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WGCA72 TJSJ 141726

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VIC020-030-141915-



BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

111 PM AST FRI NOV 14 2003



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ST THOMAS ST JOHN AND ST 

CROIX...



DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS CONTINUOUS BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED 

THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING THE ISLAND OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. JOHN FROM 

SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN 

HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH 3 HOUR ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES. THESE 

AMOUNTS WILL DETERIORATE THE FLOOD SITUATION LEADING TO LARGE AREAS 

OF STANDING WATER AND NUMEROUS ROCK AND LANDSLIDES. THE RAIN GAGE 

AND WATER LEVEL SENSOR AT TURPENTINE RUN IN ST THOMAS INDICATED THE 

RIVER IS INTO ACTION STAGE WITH WATER LEVELS REACHING NEAR 4 FEET 

AND RISING STEADILY. FOR PAST 24 HOURS 6.43 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 

FALLEN THERE.  



RESIDENTS MUST REMAIN VIGILANT ALERT TO FLOOD CONDITIONS AND FAST 

FLOWING WATERS. PLEASE REMAIN IN SAFE AREAS DO NOT EXPOSED YOURSELF 

OR FAMILY TO DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.



CONDITIONS WILL NOT IMPROVE MUCH. A COLD FRONT IS RAPIDLY 

APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST AND WILL ARRIVE TO THE TERRITORY LATE 

TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. MORE RAIN STORE.   



A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT RIVER FLOODING AND INUNDATION OF LOW 

LYING AREAS IS IMMINENT OR PERSISTS. RIVER AND STREAM RISES WILL 

INITIALLY BE SLOW...BUT HEAVY RAIN LATER IN THE DAY COULD INDUCE 

FLASH FLOODING OR VERY RAPIDLY RISING WATER...CAUSING RIVERS AND 

STREAMS TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 



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