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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1136 PM AST THU MAY 9 2024
PRC017-091-101000-
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BARCELONETA PR-MANATI PR-
1136 PM AST THU MAY 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY FLOOD WATERS FROM RIO GRANDE DE MANATI
WILL CONTINUE.
* WHERE...BARCELONETA AND MANATI.
* 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.
EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW MOVING OR STANDING WATER. IT WILL TAKE
SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH
LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1133 PM AST, RIVER GAUGE ALONG RIO GRANDE DE MANATI AT
HORMIGUEROS REMAINS ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE (16 FEET), AROUND
19.23 FEET. FLOOD WATERS ARE STILL AFFECTING PORTIONS OF ROAD
PR-2 BETWEEN MANATI AND BARCELONETA. EMERGENCY MANAGERS HAVE
CLOSED A PORTION OF THIS ROAD BETWEEN KM 51 AND 52. FOR THAT
REASON, THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
RIO CIBUCO_COASTAL WATERSHED, RIO GRANDE DE MANATI AND
COASTAL WATERSHED.
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.
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
ICP
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