Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Small Craft Advisories in 2008
Small Craft Advisory 163, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this small craft advisory at Aug 14, 2008, 10:34 AM CDT. It took effect at Aug 14, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2008, 10:34 AM CDT (15:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 14, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS JSJ
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Aug 14, 5:16 AM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 5:16 AM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 5:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 635 AM AST THU AUG 14 2008 AMZ710>750-PRZ001>013-151045- 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- 635 AM AST THU AUG 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ACTIVE TROPICAL WAVE NOW LOCATED EAST OF THE LEEWARD WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASING THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN HIGH AS THIS TROPICAL MOVES ACROSS THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. AMZ720-730-VIZ001-002-151045- ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX- NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS- 635 AM AST THU AUG 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN ACTIVE TROPICAL WAVE NOW LOCATED EAST OF THE LEEWARD WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WESTWARD TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASING THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS WILL REMAIN HIGH AS THIS TROPICAL MOVES ACROSS THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 8:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
PRC001-003-005-007-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-025-027-029-031-
033-035-037-039-041-043-045-047-049-051-053>055-057-059-061-063-065-
067-069-071-073-075-077-079-081-083-085-087-089-091-093-095-097-099-
101-103-105-107-109-111-113-115-117-119-121-123-125-127-129-131-133-
135-137-139-141-143-145-147-149-151-153-VIC010-020-030-141430-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
900 AM AST THU AUG 14 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 AM AST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
IN PUERTO RICO
IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
SAINT JOHN...SAINT THOMAS AND SAINT CROIX
...STRONG TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE NORTHERN LEEWARDS MOVING
WESTWARD...TO MOVE ACROSS U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...
A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS IS EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE MOVING WESTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS SYSTEM IS SHOWING
SOME SIGNS OF ORGANIZATION...AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION LATER TODAY OR ON FRIDAY. THEREFORE RESIDENTS
AND VISITORS IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR ITS PROGRESS.
...INLAND FLOODING...
SOME OF THE OUTER RAINBANDS MOVING AHEAD OF THE WAVE ARE ALREADY
AFFECTING THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE EASTERN HALF OF PUERTO
RICO. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE AS ADDITIONAL BANDS
APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY. BRIEF PERIODS
OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
AS THE WAVE APPROACHES. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND AROUND THREE TO FIVE
INCHES FOR PUERTO RICO...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO FIVE
INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY
BE ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR THE LOCAL AREA...TO BE IN EFFECT FOR
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
...HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING...
MARINE CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE MAINLY IN THE ATLANTIC AND VIRGIN
ISLAND TERRITORIAL WATERS...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THE APPROACH OF
THE TROPICAL WAVE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORM OF SQUALLS
WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT AS THE WAVE MOVES CLOSER. WATERSPOUTS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGH WAVES CREATED BY THE SQUALLS WILL BEGIN
TO AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLAND WATERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND PUERTO
RICO TONIGHT. SEAS OF FOUR TO SIX FEET TODAY WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 7
FEET BY FRIDAY MAINLY ALONG THE NORTH AND EAST COASTS OF THE
ISLANDS. MODERATE SWELLS SHOULD AFFECT THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION TODAY...SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL BE IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
...WINDS...
MOST OF THE WIND REPORTS RECEIVED FROM THE NORTHERN LEEWARDS
INDICATED LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. HOWEVER...AS THE SQUALLS AHEAD
OF THE WAVE PROPAGATE ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE NORTH AND
EASTERN PUERTO RICO WATERS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS SHOULD BE EXPECTED
AT TIMES GUSTING UP TO 40 MPH.
FOR THE LAND AREAS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO...
OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY... ESPECIALLY WITH PASSING SQUALLS...AND ACROSS HIGHER
TERRAIN.
RM/RAMSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 9:53 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
PRC001-003-005-007-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-025-027-029-031-03
3-035-037-039-041-043-045-047-049-051-053>055-057-059-061-063-065-067
-069-071-073-075-077-079-081-083-085-087-089-091-093-095-097-099-101-
103-105-107-109-111-113-115-117-119-121-123-125-127-129-131-133-135-1
37-139-141-143-145-147-149-151-153-VIC010-020-030-141430-
COMUNICADO ESPECIAL SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES DEL TIEMPO
SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA SAN JUAN PR
900 AM AST JUEVES 14 DE AGOSTO DE 2008
EL SERVICIO NACIONAL DE METEOROLOGIA SAN JUAN HA EMITIDO UN
COMUNICADO ESPECIAL SOBRE LAS CONDICIONES DEL TIEMPO HASTA LAS 930
PM AST PARA LAS PERSONAS EN TODOS LOS MUNICIPIOS EN PUERTO RICO
Y EN LAS ISLAS VIRGENES
SAN JOHN...SAN TOMAS...SANTA CRUZ
...UNA ONDA TROPICAL FUERTE SOBRE DEL NORTE DE LAS ISLAS DE
SOTAVENTO MOVIENDOSE AL OESTE...SE MOVERA A TRAVES DE LAS ISLAS
VIRGENES Y PUERTO RICO ESTA NOCHE Y EL VIERNES...
