Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS JSJ
NWS JSJ issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2011, 2:31 PM CDT. It was in force for 29 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 15, 2011, 2:31 PM CDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2011, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS JSJ
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
The radar
The San Juan radar (TJUA), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
479 WUCA52 TJSJ 151931 SVRSJU PRC081-083-093-152000- /O.NEW.TJSJ.SV.W.0006.110815T1931Z-110815T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 331 PM AST MON AUG 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LARES MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO... LAS MARIAS MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO... MARICAO MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO... * UNTIL 400 PM AST * AT 324 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER MARICAO MUNICIPALITY...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF LARES...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RURAL LAS MARIAS MUNICIPALITY AT 350 PM AST PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. && LAT...LON 1822 6684 1816 6689 1816 6696 1824 6693 TIME...MOT...LOC 1931Z 161DEG 3KT 1819 6691 $$ ROSA
1 follow-up statement
678 WWCA52 TJSJ 151955 SVSSJU SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 355 PM AST MON AUG 15 2011 PRC081-083-093-152005- /O.EXP.TJSJ.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110815T2000Z/ MARICAO PR-LAS MARIAS PR-LARES PR- 355 PM AST MON AUG 15 2011 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LARES...LAS MARIAS AND MARICAO MUNICIPALITIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM AST... LAT...LON 1822 6684 1816 6689 1816 6696 1824 6693 TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 161DEG 3KT 1821 6692 $$ ROSA
The office that day
Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 1:41 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JSJ | 52 min | |
| Aug 15, 2:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JSJ | 78 min | |
| Aug 15, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JSJ | 27 min |
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.