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WGCA72 TJSJ 270008

FFSSJU



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

802 PM AST FRI OCT 26 2007



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SAN LORENZO PR-LAS PIEDRAS PR-ARROYO PR-PATILLAS PR-MAUNABO PR-

HUMACAO PR-YABUCOA PR-

802 PM AST FRI OCT 26 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM AST FOR

YABUCOA...HUMACAO...MAUNABO...PATILLAS...ARROYO...LAS PIEDRAS AND SAN

LORENZO MUNICIPALITIES...



AT 759 PM AST...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OR 

IMMINENT FLOODING IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS. IN BARRIO CALABASA...IN 

THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOWN OF YABUCOA...AT THE INTERSECTION OF 182 AND 

HIGHWAY 3 AND IN GUAYABOTA. ALSO AT THE POINT OF FLOODING IS THE 

QUEBRADA IN CAMINO NUEVO AND HIGHWAY 901 AND THE MUNICIPAL HIGHWAY 

AND CALLE EL FUEGO. 



IN NAGUABO AREAS IN DANGER OF FLOODING OR ALREADY FLOODING ARE 

HIGHWAY 31 IN SECTOR LA PITINA AND HIGHWAY 973. 



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 1814 6576 1801 6583 1797 6607 1810 6608

      1815 6597 1816 6591

TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 320DEG 20KT 1757 6551



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