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WGCA72 TJSJ 191433

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1033 AM AST THU OCT 19 2006



VIC010-191442-

SAINT CROIX-

1033 AM AST THU OCT 19 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 1030 AM AST FOR THE FOLLOWING 

ISLAND...



IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

     SAINT CROIX



AT 1027 AM...SATELLITE DATA...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND U.S.G.S. 

GAUGES INDICATED THAT MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT 

WERE AFFECTING SAINT CROIX EARLIER THIS MORNING HAD TEMPORARILY 

WEAKENED OR MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA. ALSO...MOST OF THE FLOODED 

ROADWAYS AND GUTS HAD RETURNED TO NORMAL. ALTHOUGH A SCATTERED 

SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ISLANDS THROUGH 

1115 AM...NO ADDITIONAL...PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING IS 

EXPECTED DURING THIS TIME. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.



HOWEVER...NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED 

TO DEVELOP ACROSS ST CROIX AND OTHER SECTIONS OF THE TERRITORY BY 

EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN MORE FLASH FLOODING OF GUTS AND 

ROADWAYS AND COULD ALSO PRODUCE LANDSLIDES.  



THEREFORE...ALL LOCAL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE URGED TO MONITOR 

THE WEATHER CLOSELY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AND BE PREPARED FOR 

ACTION SHOULD WEATHER CONDITIONS WARRANT.



PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION 

ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.



LAT...LON 1763 6486 1763 6468 1781 6467 1781 6486



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