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Special Marine Warning

NWS San Juan PR ยท US

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Details

Special Marine Warning issued September 15 at 2:34PM AST until September 15 at 3:30PM AST by NWS San Juan PR

Issued
Onset
Expires
Category
Meteorological
Urgency
Immediate
Severity
Severe
Certainty
Likely
Response
Avoid

Description

Overview

SMWSJU The National Weather Service in San Juan has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Mona Passage Southward to 17N... Coastal Waters of Northwestern Puerto Rico out 10 NM... Coastal Waters of Southwestern Puerto Rico out 10 NM... * Until 330 PM AST. * At 234 PM AST, A strong thunderstorm was located over open waters of Mona Passage Southward to 17N, Coastal Waters of Northwestern Puerto Rico out 10 NM and Coastal Waters of Southwestern Puerto Rico out 10 NM zones, moving west at 10 knots.

Hazard

Wind gusts to 34 knots.

Source

Radar indicated.

Impacts

Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

Locations impacted

Mainly open waters of Mona Passage Southward to 17N, Coastal Waters of Northwestern Puerto Rico out 10 NM and Coastal Waters of Southwestern Puerto Rico out 10 NM.

Instructions

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Frequent lightning is occurring with this storm. If caught on the open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded metal objects.

Affected areas

  • Mona Passage Southward to 17N
  • Coastal Waters OF Northwestern Puerto Rico out 10 NM
  • Coastal Waters OF Southwestern Puerto Rico out 10 NM

Public contact

Issuer
NWS San Juan PR

Message record

Received
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M2K5K6WW2P8W9ZSS37CFDDYN
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bae9472b749422e9609df7870f8b548c54338c28.001.1
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.1083
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
SAMESMW
NationalWeatherServiceMAW

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierSMWSJU
WMOidentifierWHCA52 TJSJ 151834
eventMotionDescription2026-09-15T18:34:00-00:00...storm...101DEG...8KT...18.3,-67.24
maxWindGust34 knots
maxHailSize0.00
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
EAS-ORGWXR
VTEC/O.NEW.TJSJ.MA.W.0024.260915T1834Z-260915T1930Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-15T15:30:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Mona Passage Southward to 17N
  • Coastal Waters OF Northwestern Puerto Rico out 10 NM
  • Coastal Waters OF Southwestern Puerto Rico out 10 NM
NameValue
SAME075741
SAME075742
SAME075745
UGCAMZ741
UGCAMZ742
UGCAMZ745
Polygons
18.17,-67.18 18.16,-67.17 18.17,-67.19 18.1,-67.18 18.09,-67.2 18.07,-67.18 18.04,-67.21 18.03,-67.18 18.01,-67.17 18.1,-67.84 18.12,-67.86 18.12,-67.92 18.5,-67.86 18.49,-67.43 18.39,-67.2 18.36,-67.27 18.3,-67.24 18.29,-67.19 18.23,-67.17 18.21,-67.15 18.17,-67.18