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WGCA72 TJSJ 281933

FFSSJU

PRC003-282130-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

333 PM AST MON JUN 28 2004



...FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE IN AGUADA ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN 

HAS ENDED...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE IN SAN JUAN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM AST FOR THE 

FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY



IN PUERTO RICO

     AGUADA



AT 326 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS 

DIMINISHED ACROSS THIS AREA. HOWEVER TOTAL RAINFALL WAS ESTIMATED BY 

DOPPLER RADAR TO BE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES AND RUNOFF INTO STREAMS 

AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME YET.  LOCAL EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND 

SEVERAL MUDSLIDES IN THE MUNICIPALITY.



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. THE HEAVY

RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



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000 

WGCA72 TJSJ 281933

FFSSJU

PRC003-282130-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

333 PM AST MON JUN 28 2004



...FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE IN AGUADA ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN 

HAS ENDED...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE IN SAN JUAN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM AST FOR THE 

FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY



IN PUERTO RICO

     AGUADA



AT 326 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS 

DIMINISHED ACROSS THIS AREA. HOWEVER TOTAL RAINFALL WAS ESTIMATED BY 

DOPPLER RADAR TO BE BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES AND RUNOFF INTO STREAMS 

AND RIVERS WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME TIME YET.  LOCAL EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND 

SEVERAL MUDSLIDES IN THE MUNICIPALITY.



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. THE HEAVY

RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



$$



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