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WGCA72 TJSJ 151753

FFSSJU

PRC031-151945-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

153 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 MUNICIPALITY

IN PUERTO RICO



     CAROLINA





AT 140 PM AST USGS RIVER GAUGES AT RIO PIEDRAS IN CAROLINA INDICATED 

THAT RIO PIEDRAS IN CAROLINA WAS APPROACHING MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OF 19 

FEET....AT 18.14 FEET AND RISING.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY 

CAUSE RIO PIEDRAS TO EXCEED MAJOR FLOOD STAGE IN THE NEXT HOUR OR 

SO.  THE HISTORIC CREST OF THIS RIVER WAS APPROXIMATELY 22 FEET 

DURING HURRICANE HORTENSE OF 1996.  



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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