

000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 121617

FFWSJU

VIC010-121900-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1217 PM AST FRI DEC 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ISLAND

  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS



     THE WEST HALF OF SAINT CROIX



* UNTIL 300 PM AST



* AT 1213 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN...COVERING MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF ST CROIX. RADAR 

ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY 

FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. AT 

1205 PM...A SPOTTER IN THE FREDERICKSTED AREA INDICATED THAT STREETS 

WERE ALREADY FLOODED AND GUTS WERE APPROACHING BANKFULL. THESE 

SHOWERS WILL MOVE LITTLE DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES AND WILL 

PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES IN SOME 

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

STREAMS...ROADS AND OTHER LOW LYING AND 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 

VITEMA OR LAW OFFICIALS.



$$



SEELEY



000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 121617

FFWSJU

VIC010-121900-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1217 PM AST FRI DEC 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ISLAND

  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS



     THE WEST HALF OF SAINT CROIX



* UNTIL 300 PM AST



* AT 1213 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN...COVERING MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF ST CROIX. RADAR 

ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY 

FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. AT 

1205 PM...A SPOTTER IN THE FREDERICKSTED AREA INDICATED THAT STREETS 

WERE ALREADY FLOODED AND GUTS WERE APPROACHING BANKFULL. THESE 

SHOWERS WILL MOVE LITTLE DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 60 MINUTES AND WILL 

PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES IN SOME 

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

STREAMS...ROADS AND OTHER LOW LYING AND 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 

VITEMA OR LAW OFFICIALS.



$$



SEELEY

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