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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
630 AM AST WED MAY 8 2024
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MANATI PR-
630 AM AST WED MAY 8 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM AST THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTY,
MANATI.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 AM AST.
* 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 A FEW MORE HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS
TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 628 AM AST, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
RIVER FLOODING. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED
AREA.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
RIO MOROVIS, RIO GRANDE DE MANATI, COASTAL WATERSHED AND RIO
CIBUCO_COASTAL WATERSHED.
FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PR-2 IN KM 50.7 AND PR-616 IN SECTOR 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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