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Puerto Rico emergency resources

SKYWARN nets by NWS office, ARES/RACES/CERT/REACT, NOAA Weather Radio transmitters, calling channels and where reports actually go. Anyone can suggest a row; a state coordinator checks it against a source before it's published.

SKYWARN nets0 published

run per NWS office - say which one

Nothing listed for Puerto Rico yet.

Weather nets0 published

scheduled or GMRS/mesh relay nets

Nothing listed for Puerto Rico yet.

Emergency comms orgs0 published

ARES, RACES, AUXCOMM, CERT, REACT

Nothing listed for Puerto Rico yet.

NOAA Weather Radio transmitters0 published

callsign, frequency, counties covered

Nothing listed for Puerto Rico yet.

Calling / standard channels7 published

state simplex conventions

Ham 2 m simplex callingpublishednational
146.520 MHz FM
National calling frequency. Make contact, then move off.
ยท โœ“ Sep 12, 2026
Ham 70 cm simplex callingpublishednational
446.000 MHz FM
National UHF calling frequency.
ยท โœ“ Sep 12, 2026
Wilderness Protocolpublishednational
146.520 ยท :00-:05 past the hour
Listen on 146.520 (and 446.000) for five minutes at 7, 10, 1, 4 and 7 local - the informal emergency-monitoring habit outside repeater coverage.
ยท โœ“ Sep 12, 2026
GMRS travel / emergency channelpublishednational
Ch 20 ยท 462.675 MHz ยท PL 141.3
The GMRS travel-and-emergency convention: monitor Ch 20 with the 141.3 "travel tone" on the road. Ch 19 (462.650) is travel chatter.
ยท โœ“ Sep 12, 2026
FRS / GMRS family channelpublishednational
Ch 1 ยท 462.5625 MHz
Where bubble-pack radios default. Agree on a channel and a fallback with your family before you need it.
ยท โœ“ Sep 12, 2026
Meshtastic default channelpublishednational
LongFast ยท US 915 MHz
Off-grid text when everything else is down. Most public nodes carry LongFast; your local mesh may add a weather channel.
ยท โœ“ Sep 12, 2026
MeshCore public channelpublishednational
Public ยท US 915 MHz
Room servers keep messages for you while your companion is off. Find your local room server on the map.
ยท โœ“ Sep 12, 2026

Official contacts4 published

WFO spotter line, county EM

NWS Carolina (SJU)publishedNWS SJU
weather.gov/sju
Forecast office for 81 counties in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. Spotter training, storm reports and the office's own SKYWARN page live here. Office: 4000 Carretera 190 Carolina PR 00979.
PRC001, PRC003, PRC005, PRC007, PRC009, PRC011, PRC013, PRC015, PRC017, PRC019, PRC021, PRC023, PRC025, PRC027, PRC029, PRC031, PRC033, PRC035, PRC037, PRC039, PRC041, PRC043, PRC045, PRC047, PRC049, PRC051, PRC053, PRC054, PRC055, PRC057, PRC059, PRC061, PRC063, PRC065, PRC067, PRC069, PRC071, PRC073, PRC075, PRC077, PRC079, PRC081, PRC083, PRC085, PRC087, PRC089, PRC091, PRC093, PRC095, PRC097, PRC099, PRC101, PRC103, PRC105, PRC107, PRC109, PRC111, PRC113, PRC115, PRC117, PRC119, PRC121, PRC123, PRC125, PRC127, PRC129, PRC131, PRC133, PRC135, PRC137, PRC139, PRC141, PRC143, PRC145, PRC147, PRC149, PRC151, PRC153, VIC010, VIC020, VIC030 ยท 787-253-4586 ยท site โ†— ยท source โ†— ยท โœ“ Sep 23, 2026
Life-safety emergencypublishednational
911
Radio is never a substitute for 911 when someone is in danger.
ยท โœ“ Sep 12, 2026
mPINGpublishednational
app ยท mping.nssl.noaa.gov
Anyone can report precipitation type, hail, wind damage or flooding straight to NOAA - no training needed, anonymous.
site โ†— ยท โœ“ Sep 12, 2026
Wireless Emergency Alertspublishednational
your phone ยท Settings โ†’ Notifications
Keep Tornado and Flash Flood WEA alerts on. ChatterBack emails are a supplement, not a replacement.
ยท โœ“ Sep 12, 2026