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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1044 AM AST WED MAY 8 2024
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CABO ROJO PR-HORMIGUEROS PR-MAYAGUEZ PR-
1044 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
COUNTIES, CABO ROJO, HORMIGUEROS AND MAYAGUEZ.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 PM AST WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE
INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE. E
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1042 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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 1818 6718 1817 6717 1815 6714 1814 6713
1813 6713 1812 6714 1814 6716 1817 6719
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