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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
619 PM AST WED NOV 18 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
  COASTAL WATERS OF NORTHERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM...
  ATLANTIC WATERS OF PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10 NM TO 19.5N...
* UNTIL 715 PM AST
* AT 615 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 
TO INDICATE A BAND OF STRONG TO OCCASIONALLY NEAR SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE NEAR SHORE...NORTHERN COASTAL WATERS OF 
PUERTO RICO...BETWEEN VEGA BAJA AND LOIZA...AND MOVING EAST TO 
NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS. THESE AND NEWLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THESE AND NEARBY COASTAL WATERS THROUGH AT 
LEAST 715 PM AST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MARINERS CAN EXPECT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 KNOTS...FREQUENT 
CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN 
TORRENTIAL RAIN...LOCALLY ROUGH SEAS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. 
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THESE STORMS 
HAVE PASSED. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN 
WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE 
LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. IF A WATERSPOUT IS SIGHTED...DO NOT TRY TO 
OUTRUN IT...BUT RATHER STEER PERPENDICULAR AND AWAY FROM IT.
&&
LAT...LON 1845 6643 1847 6646 1868 6644 1865 6582
      1841 6587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 180DEG 0KT 1845 6627
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