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WGCA72 TJSJ 160931

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PRC067-161130-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

525 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 AND THE 

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS UNTIL 11 AM AST.



AT 524 AM AST DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT MODERATE RAIN WAS 

CONTINUING OVER THE BASIN THAT FEEDS RIO GUANAJIBO. THE RIVER IS 

CONTINUING TO RISE AND HAS NOW REACHED 19.87 FEET. SINCE FLOOD STAGE 

IS 20 FEET. RIO GUANAJIBO IS NOW EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE 

BEFORE 7 AM AST. 



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.



IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE EXTENDED LATER 

THIS MORNING PLEASE KEEP ABREAST OF FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS THROUGH 

NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA.



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