Special Weather Statement issued October 13 at 7:35AM AST by NWS San Juan PR
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At 735 AM AST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Dorado, moving west at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. 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 this storm and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- PR, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- San Juan and Vicinity; North Central
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-13T07:35:00-04:00
- states
- ["PR"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-13T07:35:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3494d62f3536713bd231cb7a016d9742ae9c149f.001.1
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- []
- instruction
- 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 this storm and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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