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WGCA42 TJSJ 081447
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1047 AM AST WED MAY 8 2024
PRC091-090300-
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MANATI PR-
1047 AM AST WED MAY 8 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AST THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTY,
MANATI.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 PM AST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT
BE PASSABLE. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER.
IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO
WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS. MORE RAIN
ACTIVITY IS FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON,AFFECTING EVEN MORE THE
AFFECTED AREAS. PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS
IN THESE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1044 AM AST, USGS GAUGE REPORTS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS
INDICATED STANDING WATER IN SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS THE AFFECTED
MUNICIPALITIES. PLEASE EXERCISE CAUTION DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BARCELONETA, PR-2 & PR616 IN BO. LA ESPERANZA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 1843 6653 1844 6654 1845 6654 1846 6653
1847 6653 1848 6653 1848 6654 1849 6654
1849 6653 1843 6649 1837 6646 1836 6650
1842 6653
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