Warning Vector

Special Weather Statement

NWS San Juan PR ยท US

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Details

A Line Of Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Southeastern Municipalities Until 345 PM AST

Event
Special Weather Statement
Issued
Onset
Message expires
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Expected
Severity
Moderate
Certainty
Observed
Response
Execute

Description

Overview

At 254 PM AST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 10 miles south of Jobos to over Maunabo, or extending from 12 miles southeast of Salinas to over Maunabo, moving northwest at 20 mph.

Hazard

Wind gusts up to 30 mph, frequent lightning and heavy rain.

Source

Radar indicated.

Impacts

Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Ponce, Guayama, Coamo, Santa Isabel, Cayey, Salinas, Arroyo, Patillas, San Lorenzo, Maunabo, Yabucoa, Juana Diaz, Emajagua, Vazquez, Coqui, Coco, Jobos, Olimpo and Corazon.

Instructions

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Affected areas

  • Southeast
  • Eastern Interior
  • Central Interior
  • Ponce and Vicinity

Public contact

Issuer
NWS San Juan PR

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~1m5s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M2RBHW4GG7FG5Q86Q78P9NDH
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.374868180d7d07350e940e58acb080082201636b.001.1
Sender
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope
Public
CAP source
211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes
IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office
NWS San Juan PR
AWIPS ID
CAPSJU
NWWS sequence
nwws_processor.1540
WMO heading
XOCA52
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
Caribbean and Central America (CA)
WMO bulletin number
52

Event codes

NameValue
SAMESPS
NationalWeatherServiceSPS

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierSPSSJU
WMOidentifierWWCA82 TJSJ 171854
NWSheadlineA LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MUNICIPALITIES UNTIL 345 PM AST
eventMotionDescription2026-09-17T18:53:00-00:00...storm...143DEG...32KT...17.83,-66.21 18.03,-65.92
maxWindGust30 MPH
maxHailSize0.00
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
EAS-ORGWXR
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Southeast
  • Eastern Interior
  • Central Interior
  • Ponce and Vicinity
NameValue
SAME072015
SAME072057
SAME072095
SAME072109
SAME072123
SAME072151
SAME072007
SAME072025
SAME072035
SAME072041
SAME072045
SAME072063
SAME072077
SAME072085
SAME072129
SAME072009
SAME072019
SAME072039
SAME072043
SAME072047
SAME072073
SAME072101
SAME072105
SAME072107
SAME072149
SAME072059
SAME072075
SAME072111
SAME072113
SAME072133
SAME072153
UGCPRZ003
UGCPRZ004
UGCPRZ006
UGCPRZ007
Polygons
18.05,-66.67 18.2,-65.92 18.06,-65.81 17.99,-65.88 17.97,-66.08 17.93,-66.16 17.94,-66.16 17.93,-66.21 17.94,-66.17 17.96,-66.21 17.94,-66.26 17.94,-66.25 17.93,-66.25 17.98,-66.32 17.94,-66.39 17.99,-66.48 17.96,-66.58 18.05,-66.67