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WGCA72 TJSJ 160101

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PRC051-137-160300-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

902 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



     DORADO AND TOA BAJA





AT 740 PM AST USGS RIVER GAUGES INDICATED THAT RIO DE LA PLATA ALONG 

THE BORDER OF DORADO AND TOA BAJA WAS CRESTING AT 24.11 FEET BUT 

REMAINS ABOVE ITS MAJOR FLOOD STAGE OF 23 FEET. THE RIVER IS 

EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY RECEDE BUT WILL REMAIN FLOOD STAGE THROUGH 

MOST OF THE NIGHT.



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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