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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

559 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007



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ADJUNTAS PR-UTUADO PR-ARECIBO PR-

559 PM AST TUE DEC 11 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM AST FOR

ARECIBO...UTUADO AND ADJUNTAS MUNICIPALITIES...



...MODERATE FLOODING OCCURRING IN ALONG THE RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO...



AT 554 PM AST...BASED ON USGS RIVER GAGES...FLOODING IS OCCURRING 

ALONG THE RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO AND ITS TRIBUTARIES...ALONG THE 

LENGTH OF THE RIVER...FROM UTUADO TO ARECIBO.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THIS AREA HAVE AVERAGED BETWEEN FOUR AND SIX 

INCHES TODAY. SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND RUNOFF ARE EXPECTED TO 

CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...WHICH WILL SLOW THE RECESSION 

ON THIS RIVER.



CURRENTLY THE RIVER STAGE AT ARECIBO IS 14.08 FEET...AND FLOOD STAGE 

IS 11.0 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.



ADDITIONALLY...DUE TO VERY SATURATED SOILS...THE POTENTIAL FOR 

MUDSLIDES REMAINS HIGH ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING. 



LAT...LON 1849 6675 1848 6662 1814 6664 1812 6669

      1813 6672

TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 180DEG 0KT 1838 6668



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