334  
WGCA42 TJSJ 100051  
FLWSJU  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR  
851 PM AST THU MAY 9 2024  
 
PRC003-005-099-131-101000-  
/O.EXT.TJSJ.FA.W.0029.000000T0000Z-240510T1000Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
AGUADA PR-AGUADILLA PR-MOCA PR-SAN SEBASTIAN PR-  
851 PM AST THU MAY 9 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY FLOOD WATERS FROM RIO CULEBRINA.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, AGUADA, AGUADILLA, MOCA AND SAN SEBASTIAN.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 600 AM AST FRIDAY.  
 
* 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 849 PM AST, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED RIVER FLOODING  
IN THE WARNED AREA. PR-2 REMAINS CLOSED. FLOODING IS ALREADY  
OCCURRING.  
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  
RIO INGENIO, RIO CULEBRA, RIO GUAJATACA, CANAL PRINCIPAL DE  
DIVERSION, COASTAL WATERSHED, RIO GRANDE DE ANASCO WATERSHED,  
RIO SONADOR, RIO GUATEMALA, RIO CANAS, RIO CULEBRINAS AND RIO  
GRANDE DE ANASCO.  
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.  
 
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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