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WHCA52 TJSJ 170012
SMWSJU
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
812 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...
COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM...
* UNTIL 1015 PM AST.
* AT 811 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 NORTHERN AND 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 1784 6400 1810 6544 1814 6530 1816 6538
1812 6554 1816 6575 1820 6563 1822 6561
1839 6562 1837 6571 1845 6590 1849 6696
1867 6696 1864 6607 1852 6519 1867 6444
1867 6401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 160DEG 49KT 1854 6572
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...49KTS
ICP
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