Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS JSJ

August 3, 2011

NWS JSJ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2011, 9:52 AM CDT. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 3, 2011, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2011, 10:45 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Area
Storm-based polygon

The radar

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

826 
WUCA52 TJSJ 031452
SVRSJU
PRC001-011-059-081-083-093-097-121-125-131-153-031545-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.SV.W.0003.110803T1452Z-110803T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1052 AM AST WED AUG 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ADJUNTAS MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  ANASCO MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  GUAYANILLA MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  LARES MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LARES...
  LAS MARIAS MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  MARICAO MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  MAYAGUEZ MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MAYAGUEZ...
  SABANA GRANDE MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  SAN GERMAN MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  SAN SEBASTIAN MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SAN SEBASTIAN...
  YAUCO MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...

* UNTIL 1145 AM AST

* AT 1043 AM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN         
  EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED    
  13 MILES SOUTH OF LARES...OR NEAR YAUCO...AND MOVING NORTHWEST     
  AT 30 MPH.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM.
WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A
TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A
STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

&&

LAT...LON 1823 6717 1835 6700 1836 6690 1813 6675
      1802 6690
TIME...MOT...LOC 1449Z 143DEG 37KT 1815 6688

$$

ER/ET
1 follow-up statement
028 
WWCA52 TJSJ 031539
SVSSJU

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1139 AM AST WED AUG 3 2011

PRC001-011-059-081-083-093-097-121-125-131-153-031547-
/O.EXP.TJSJ.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110803T1545Z/
ADJUNTAS PR-MARICAO PR-SABANA GRANDE PR-SAN GERMAN PR-
SAN SEBASTIAN PR-YAUCO PR-LAS MARIAS PR-LARES PR-GUAYANILLA PR-
MAYAGUEZ PR-ANASCO PR-
1139 AM AST WED AUG 3 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ANASCO...MAYAGUEZ...
GUAYANILLA...LARES...LAS MARIAS...YAUCO...SAN SEBASTIAN...SAN
GERMAN...SABANA GRANDE...MARICAO AND ADJUNTAS MUNICIPALITIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 1145 AM AST...


LAT...LON 1823 6717 1835 6700 1836 6690 1813 6675
      1802 6690
TIME...MOT...LOC 1537Z 143DEG 37KT 1854 6719

$$

ER

The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 1:19 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ7 hr
Aug 3, 1:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ6 hr
Aug 3, 3:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ11 min
Aug 3, 4:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ5 hr
Aug 3, 4:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchJSJ34 hr
Aug 3, 4:57 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ4 hr
Aug 3, 5:20 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ55 min
Aug 3, 6:17 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ12 hr
Aug 3, 6:38 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ12 hr
Aug 3, 7:11 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr
Aug 3, 7:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Aug 3, 8:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ5 hr
Aug 3, 8:54 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ5 hr
Aug 3, 9:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Aug 3, 9:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ5 hr
Aug 3, 10:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Aug 3, 11:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr
Aug 3, 12:12 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr
Aug 3, 12:19 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryJSJ31 hr
Aug 3, 1:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ58 min
Aug 3, 2:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ6 hr
Aug 3, 4:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ5 hr
Aug 3, 6:30 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningJSJ3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Puerto Rico, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

Sources

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