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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
552 PM AST WED MAY 8 2024
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AGUADA PR-AGUADILLA PR-MOCA PR-SAN SEBASTIAN PR-
552 PM AST WED MAY 8 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM AST THURSDAY
* WHAT...RIVER FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...AGUADA, AGUADILLA, MOCA AND SAN SEBASTIAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 245 AM AST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINFALL.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE
PASSABLE. LOCAL MEDIA HAVE REPORTED WATER RESCUES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 552 PM AST, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE RIO CULEBRINAS
BASIN, EXCESSIVE RUNOFF ASSOCIATED TO THIS WILL FURTHER CAUSE
FLOODING ACROSS THE CULEBRINAS AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
DOWNSTREAM. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.
BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
RIO CANAS, RIO GUATEMALA, RIO CULEBRA, RIO CULEBRINAS AND RIO
SONADOR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS, RIVERS, OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
LAT...LON 1841 6721 1843 6718 1845 6718 1846 6716
1840 6703 1839 6703 1839 6702 1834 6691
1827 6695 1838 6723
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