

000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 181610

FFWSJU

VIC010-181900-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1210 PM AST TUE NOV 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ISLAND

  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS



     SAINT CROIX



* UNTIL 300 PM AST



* AT 1206 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A NEARLY STATIONARY BAND 

OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EAST SOUTHEAST 

TO WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS MUCH OF THE ISLAND. THESE SHOWERS AND 

STORMS WERE PRODUCING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WILL 

CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 300 PM...WITH 

1/2 INCH TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. GROUNDS 

REMAIN SATURATED AND GUTS AND STREAMS REMAIN AT ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. 

THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF GUTS... 

STREAMS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE 

POSSIBLE OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS

BEEN REPORTED. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE NECESSARY

PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS AFFECT YOUR AREA. MOTORISTS AND

PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS

YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. PERSONS IN

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM

LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.



$$



SEELEY



000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 181610

FFWSJU

VIC010-181900-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1210 PM AST TUE NOV 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ISLAND

  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS



     SAINT CROIX



* UNTIL 300 PM AST



* AT 1206 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A NEARLY STATIONARY BAND 

OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EAST SOUTHEAST 

TO WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS MUCH OF THE ISLAND. THESE SHOWERS AND 

STORMS WERE PRODUCING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WILL 

CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 300 PM...WITH 

1/2 INCH TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN LIKELY IN SOME AREAS. GROUNDS 

REMAIN SATURATED AND GUTS AND STREAMS REMAIN AT ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS. 

THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF GUTS... 

STREAMS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE 

POSSIBLE OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS

BEEN REPORTED. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE NECESSARY

PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS AFFECT YOUR AREA. MOTORISTS AND

PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS

YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. PERSONS IN

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM

LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.



$$



SEELEY

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