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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
635 AM AST THU MAY 9 2024
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AGUADA PR-AGUADILLA PR-MOCA PR-SAN SEBASTIAN PR-
635 AM AST THU MAY 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF AGUADA, AGUADILLA, MOCA AND SAN SEBASTIAN,
ALONG RIO CULEBRINAS.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON AST.
* 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 632 AM AST, FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED
AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOOD WATERS ARE STILL AFFECTING PORTIONS OF ROADS PR-2 AND
PR-115 BETWEEN AGUADA AND AGUADILLA. FURTHERMORE, SAN
SEBASTIAN EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAINTAIN ROADS PR-111, PR-119,
PR-125, AND PR-446 CLOSED FOR SAFETY REASONS. FOR THAT
REASON, THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CANAL PRINCIPAL DE DIVERSION, RIO GRANDE DE ANASCO WATERSHED,
RIO CULEBRINAS, RIO CANAS, RIO GRANDE DE ANASCO, RIO
GUAJATACA, RIO CULEBRA, RIO INGENIO, COASTAL WATERSHED, RIO
GUATEMALA AND RIO SONADOR.
FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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.
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 1841 6721 1843 6718 1845 6718 1846 6716
1840 6703 1839 6703 1839 6702 1834 6691
1827 6695 1838 6723
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