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WGCA72 TJSJ 022258

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

657 PM AST FRI MAY 2 2008



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CIALES PR-UTUADO PR-

657 PM AST FRI MAY 2 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM AST FOR UTUADO AND

CIALES MUNICIPALITIES...



AT 655 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY 

RAINFALL WHICH FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF CIALES AND UTUADO EARLIER 

THIS AFTERNOON HAD ENDED...AND ONLY ISOLATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN 

SHOWERS REMAINED. IN ADDITION...A RIVER GAGE SENSOR ALONG THE RIO 

LIMON INDICATED THAT THE RIVER HAD FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND WAS 

CONTINUING TO RECEDE. FOR THIS REASON...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR 

CIALES AND UTUADO WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM AST.



WHILE THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED AND THE RIO LIMON HAS FALLEN 

BELOW FLOOD STAGE...RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW 

SUFFICIENT TIME FOR RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RETURN TO NORMAL LEVELS. 

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 1831 6659 1831 6665 1833 6664 1833 6657

      1826 6652 1823 6656

TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 180DEG 0KT 1829 6666



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