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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
552 PM AST SAT AUG 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
ANEGADA PASSAGE EAST OF VIRGIN GORDA AND SAINT CROIX SOUTH TO
17N...
CARIBBEAN WATERS OF PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N, INCLUDING THE
COASTAL WATERS OF SAINT CROIX...
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 745 PM AST.
* AT 550 PM AST, A CLUSTERS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH
ERIN'S OUTER BANDS, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO
NEARLY 50 KNOTS AND WATERSPOUTS, WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE
COASTAL WATERS OF THE EASTERN PUERTO RICO, VIEQUES, CULEBRA AND
THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS, AS WELL AS THE ANEGADA PASSAGE.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS.
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.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY OPEN WATERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
WIND GUSTS TO NEARLY 50 KNOTS, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE COAST GUARD OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
LAT...LON 1764 6400 1801 6562 1822 6562 1823 6560
1825 6562 1857 6562 1852 6519 1857 6482
1867 6444 1866 6400
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 309DEG 49KT 1824 6471
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...49KTS
ICP
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