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- October 15, 2008: At 8 a.m. EST, Hurricane Omar's center was located about 265 milessouth-southwest of San Juan, Puerto RicoNational Hurricane Center: Hurricane Omar Public Advisory
- Storm was moving toward the northeast at about 7 miles per hourNational Hurricane Center: Hurricane Omar Public Advisory
- Maximum sustained winds: near 80 miles per hour, with higher gustsNational Hurricane Center: Hurricane Omar Public Advisory
- Location: Latitude 15.2 north, 67.2 west at 8 a.m. EST, on October 15, 2008National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Omar Public Advisory
- Tropical storm warning in effect for Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the British Virgin IslandsNational Hurricane Center: Hurricane Omar Public Advisory
- Hurricane Omar is the 15th named storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane seasonReuters: Hurricane Omar gains strength and nears Puerto Rico (October 15, 2008)
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Tropical Storm Omar formed on the morning of October 14, 2008 in the Caribbean and rapidly strengthened into Hurricane Omar later that evening. By the morning of October 15, 2008, the storm's winds had increased to more than 80 miles per hour, as it crossed the eastern Carribean on a path toward Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Omar Public Advisory CNN: Hurricane Omar nears Puerto Rico with 80-mph winds (October 15, 2008)
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Tropical Storm Omar Questions
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