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High Surf Advisory 4, NWS JSJ

February 17, 2009

NWS JSJ issued this high surf advisory at Feb 17, 2009, 1:45 AM CST. It took effect at Feb 18, 2009, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 68 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 17, 2009, 1:45 AM CST (07:45 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 18, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 21, 2009, 2:17 AM CST
In force
68 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Feb 16, 1:44 PM CST, 12 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 1:44 PM CST, 12 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 2:28 AM CST, 23 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
428 AM AST MON FEB 16 2009

AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-171000-
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-
428 AM AST MON FEB 16 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LARGE...LONG PERIOD NORTHWESTERLY SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE
NORTHERN COASTS OF ALL LOCAL ISLANDS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY. SWELLS
OF UP TO 9 FEET AT 12 SECONDS OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE. THESE
SWELLS WOULD BE CAPABLE OF CREATING OVER 12 FOOT BREAKING
WAVES...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS...AND DANGEROUS SEAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-171000-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
428 AM AST MON FEB 16 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LARGE...LONG PERIOD NORTHWESTERLY SWELLS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE
NORTHERN COASTS OF ALL LOCAL ISLANDS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY. SWELLS
OF UP TO 9 FEET AT 12 SECONDS OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE. THESE
SWELLS WOULD BE CAPABLE OF CREATING OVER 12 FOOT BREAKING
WAVES...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS...AND DANGEROUS SEAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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.