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WGCA72 TJSJ 151916

FFSSJU

PRC039-091-101-145-152115-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

316 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



     CIALES...MANATI...MOROVIS AND VEGA BAJA



AT 300 PM AST USGS RIVER GAUGES INDICATED THAT RIO GRANDE DE MANATI 

WAS AT 12.70 FT...ABOVE MODERATE FLOOD STAGE OF 12 FT...AND WAS 

RAPIDLY RISING TO MAJOR FLOOD STAGE AT 14 FT.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 

FALLING OVER THIS RIVER BASIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE RIO GRANDE DE MANATI 

TO CREST NEAR OR ABOVE MAJOR FLOOD STAGE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



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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