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WGCA72 TJSJ 151947

FFSSJU



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

347 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008



VIC010-152145-

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SAINT CROIX VI-

347 PM AST WED OCT 15 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM AST FOR SAINT

CROIX COUNTY...



AT 347 PM AST...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED RAINFALL HAS 

WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE LAST HOUR...ALLOWING FLOOD WATERS TO 

TEMPORARILY RECEDE. HOWEVER...OBSERVATIONS FROM ST CROIX INDICATE 

BETWEEN TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. RAINFALL WILL 

BE LIGHT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...THEN BECOMING EXTREMELY HEAVY IN 

BANDS EARLY THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT AS THE CENTER OF 

HURRICANE OMAR PASSES OVERHEAD. THIS WILL LEAD TO EXTREMELY RAPID 

FLASH FLOODING OF GUTS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF

RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY

YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN

JUAN.



LAT...LON 1766 6465 1764 6491 1768 6493 1781 6490

      1783 6472 1780 6470 1778 6456 1772 6456



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