Special Weather Statement
NWS San Juan PR ยท US
Details
Strong Thunderstorms Will Impact Municipalities Of North Central Puerto Rico Through 500 PM AST
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 359 PM AST, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms, centered over northern Ciales, Florida and Manati. These storms were nearly stationary.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and frequent lightning. Funnel cloud are possible.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Morovis, Florida, Manati, Ciales, Barceloneta, Miranda, Pajonal, La Alianza, Imbery, Barahona, Franquez, Bajadero, Tiburones, Animas, Bufalo, Garrochales, and Sabana Hoyos.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Conditions are favorable for the development of weak, brief funnel clouds. This type of funnel cloud is harmless, but on rare occasions they can briefly touch down, producing wind gusts over 50 mph. If a funnel cloud is spotted move indoors and report your sighting to the National Weather Service. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. 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.
Affected areas
- North Central
- Central Interior
- Western Interior
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS San Juan PR
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M37XQMA85CQD1BQAFMVZCCAB
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cfec31fde2b635597a4731c8102f3a9053911ef1.001.1
- 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.3169
- WMO heading
- XOCA52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- Caribbean and Central America (CA)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSSJU |
| WMOidentifier | WWCA82 TJSJ 232001 |
| NWSheadline | STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MUNICIPALITIES OF NORTH CENTRAL PUERTO RICO THROUGH 500 PM AST |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-23T19:59:00-00:00...storm...154DEG...2KT...18.37,-66.47 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- North Central
- Central Interior
- Western Interior
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 072013 |
| SAME | 072017 |
| SAME | 072051 |
| SAME | 072054 |
| SAME | 072091 |
| SAME | 072143 |
| SAME | 072145 |
| SAME | 072009 |
| SAME | 072019 |
| SAME | 072039 |
| SAME | 072043 |
| SAME | 072047 |
| SAME | 072073 |
| SAME | 072101 |
| SAME | 072105 |
| SAME | 072107 |
| SAME | 072149 |
| SAME | 072001 |
| SAME | 072081 |
| SAME | 072083 |
| SAME | 072093 |
| SAME | 072121 |
| SAME | 072131 |
| SAME | 072141 |
| UGC | PRZ005 |
| UGC | PRZ006 |
| UGC | PRZ009 |
- Polygons
- 18.26,-66.67 18.49,-66.67 18.39,-66.35 18.26,-66.34 18.26,-66.67