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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
632 PM AST SAT MAY 3 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
ATLANTIC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10 NM TO 19.5N...
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...
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM...
* UNTIL 830 PM AST.
* AT 632 PM AST, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING JUST OFFSHORE
LUQUILLO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
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 THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COAST GUARD OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 1834 6540 1831 6562 1835 6564 1839 6562
1836 6566 1837 6571 1839 6573 1838 6575
1841 6577 1840 6580 1843 6584 1844 6587
1864 6595 1885 6551
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 218DEG 5KT 1852 6572 1842 6571
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
CVB
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