTIMATED RECOVERY COST. EAST END WAS AREA HARDEST
HIT BY THE WINDS. 47 SUNKEN VESSELS ON ST. CROIX...33 ARE IN THE
CHRISTIANSTED HARBOR...11 NEAR THE ST. CROIX YACHT CLUB...ONE IN THE
VICINITY OF COTTON VALLEY AND TWO NEAR SALT RIVER. LOT OF ROAD
DAMAGE AND LANDSLIDES. 80 PEOPLE SOUGHT SHELTER FROM THE STORM
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 2200 STRANDED TOURISTS ACROSS THE TERRITORY. DAMAGE
REPORTS AMOUNT TO 5.3 MILLION.

ST JOHN            0                 0                     0
NO MAJOR IMPACTS.

ST THOMAS          0                 0                     0
NO MAJOR IMPACTS.

VIEQUES            0                 0                     0
NO MAJOR IMPACTS.

CULEBRA            0                 0                     0
NO MAJOR IMPACTS.

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LEGEND:
I-INCOMPLETE DATA
E-ESTIMATED

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