UNA ONDA TROPICAL FUERTE SOBRE LAS ISLAS DE SOTAVENTO NORTE SE
ESPERA QUE CONTINUE MOVIENDOSE AL OESTE DE 10 A 15 MPH. ESTE SISTEMA
ESTA MOSTRANDO ALGUNAS SENALES DE ORGANIZACION...Y TIENE EL
POTENICAL PARA CONVERTIRSE EN UNA DEPRESION TROPICAL MAS TARDE HOY O
EL VIERNES. POR LO TANTO LOS RESIDENTES Y VISITANTES EN PUERTO RICO
Y LAS ISLAS VIRGENES DEBEN SEGUIR DE CERCA EL PROGRESO DE ESTE
SISTEMA.
...INUNDACIONES INTERIOR...
ALGUNAS BANDAS DE LLUVIA DEL EXTERIOR MOVIENDOSE DELANTE DE LA ONDA
YA ESTAN AFECTANDO LAS ISLAS VIRGENES Y LA MITAD ESTE DE PUERTO
RICO. LAS CONDICIONES CONTINUARAN DETERIORANDOSE A MEDIDA QUE BANDAS
ADICIONALES DE LLUVIA SE ACERQUEN AL AREA LOCAL DESDE EL NORESTE
DURANTE EL DIA. PERIODOS BREVES DE LLUVIAS FUERTES SE ESPERAN CON
LOS AGUACEROS Y TRONADAS. ES POSIBLE QUE UNA ADVERTENCIA DE
INUNDACIONES URBANAS Y DE PEQUENOS RIACHUELOS SEA EMITIDA MAS TARDE
ESTA TARDE Y ESTA NOCHE A MEDIDA QUE ESTA ONDA SE ACERCA. SE ESPERAN
TOTALES DE LLUVIA DE UNA A DOS PULGADAS A TRAVES DE LAS ISLAS
VIRGENES Y ALREDEDOR DE TRES A CINCO PULGADAS SOBRE PUERTO RICO...Y
CANTDADES MAS ALTAS EN ALGUNOS SECTORES. UNA VIGILANCIA DE
INUNDACIONES REPENTINAS PODRIA EMITIRSE MAS TARDE HOY PARA EL AREA
LOCAL.
...RESACAS ALTAS Y INUNDACIONES COSTERAS...
LAS CONDICIONES MARITIMAS SE DETERIORARAN PRINCIPALMENTE EN EL
ATLANTICO Y LAS AGUAS DE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES...PARA ESTA NOCHE Y EL
VIERNE CON LA ONDA TROPICAL ACERCANDOSE. AGUACEROS Y TRONADAS EN
FORMA DE TURBONADAS SERAN MAS FRECUENTES A MEDIDA QUE EL SISTEMA SE
ACERCA MAS AL AREA LOCAL. ES POSIBLE TAMBIEN QUE PUEDAN FORMARSE
TROMBAS MARINAS. RESACAS ALTAS LOCALMENTE CREADAS POR LAS TURBONADAS
COMENZARAN A AFECTAR LAS AGUAS DE LAS ISLAS VIRGENES MAS TARDE ESTA
TARDE Y A PUERTO RICO ESTA NOCHE. OLEAJE DE CUATRO A SEIS PIES PARA
EL DIA DE HOY AUMENTARAN DE 6 A 7 PIES EL VIERNES PRINCIPALMENTE A
LO LARGO DE LA COSTA NORTE Y ESTE DE LAS ISLAS. MAREJADAS MODERADAS
DEBEN AFECTAR LAS AGUAS LOCALES DEL ATLANTICO ESTA NOCHE Y EL
VIERNES. LOS NAVEGANTES DEBEN EJERCER PRECAUCION HOY...Y UNA
ADVERTENCIA PARA LOS OPERADORES DE EMBARCACIONES PEQUENAS ESTARA EN
EFECTO ESTA NOCHE Y HASTA EL VIERNES.
...LOS VIENTOS...
LA MAYORIA DE LOS VIENTOS REPORTADOS EN LAS ISLAS DE SOTAVENTO
INDICAN VIENTOS DE LEVES A VARIABLES. SIN EMBARGO...A MEDIDA QUE LAS
TURBONADAS SE MUEVAN A TRAVES LAS ISLAS VIRGENES Y EL NORTE Y ESTE
DE LAS AGUAS DE PUERTO RICO...DEBEN ESPERARSE RAFAGAS DE VIENTOS DE
HASTA 40 MPH EN OCASIONES.
