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WGCA42 TJSJ 092143
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
543 PM AST THU MAY 9 2024
PRC017-091-100345-
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BARCELONETA PR-MANATI PR-
543 PM AST THU MAY 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM AST THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...BARCELONETA AND MANATI, ALONG RIO GRANDE DE MANATI.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1145 PM 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.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 538 PM AST, USGS GAUGE REPORTS THAT RIO GRANDE DE MANATI
MIGHT BE OUT OF ITS BANKS POSSIBLY AFFECTING SEVERAL ROADS
ACROSS THE AFFECTED MUNICIPALITIES IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PR-2 FROM KM 50.7 TO KM 54.3
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
RIO CIBUCO_COASTAL WATERSHED, RIO GRANDE DE MANATI AND
COASTAL WATERSHED.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
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.
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 1851 6658 1850 6657 1850 6656 1850 6654
1850 6653 1850 6651 1849 6650 1839 6646
1838 6653 1850 6658
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