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WWCA82 TJSJ 041751
SPSSJU
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
151 PM AST TUE AUG 4 2026
PRZ006-007-009>011-041845-
CENTRAL INTERIOR PR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY PR-WESTERN INTERIOR PR-
SOUTHWEST PR-PONCE AND VICINITY PR-
151 PM AST TUE AUG 4 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MUNICIPALITIES OF THE SOUTH
CENTRAL TO SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO THROUGH 245 PM AST...
AT 149 PM AST, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER SANTO DOMINGO, OR NEAR PENUELAS, MOVING WEST AT 5
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. PEA SIZE HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUD
FORMATION IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT LIGHTNING MAY INITIATE
WILDFIRES IN THE AREA.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PONCE, YAUCO, ADJUNTAS, VILLALBA, GUAYANILLA, GUANICA, SABANA GRANDE,
PENUELAS, JUANA DIAZ, COTO LAUREL, PALOMAS, GUAYABAL, SANTO DOMINGO,
POTALA PASTILLO, AGUILITA, CAPITANEJO, LUIS LLORENS TORRES, TALLABOA
ALTA, MAGAS ARRIBA, AND LIBORIO NEGRON TORRES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEAK, BRIEF FUNNEL
CLOUDS. THIS TYPE OF FUNNEL CLOUD IS HARMLESS, BUT ON RARE OCCASIONS
THEY CAN BRIEFLY TOUCH DOWN, PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH. IF A
FUNNEL CLOUD IS SPOTTED MOVE INDOORS AND REPORT YOUR SIGHTING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 1798 6700 1816 6700 1816 6644 1799 6644
1796 6661 1798 6662 1798 6675 1801 6677
1797 6680 1795 6684 1795 6690 1797 6692
1795 6691 1795 6692 1793 6692
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 070DEG 6KT 1811 6673
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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