Special Marine Warning 11/02/2024 23:06 for areas

Headline: 
Special Marine Warning issued November 3 at 2:06AM AST until November 3 at 4:00AM AST by NWS San Juan PR
Event: 
Special Marine Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
November 2, 2024 - 11:06pm
Expires: 
November 3, 2024 - 1:00am
Description: 
SMWSJU The National Weather Service in San Juan has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Atlantic Waters of Puerto Rico AND USVI from 10 NM to 19.5N... Caribbean Waters of Puerto Rico from 10 NM to 17N, including the Coastal Waters of Saint Croix... Coastal Waters east of Puerto Rico, around Vieques, and around and just north of Culebra and Saint John... Coastal Waters from Cabo San Juan to the waters between Anegada Island and Virgin Gorda and North 10 NM... * Until 400 AM AST. * At 204 AM AST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located over mainly areas of the surrounding waters off to the south of St Thomas, moving north at 10 knots. Another thunderstorms are moving northward from the Caribbean Waters into the surrounding waters between Vieques and St Croix. HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves. * The severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly open waters.
Instruction: 
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
Area Description: 
Atlantic Waters of Puerto Rico AND USVI from 10 NM to 19.5N; Coastal Waters from Cabo San Juan to the waters between Anegada Island and Virgin Gorda and North 10 NM; Coastal Waters east of Puerto Rico, around Vieques, and around and just north of Culebra and Saint John; Caribbean Waters of Puerto Rico from 10 NM to 17N, including the Coastal Waters of Saint Croix
Forcast Office: 
NWS San Juan PR