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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1141 PM AST THU MAY 9 2024
PRC143-145-101000-
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VEGA ALTA PR-VEGA BAJA PR-
1141 PM AST THU MAY 9 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST FRIDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY FLOOD WATERS FROM RIO CIBUCO WILL
CONTINUE.
* WHERE...VEGA ALTA AND VEGA BAJA.
* 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 1137 PM AST, RIVER GAUGE ALONG RIO GRANDE DE MANATI AT
HORMIGUEROS REMAINS ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE (15 FEET), AROUND
15.90 FEET. FLOOD WATERS ARE STILL AFFECTING PORTIONS OF ROAD
PR-675 IN VEGA ALTA AND PR-160 NEAR ALMIRANTE IN VEGA BAJA.
FOR THAT REASON, THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
- 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.
LAT...LON 1843 6634 1842 6631 1839 6633 1838 6634
1838 6636 1840 6637 1838 6639 1838 6641
1844 6640 1848 6638 1848 6635
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