As TS Erika passes St Croix (https://player.vimeo.com/video/137552396)
Event: Flash Flood Watch
Alert: ...TROPICAL STORM ERIKA WILL BRING FLOODING RAINS ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PUERTO RICO AND U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
* THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING
* THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING RAINFALL ACROSS PUERTO RICO
AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AS TROPICAL STORM ERIKA MOVES ACROSS
THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN. RAINFALL FORECASTS OVER THE LOCAL AREA
ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUMS
OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. DUE TO HEAVY RAINS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
WESTERN INTERIOR OF PUERTO RICO OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS...THEIR
SOILS ARE SUPER SATURATED...THEREFORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING MAY
OCCUR IN THAT REGION. REGARDLESS OF THE ANTECEDENT SOIL
CONDITIONS...LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING AND LAND SLIDES ARE
POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF HIGH INTENSITY TROPICAL DOWNPOURS...WHICH
CAN OCCUR WITH TROPICAL STORM ERIKA.
Target Area:
St Croix
St.Thomas...St. John.. and Adjacent Islands
The airport recorded 1.8" which will help. Heading to Florida next.I see there was a 62 mph gust the other day with one of the squalls.
Tropical Weather Outlook Text
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TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
800 AM EDT SUN AUG 30 2015
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on recently
upgraded Tropical Storm Fred, located a few hundred miles
east-southeast of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands in the far
eastern Atlantic Ocean.
1. A trough of low pressure associated with the remnants of Erika is
producing areas of heavy rain over portions of south Florida, the
Florida Keys, and Cuba. Although there are no signs of
redevelopment at this time, upper-level winds could become
marginally favorable for tropical cyclone formation over the next
day or so. Regardless of this system's prospects for regeneration,
locally heavy rains and gusty winds are expected to spread
northwestward and then northward across Florida and the eastern Gulf
of Mexico later today and Monday. Additional information on this
system can be found in marine forecasts and local forecast products
issued by the National Weather Service and the meteorological
service of Cuba.
* Formation chance through 48 hours...low...20 percent
* Formation chance through 5 days...low...30 percent
Public Advisories on Tropical Storm Fred are issued under WMO
header WTNT31 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCPAT1.
Forecast/Advisories on Tropical Storm Fred are issued under WMO
header WTNT21 KNHC and under AWIPS header MIATCMAT1.
Forecaster Cangialosi
Remnants of Erika Soaking Florida
Erika may not technically be a Tropical Storm any more, but its remnants are soaking Florida in very heavy rain. Over four inches of rain has been reported in some areas. Flood Watches remain in effect in many areas. When encountering flooded roads, remember: Turn around, don't drown!