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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

143 AM AST THU SEP 16 2004



...FLOODING CONTINUES...



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED EARLIER BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE IN SAN JUAN REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO 



AT 2 AM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES 

IN SOME AREAS OF PUERTO RICO AND OVER CULEBRA VIEQUES AND MUCH OF 

THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.



THE FOLLOWING IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY ON SEVERAL PROMINENT 

RIVERS IN PUERTO RICO. FAILURE TO MENTION A RIVER DOES NOT IMPLY 

THAT FLOODING IS NOT OCCURRING...BUT ALL RIVERS KNOWN TO BE FLOODED 

HAVE BEEN MENTIONED.



RIVER                  MUNICIPALITY    STATUS     LEVEL   FLOOD STAGE



RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO    ARECIBO       NEAR FLOOD  10.98     11   **

RIO CAMUY                CAMUY         PEAKED      15.56     13   **

RIO DE LA PLATA          COMERIO       PEAKED      12.04     11   ** 

RIO GUANAJIBO            HORMIGUEROS   RISING      19.24     20   **

RIO ROSARIO              HORMIGUEROS   PEAKED       6.52     10   

RIO GUAJATACA            LARES         PEAKED       9.50     12

RIO GRANDE DE MANATI     MANATI        FAILED/NR             25

RIO CULEBRINAS           MOCA          RISING      31.01     24   **

RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA      SAN LORENZO   PEAKED       6.76     11

RIO GRANDE DE ANASCO     SAN SEBASTIAN RISING      15.77     11   **

RIO DE LA PLATA          TOA BAJA      PEAKED      20.02     16   **

RIO TANAMA               UTUADO        PEAKED       8.68     11

RIO CIBUCO               VEGA BAJA     PEAKED      16.92     15   **



LEVELS AND FLOOD STAGES ARE IN FEET...ASTERISKS...**...INDICATE THE 

RIVER IS IN FLOOD OR EXPECTED TO FLOOD WITHIN SEVERAL HOURS. RIVERS 

THAT HAVE PEAKED IMPLY FALLING LEVELS.



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 WOULD 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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