Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Hurricane Watches in 2008
Hurricane Watch 1015, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this hurricane watch at Oct 14, 2008, 6:34 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 14, 2008, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2008, 3:41 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS JSJ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this hurricane watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS JSJ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this hurricane watch went out at Oct 14, 5:56 PM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 5:56 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 5:17 AM CDT, 13 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 617 AM AST TUE OCT 14 2008 AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-151030- SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES- THE NEARSHORE AND OFF SHORE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 617 AM AST TUE OCT 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER FRINGES OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS PUERTO RICO LATER TODAY...WITH MORE FREQUENT BANDS THEN SPREADING OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS...VISITORS AND MOTORISTS CAN THEREFORE EXPECT AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED SOILS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID RIVER RISES AND FLASH FLOODING...ALONG WITH MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS PUERTO RICO THROUGH THE WORK WEEK AS THE DEPRESSION FIFTEEN TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTHEAST...MOVING ACROSS PUERTO RICO AS A TROPICAL STORM LATE WEDNESDAY. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTH AND WEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO ON WEDNESDAY... AND WILL THEN CONTINUE SPREADING NORTHEAST ACROSS ALL OF PUERTO RICO EARLY THURSDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS... ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND EXPOSED AREAS. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED SOILS ACROSS THE ISLAND...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID RIVER RISES AND FLASH FLOODING...ALONG WITH MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOW. ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-151030- ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 617 AM AST TUE OCT 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER FRINGES OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIFTEEN...WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS LATER TODAY...WITH MORE FREQUENT BANDS THEN SPREADING OVER THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RESIDENTS...VISITORS AND MOTORISTS CAN THEREFORE EXPECT AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED SOILS ACROSS MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOW. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND A TROPICAL STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS THROUGH THE WORK WEEK AS THE DEPRESSION FIFTEEN TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH NORTHEAST AND THEN NORTHEAST...MOVING ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS AS A TROPICAL STORM WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY OVER EXPOSED AREAS. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED SOILS ACROSS THE ISLANDS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING...ALONG WITH DEBRIS FLOW. ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. FIGUEROA
The office that day
Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 7:18 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | JSJ | 23 hr | |
| Oct 14, 4:01 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | JSJ | 15 hr | |
| Oct 14, 1:36 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JSJ | 7 hr | |
| Oct 14, 4:47 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JSJ | 3 hr | |
| Oct 14, 4:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JSJ | 3 hr | |
| Oct 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Hurricane Watch | JSJ | 7 hr | |
| Oct 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | JSJ | 33 hr | |
| Oct 14, 6:34 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | JSJ | 33 hr | |
| Oct 13, 8:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JSJ | 3 hr |
Nearby
Hurricane Watches in Puerto Rico, 2008Hurricane Watches in U.S. Virgin Islands, 2008Every hurricane watch in 2008
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.