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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

532 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007



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CIALES PR-FLORIDA PR-OROCOVIS PR-MOROVIS PR-BARCELONETA PR-MANATI PR-

532 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM AST FOR

MANATI...BARCELONETA...MOROVIS...OROCOVIS...FLORIDA AND CIALES

MUNICIPALITIES...



...MODERATE FLOODING OCCURRING IN MANATI...



BASED ON USGS RIVER GAGES...FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE RIO 

GRANDE DE MANATI.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THAT AREA HAVE AVERAGED BETWEEN FOUR AND SIX 

INCHES TODAY WITH OVER SEVEN INCHES IN OROCOVIS. SOME ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS AND RUNOFF ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING 

HOURS...THE RIVER IS NOW NEAR CREST AT MANATI AT 33.15 FEET...FLOOD 

STAGE IS 25 FEET. AT CIALES THE RIVER IS CURRENTLY READING 15.74 

FEET...FLOOD STAGE IS 10 FEET. 



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.



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 1848 6658 1850 6649 1822 6640 1818 6654

TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 180DEG 0KT 1837 6663



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