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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

235 PM AST MON OCT 13 2008



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LUQUILLO PR-NAGUABO PR-CEIBA PR-FAJARDO PR-RIO GRANDE PR-

235 PM AST MON OCT 13 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



  IN PUERTO RICO

     LUQUILLO

     NAGUABO

     CEIBA

     FAJARDO

     RIO GRANDE



* UNTIL 630 PM AST



AT 230 PM AST RIVER GAGES AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATE THE THREAT OF 

FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES OVER NORTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IN ISOLATED LOCATIONS WILL BE 

POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOILS IN THIS AREA ARE 

SATURATED...AND THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL LEAD TO RAPID FLASH 

FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...STREAMS AND RIVERS.



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

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 1832 6562 1822 6559 1818 6571 1822 6579

      1843 6583 1837 6564



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