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Special Weather Statement, NWS JSJ

October 24, 2015

NWS JSJ issued this special weather statement at Oct 24, 2015, 1:21 PM CDT. It was in force for 54 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
Oct 24, 2015, 1:21 PM CDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2015, 2:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS JSJ

The radar

The San Juan radar (TJUA), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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.

851 
WWCA82 TJSJ 241821
SPSSJU

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
221 PM AST SAT OCT 24 2015
 
PRZ002>004-006-241915-
NORTHEAST-CENTRAL INTERIOR-EASTERN INTERIOR-SOUTHEAST-
221 PM AST SAT OCT 24 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE AFFECTING PORTIONS SAN LORENZO...AGUAS 
BUENAS... YABUCOA...CIDRA...GURABO...LAS PIEDRAS...NAGUABO... 
MAUNABO...CAYEY...GUAYAMA...CAGUAS...JUNCOS AND HUMACAO 
MUNICIPALITIES...

AT 215 PM AST...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SAN 
LORENZO. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARIES. TORRENTIAL 
RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS OF 30-40 MPH AND SMALL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE 
WITH THESE STORMS. 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 1819 6569 1819 6573 1817 6574 1815 6577
      1810 6579 1809 6580 1807 6580 1805 6584
      1803 6583 1801 6585 1804 6593 1811 6605
      1810 6617 1815 6626 1824 6607
TIME...MOT...LOC 1818Z 180DEG 0KT 1815 6596 
$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS JSJ issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 11:36 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningJSJ54 min
Oct 24, 11:58 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr
Oct 24, 1:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ3 hr
Oct 24, 2:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ2 hr
Oct 24, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJSJ61 min
Oct 24, 2:36 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ6 hr
Oct 24, 2:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ2 hr
Oct 24, 3:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJSJ55 min
Oct 24, 3:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ115 min
Oct 24, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJSJ61 min
Oct 24, 4:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJSJ3 hr
Oct 24, 4:24 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ2 hr
Oct 24, 4:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ2 hr
Oct 24, 5:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJSJ115 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Puerto Rico, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.