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WGCA72 TJSJ 151954

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PRC013-141-152145-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

354 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



     UTUADO AND ARECIBO





AT 330 PM AST USGS RIVER GAUGES INDICATED THAT RIO LIMON IN UTUADO 

WAS ABOVE ITS RECORD FLOOD STAGE OF 17.11 FT...AT 17.67 FT AND WAS 

CONTINUING TO RISE.  INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS PARTICULAR RIVER 

LEVEL WILL CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. FLOOD WATERS 

WILL THEN FLOW DOWN RIO LIMON INTO THE RIO GRANDE DE 

ARECIBO...POSSIBLY CAUSING FLOODING.



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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