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Small Craft Advisory 171, NWS JSJ

September 21, 2008

NWS JSJ issued this small craft advisory at Sep 21, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT. It took effect at Sep 21, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 21, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 24, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
62 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 Sep 20, 10:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 10:49 PM CDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 3:06 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
406 AM AST SUN SEP 21 2008

VIZ001-210930-
SAINT JOHN VI-SAINT THOMAS VI-
406 AM AST SUN SEP 21 2008

SOLID LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THESE ISLANDS FROM
THE SOUTH

AT 403 AM AST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL SOME 10 MILES
SOUTH OF SAINT THOMAS AND SAINT JOHN...MOVING NORTH AROUND 15 MPH.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS
THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND GUTS MAY
ALSO QUICKLY RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY
FLOOD WATERS.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS
SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN
EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE
THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

RAM
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 3:06 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
406 AM AST SUN SEP 21 2008

VIZ001-210930-
SAINT JOHN VI-SAINT THOMAS VI-
406 AM AST SUN SEP 21 2008

...SOLID LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS QUICKLY APPROACHING THESE
ISLANDS FROM THE SOUTH...

AT 403 AM AST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL SOME 10 MILES
SOUTH OF SAINT THOMAS AND SAINT JOHN...MOVING NORTH AROUND 15 MPH.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS
THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND GUTS MAY
ALSO QUICKLY RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY
FLOOD WATERS.

THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS
SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY
FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN
EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE
THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

RAM

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 20, 7:53 PM CDTMarine Weather StatementJSJ57 hr
Sep 21, 1:32 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr
Sep 21, 4:38 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ6 hr
Sep 21, 6:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ6 hr
Sep 21, 7:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Sep 21, 7:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr
Sep 21, 8:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Sep 21, 9:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Sep 21, 10:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Sep 21, 1:03 PM CDTHigh Surf AdvisoryJSJ16 hr
Sep 21, 1:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ4 hr
Sep 21, 1:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ4 hr
Sep 21, 5:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ4 hr
Sep 21, 10:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Sep 21, 1:01 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ4 hr
Sep 21, 4:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ6 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.