PARA LAS AREAS SOBRE TIERRA EN LAS ISLAS VIRGENES Y PUERTO
RICO...OCASIONALMENTE RAFAGAS DE VIENTOS DE HASTA 30 MPH SON
POSIBLES ESTA NOCHE Y EL VIERNES...ESPECIALMENTE EN TURBONABAS...A
TRAVES AREAS ALTAS.
RM/RAM/BM/JFRSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 10:15 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
PRC001-003-005-007-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-025-027-029-031-
033-035-037-039-041-043-045-047-049-051-053>055-057-059-061-063-065-
067-069-071-073-075-077-079-081-083-085-087-089-091-093-095-097-099-
101-103-105-107-109-111-113-115-117-119-121-123-125-127-129-131-133-
135-137-139-141-143-145-147-149-151-153-VIC010-020-030-141630-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1115 AM AST THU AUG 14 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM AST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES
IN PUERTO RICO
IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
SAINT JOHN...SAINT THOMAS AND SAINT CROIX
...STRONG TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE NORTHERN LEEWARDS MOVING
WESTWARD...TO MOVE ACROSS U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...
THE STRONG TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS CONTINUES
TO EJECT BANDS OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE PUSHING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
AND PUERTO RICO. THE FORECAST IS FOR THE BULK OF THE WEATHER
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STRONG TROPICAL WAVE TO CONTINUE MOVING
GENERALLY WEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND REACH THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
PUERTO RICO TONIGHT AND PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY.
LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY AND THE METEO FRANCE LESSER ANTILLES RADAR
INDICATED THAT THE WAVE CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF BETTER
ORGANIZATION...AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
LATER TODAY OR FRIDAY. THEREFORE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS IN THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR ITS PROGRESS.
A HURRICANE HUNTER IS SCHEDULED TO INVESTIGATE THE WAVE THIS
AFTERNOON. SHOULD IT FIND THAT THE WAVE HAS BECOME A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION...THEN A TROPICAL STORM WATCH MAY BE ISSUED FOR THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO LATER THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT.
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT INTENSIFIES...SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS
ARE ANTICIPATED AS THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER MOVES OVER TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY.
...INLAND FLOODING...
THE OUTER RAINBANDS MOVING AHEAD OF THE WAVE CONTINUE TO MOVE
SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO.
OVERLAND RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS SO FAR HAVE BEEN LIGHT...THEREFORE
THE RISK OF INLAND FLOODING REMAINS LOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAIN BANDS WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT AS THE
AFTERNOON PROGRESSES AND PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THE
BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING
IS LIKELY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS THE WAVE CONTINUES
WESTWARD. RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND FOR PUERTO RICO...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS OF UP TO FIVE INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
AS A RESULT OF THE ONGOING SITUATION...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE
ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR THE LOCAL AREA...TO BE IN EFFECT FOR LATER
THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY.
...HIGH SURF AND COASTAL FLOODING...
MARINE CONDITIONS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION. CONDITIONS
WILL DETERIORATE MAINLY IN THE ATLANTIC AND VIRGIN ISLAND
TERRITORIAL WATERS...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE TROPICAL WAVE AND IS
ASSOCIATED WEATHER MOVES WESTWARD AND CLOSER...BRINGING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE FORM OF SQUALLS. ISOLATED WATERSPOUTS ARE
POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE RAINBANDS. LOCALLY HIGH WAVES CREATED BY THE
SQUALLS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLAND WATERS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND PUERTO RICO TONIGHT. SEAS OF FOUR TO SIX FEET THIS
AFTERNOON WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 7 FEET BY FRIDAY MAINLY ALONG THE
NORTH AND EAST COASTS OF THE ISLANDS. MODERATE SWELLS SHOULD AFFECT
THE LOCAL ATLANTIC WATERS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. MARINERS SHOULD
EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES
WILL BE IN EFFECT LATER THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THE OFFSHORE
ATLANTIC...AND MAY BE REQUIRED FOR PARTS OF THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN
WATERS...INCLUDING THE PASSAGES LATER TONIGHT.
...WINDS...
MOST OF THE WIND REPORTS RECEIVED FROM THE NORTHERN LEEWARDS AND
VIRGIN ISLANDS INDICATED LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. HOWEVER...AS THE
SQUALLS AHEAD OF THE WAVE PROPAGATE ACROSS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
THE NORTH AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO WATERS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS SHOULD
BE EXPECTED AT TIMES GUSTING UP TO 35 KNOTS.
FOR THE LAND AREAS OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO...
OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH REMAIN POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY WITH PASSING SQUALLS...AND ACROSS HIGHER
TERRAIN.
THE NEXT SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY MID AFTERNOON
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN JUAN PUERTO
RICO.
RM/RAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 11:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JSJ | 28 hr |
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