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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
354 AM AST SUN AUG 17 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 SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM...
* UNTIL 600 AM AST.
* AT 353 AM AST, 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
SOUTHERN AND EASTERN COASTAL WATERS OF PUERTO RICO, VIEQUES,
CULEBRA, AND THE VICINITY OF THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS, AS WELL AS THE
ANEGADA PASSAGE AND CARIBBEAN SEA.
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...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 1702 6737 1796 6739 1798 6701 1792 6692
1794 6693 1801 6677 1796 6662 1799 6646
1794 6639 1798 6632 1793 6626 1797 6594
1801 6583 1817 6575 1823 6560 1857 6562
1852 6519 1867 6444 1865 6400 1701 6402
TIME...MOT...LOC 0753Z 254DEG 49KT 1823 6412
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...49KTS
ERG
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