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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

437 AM AST MON SEP 22 2008



PRC001-007-009-015-019-021-023-025-029-031-033-035-037-039-041-043-

045-047-049-051-053-055-057-059-061-063-067-069-073-075-077-079-081-

083-085-087-089-091-093-095-097-101-103-105-107-109-111-113-119-121-

123-125-127-129-133-135-137-139-141-143-145-147-149-151-153-221130-

/O.CON.TJSJ.FF.W.0058.000000T0000Z-080922T1130Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BAYAMON PR-HORMIGUEROS PR-CIALES PR-CAGUAS PR-CIDRA PR-COAMO PR-

CAYEY PR-COROZAL PR-COMERIO PR-AIBONITO PR-AGUAS BUENAS PR-

BARRANQUITAS PR-JUNCOS PR-JAYUYA PR-GURABO PR-ADJUNTAS PR-MARICAO PR-

OROCOVIS PR-NARANJITO PR-MOROVIS PR-TOA ALTA PR-SABANA GRANDE PR-

SAN GERMAN PR-SAN LORENZO PR-UTUADO PR-YAUCO PR-VILLALBA PR-

TRUJILLO ALTO PR-VEGA ALTA PR-LAS PIEDRAS PR-LAS MARIAS PR-LARES PR-

DORADO PR-GUAYANILLA PR-ARROYO PR-LUQUILLO PR-PATILLAS PR-MAUNABO PR-

NAGUABO PR-GUAYNABO PR-CEIBA PR-CANOVANAS PR-GUAYAMA PR-FAJARDO PR-

CULEBRA PR-GUANICA PR-CAROLINA PR-HUMACAO PR-JUANA DIAZ PR-MANATI PR-

PONCE PR-CABO ROJO PR-CATANO PR-MAYAGUEZ PR-VEGA BAJA PR-SAN JUAN PR-

SALINAS PR-SANTA ISABEL PR-PENUELAS PR-LOIZA PR-RIO GRANDE PR-

YABUCOA PR-VIEQUES PR-TOA BAJA PR-LAJAS PR-

437 AM AST MON SEP 22 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM AST FOR

LAJAS...TOA BAJA...VIEQUES...YABUCOA...RIO GRANDE...LOIZA...

PENUELAS...SANTA ISABEL...SALINAS...SAN JUAN...VEGA BAJA...

MAYAGUEZ...CATANO...CABO ROJO...PONCE...MANATI...JUANA DIAZ...

HUMACAO...CAROLINA...GUANICA...CULEBRA...FAJARDO...GUAYAMA...

CANOVANAS...CEIBA...GUAYNABO...NAGUABO...MAUNABO...PATILLAS...

LUQUILLO...ARROYO...GUAYANILLA...DORADO...LARES...LAS MARIAS...LAS

PIEDRAS...VEGA ALTA...TRUJILLO ALTO...VILLALBA...YAUCO...UTUADO...SAN

LORENZO...SAN GERMAN...SABANA GRANDE...TOA ALTA...MOROVIS...

NARANJITO...OROCOVIS...MARICAO...ADJUNTAS...GURABO...JAYUYA...

JUNCOS...BARRANQUITAS...AGUAS BUENAS...AIBONITO...COMERIO...

COROZAL...CAYEY...COAMO...CIDRA...CAGUAS...CIALES...HORMIGUEROS AND

BAYAMON MUNICIPALITIES...



AT 430 AM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

WIDE AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST OF THE WARNED AREA. 

ADDITIONAL RAINS ARE STILL FALLING IN THOSE AREAS HARDEST HIT. AREAS 

THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE MOST RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN 

COASTS OF CABO ROJO...LAJAS...GUANICA...YAUCO...GUAYANILLA... 

PENUELAS...PONCE...GUAYAMA...AND JUANA DIAZ. EACH OF THESE AREAS HAS 

RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE INCH SINCE ONLY MIDNIGHT.



MANY AREA RIVERS REMAIN WELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE IN ONE OF THE MOST 

SERIOUS FLOOD EVENTS IN RECENT MEMORY. THE LATEST RIVERS WHICH 

HAVE RECENTLY GONE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WERE AS FOLLOWS...



RIO GUAYANILLA...RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO...AND RIO PORTUGUES AT HIGHWAY

14 IN PONCE. MOST OF THE RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST PUERTO RICO...AS WELL 

IN EASTERN INTERIOR PUERTO RICO STILL WELL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.



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.



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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 1821 6531 1809 6525 1804 6556 1817 6564

      1793 6589 1792 6726 1824 6719 1826 6653

      1851 6655 1843 6554 1829 6557 1819 6545

      1821 6531 1831 6543 1839 6538 1836 6519



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