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WGCA72 TJSJ 162003

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

400 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2005



PRC054-113-141-162115-

FLORIDA-UTUADO-PONCE-

400 PM AST TUE AUG 16 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM AST FOR THE FOLLOWING

MUNICIPALITIES...



IN PUERTO RICO

     FLORIDA...UTUADO AND PONCE



AT 355 PM AST...A PERSON REPORTED THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN ROAD 10 

AND 123 FLOODED BECAUSE RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO IN UTUADO HAS RISEN 

OUT OF ITS BANKS. ALSO... RIO VIVI ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE IN UTUADO. 



RIO CERRILLOS IN PONCE HAS BEGAN TO GO DOWN. HOWEVER...LIGHT SHOWERS 

WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RESIDENTS 

ALONG THIS RIVER SHOULD MONITOR IT CLOSELY FOR THE REST OF 

THIS AFTERNOON.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 1807 6660 1820 6657 1822 6660 1828 6660

      1836 6657 1836 6654 1825 6660 1812 6654

      1804 6654



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