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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1051 PM AST FRI OCT 20 2006



VIC010-210301-

SAINT CROIX-

1051 PM AST FRI OCT 20 2006



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM AST FOR THE

FOLLOWING ISLAND...



IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

     SAINT CROIX



SATELLITE IMAGERY AND OBSERVATIONS INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN 

WHICH AFFECTED THE ISLAND OF SAINT CROIX EARLIER THIS EVENING HAD 

BEGUN TO DISSIPATE. WHILE A FEW LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINSHOWERS WILL 

FALL ACROSS AREAS OF SAINT CROIX OVERNIGHT...NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL OR FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THEREFORE THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1100 PM AST. 

HOWEVER...DEEP PONDED WATER IN AREAS THAT ARE POORLY DRAINED LIKELY 

STILL REMAINS...THEREFORE RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE 

EXTREME CAUTION THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



LAT...LON 1778 6444 1760 6478 1773 6505 1786 6488



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