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WGCA72 TJSJ 151746

FFSSJU

PRC025-063-129-152100-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

146 PM AST WED SEP 15 2004







...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER

SERVICE IN SAN JUAN REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING

MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO



     CAGUAS...GURABO AND SAN LORENZO





AT 146 PM AST USGS RIVER GAUGES INDICATED THAT RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA 

AT SAN LORENZO WAS STILL ABOVE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OF 24 FEET...AT 

24.38 FEET AND SLOWLY RECEDING.  FLOOD WATERS HAVE ALREADY TRAVELED 

DOWNSTREAM TO THE HEADWATER POINT IN CAGUAS WERE A CREST OCCURRED 

RECENTLY ABOVE MODERATE FLOOD STAGE OF 19 FEET.  



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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