Special Weather Statement issued October 11 at 5:31AM AST by NWS San Juan PR

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At 531 AM AST, Doppler radar was tracking strong showers over south-central to southeastern Puerto Rico and over the nearshore waters, moving west-northwest at 20 mph. Thunderstorm formation possible with these showers. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. Thunderstorms possible. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Ponce, Guayama, Coamo, Santa Isabel, Aibonito, Salinas, Cayey, Villalba, Juana Diaz, Cidra, Arroyo, Patillas, Vazquez, Coco, Los Llanos, Las Ollas, Jauca and Coqui. Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.

Event time: Oct 11, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC
Source last updated: Oct 11, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC
Current version retrieved: Oct 11, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC
Provider: NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
Location: PR, US
Severity: Moderate
area: Southeast; Eastern Interior; Central Interior; Ponce and Vicinity
event: Special Weather Statement
onset: 2026-10-11T05:31:00-04:00
states: ["PR"]
urgency: Expected
certainty: Observed
effective: 2026-10-11T05:31:00-04:00
message id: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8633c9bcba7b7f47d957ea141f2bb58825d680a3.001.1
references: []
instruction: Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions.
message type: Alert
freshness minutes: 60

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