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Small Craft Advisory 11, NWS JSJ

March 22, 2009

NWS JSJ issued this small craft advisory at Mar 22, 2009, 2:59 AM CDT. It took effect at Mar 23, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 22, 2009, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 23, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 29, 2009, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 days
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 Mar 21, 10:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 10:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 10:49 AM CDT, 16 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1149 AM AST SAT MAR 21 2009

AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-221600-
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-
1149 AM AST SAT MAR 21 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

MODERATE...LONG PERIOD NORTH NORTHEAST SWELLS BEGAN TO AFFECT THE
ATLANTIC WATERS AND THE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AND HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD OVERNIGHT THROUGH LATE THIS
SATURDAY MORNING. THESE 5 TO 6 FOOT SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
THESE WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT AND WILL RESULT IN
DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS...WITH RIP CURRENTS AND LARGE BREAKING
WAVES OF 10 TO 14 FEET AND LOCALLY HIGHER ALONG THE LOCAL REEFS...
BEACHES AND SHOALS OF THE NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST COASTS OF
THE LOCAL ISLANDS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST COASTS OF ALL OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY
INCREASING THE CHANCES OF RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
IN ADDITION...ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS MARINE AND SURF CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES THROUGH
AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SMALL CRAFT AND HIGH SURF ADVISORIES
THROUGH THE PERIOD. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND DANGEROUS SURF WOULD BE
GREATLY APPRECIATED.

AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-221600-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
1149 AM AST SAT MAR 21 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

MODERATE...LONG PERIOD NORTH NORTHEAST SWELLS BEGAN TO AFFECT THE
ATLANTIC WATERS AND THE CARIBBEAN PASSAGES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AND HAVE CONTINUED TO BUILD OVERNIGHT THROUGH LATE THIS
SATURDAY MORNING. THESE 5 TO 6 FOOT SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
THESE WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT AND WILL RESULT IN
DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS...WITH RIP CURRENTS AND LARGE BREAKING
WAVES OF 10 TO 14 FEET AND LOCALLY HIGHER ALONG THE LOCAL REEFS...
BEACHES AND SHOALS OF THE NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST COASTS OF
MOST OF THE LOCAL ISLANDS. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR THE NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST COASTS OF ST THOMAS...ST JOHN
AND THE ADJACENT SMALLER ISLANDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY
INCREASING THE CHANCES OF RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING.
IN ADDITION...ROUGH AND HAZARDOUS MARINE AND SURF CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND CARIBBEAN PASSAGES THROUGH
AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. EXPECT SMALL CRAFT AND HIGH SURF ADVISORIES
THROUGH THE PERIOD. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

REPORTS OF LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND DANGEROUS SURF WOULD BE
GREATLY APPRECIATED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 22, 1:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Mar 22, 3:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	6 hr
Mar 22, 4:07 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	3 hr
Mar 22, 4:14 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	91 min
Mar 22, 5:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JSJ	85 min
Mar 22, 5:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	2 hr
Mar 22, 5:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JSJ	91 min

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.