Special Weather Statement issued October 12 at 3:58PM AST by NWS San Juan PR
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At 358 PM AST, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from Arecibo eastward into Florida, and is nearly stationary. Fallen trees and power lines already reported in the area. HAZARD...Landspouts, wind gusts up to 40 mph, and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Florida, Barceloneta, Manati, Ciales, Pajonal, Imbery, La Luisa, La Alianza, Barahona, Coto Norte, Bufalo, Tiburones, Garrochales, Tierras Nuevas Poniente, Tierras Nuevas Pon, Sabana Hoyos and Animas. Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 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.
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- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- PR, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- North Central; Central Interior
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-12T15:58:00-04:00
- states
- ["PR"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-12T15:58:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2d89e0e39116ccb2a40acd61556dbc625b35699e.001.1
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- []
- instruction
- Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 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.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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