Expires:200809250000;Remove:200809250000;627219 WHCA52 TJSJ 242206 SMWSJU AMZ710-740-750-250000- /O.NEW.TJSJ.MA.W.0067.080924T2206Z-080925T0000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 606 PM AST WED SEP 24 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A * SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... THE LOCAL NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC AND SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN WATERS * UNTIL 800 PM AST * AT 556 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LONG AND BROAD LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS WEST COASTAL PUERTO RICO...AND EXTENDED WELL NORTH AND SOUTH INTO BOTH THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. MARINERS ACROSS THESE WATERS SHOULD EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 35 KNOTS AND GREATER...CONFUSED SEAS WITH STEEP AND HIGH WAVES... DANGEROUS CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS RESTRICTING VISIBILITIES TO ONE MILE OR LESS. SMALL BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR OR PROTECTED WATERS IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING. LAT...LON 1822 6771 1851 6805 1870 6732 1953 6706 1952 6600 1851 6614 1852 6721 1835 6729 1824 6722 1792 6724 1793 6649 1709 6711 1707 6770 TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 180DEG 0KT 1810 6626 $$ OB