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WGCA72 TJSJ 031629

FFSSJU



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1229 PM AST WED SEP 3 2008



PRC023-067-093-097-121-125-153-031631-

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HORMIGUEROS PR-MARICAO PR-SABANA GRANDE PR-SAN GERMAN PR-YAUCO PR-

CABO ROJO PR-MAYAGUEZ PR-

1229 PM AST WED SEP 3 2008



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RIO GUANAJIBO WILL BE ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE AT 1230 PM AST FOR MAYAGUEZ...CABO ROJO...YAUCO...SAN 

GERMAN...SABANA GRANDE...MARICAO AND HORMIGUEROS MUNICIPALITIES...



AT 1220 PM AST...USGS RIVER GAGES ALONG THE RIO GUANAJIBO WERE 

INDICATING THAT THE RIVER HAS FALLEN BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND WAS 

CONTINUING TO RECEDE. 



WHILE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...AN URBAN AND 

SMALL STREAM ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM FOR THIS 

AREA...SO RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED TO ALLOW SEVERAL 

HOURS FOR LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS TO RETURN TO NORMAL LEVELS. MOST 

FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. 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.





LAT...LON 1820 6699 1810 6691 1806 6691 1806 6712

      1818 6719



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