

000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 200142

FFWSJU

PRCC013-017-039-051-054-091-101-105-137-143-145-200500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

920 PM AST WED JAN 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

 

     

DORADO...CIALES...MANATI...FLORIDA...BARCELONETA...MOROVIS...     

VEGA ALTA...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA AND TOA BAJA...NARANJITO...



AND FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVER(S)...RIO GRANDE DE MANATI 

AND RIO CIBUCO...AND ALL TRIBUTARIES...     



* UNTIL 100 AM AST



*AT 921 PM AST...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED ACROSS THESE AREAS. RIVER 

LEVEL SENSORS AND REPORTS FROM THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS...ALSO 

INDICATED THAT WATER LEVELS OF RIO GRANDE DE MANATI IS ABOVE FLOOD 

STAGE AND STILL INCREASING...ALSO RIO CIBUCO IS NEARING FLOOD STAGE 

AND WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY RISE.



DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW RAIN FALLING OVER THE HEADWATERS OF 

THE RIVER BASINS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE RIVER FLOODING OF 

AREAS ALONG THESE RIVERS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



$$



MITCHELL

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000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 200149 CCA

FFWSJU

PRC013-017-039-051-054-091-101-105-137-143-145-200500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

920 PM AST WED JAN 19 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

 

     

DORADO...CIALES...MANATI...FLORIDA...BARCELONETA...MOROVIS...     

VEGA ALTA...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA AND TOA BAJA...NARANJITO...



AND FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVER(S)...RIO GRANDE DE MANATI 

AND RIO CIBUCO...AND ALL TRIBUTARIES...     



* UNTIL 100 AM AST



*AT 921 PM AST...HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED ACROSS THESE AREAS. RIVER 

LEVEL SENSORS AND REPORTS FROM THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS...ALSO 

INDICATED THAT WATER LEVELS OF RIO GRANDE DE MANATI IS ABOVE FLOOD 

STAGE AND STILL INCREASING...ALSO RIO CIBUCO IS NEARING FLOOD STAGE 

AND WILL CONTINUE TO RAPIDLY RISE.



DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW RAIN FALLING OVER THE HEADWATERS OF 

THE RIVER BASINS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE RIVER FLOODING OF 

AREAS ALONG THESE RIVERS.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 

WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE

UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS

SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



$$



MITCHELL

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