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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
431 PM AST SAT MAY 3 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
COASTAL WATERS EAST OF PUERTO RICO, AROUND VIEQUES, AND AROUND AND
JUST NORTH OF CULEBRA AND SAINT JOHN...
COASTAL WATERS FROM CABO SAN JUAN TO THE WATERS BETWEEN ANEGADA
ISLAND AND VIRGIN GORDA AND NORTH 10 NM...
* UNTIL 630 PM AST.
* AT 430 PM AST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF ST. THOMAS, MOVING SOUTH
AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, AND SMALL
HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY
HAZARDOUS SEAS. SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY
HIGHER WINDS AND SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 1809 6490 1819 6528 1842 6513 1837 6496
1836 6496 1838 6500 1835 6504 1834 6503
1835 6499 1833 6497 1834 6492
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 004DEG 7KT 1827 6505
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
CVB
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