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WGCA42 TJSJ 090109
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
909 PM AST WED MAY 8 2024
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AGUADA PR-AGUADILLA PR-MOCA PR-SAN SEBASTIAN PR-
909 PM AST WED MAY 8 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM AST THURSDAY
* WHAT...RIVER FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...AGUADA, AGUADILLA, MOCA AND SAN SEBASTIAN.
* WHEN...UNTIL 445 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. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER.
LOCAL MEDIA HAVE REPORTED WATER RESCUES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 909 PM AST, THE CULEBRINAS RIVER AT HIGHWAY 404 IN MOCA
WAS AT MAJOR FLOOD STAGE, AND FLOOD WATERS FROM THE RIVER
CONTINUES ACROSS SAN SEBASTIAN. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS
EXPECTED ALONG THE CULEBRINAS RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. FLOOD WATERS WILL AFFECT
ROAD 110 AT BARRIO NARANJO AND ROAD 111 AT BARRIO CAPA.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
RIO CULEBRINAS, RIO CANAS, RIO GUATEMALA, RIO CULEBRA AND RIO
SONADOR.
FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
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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