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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
545 AM AST FRI MAY 10 2024
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CABO ROJO PR-HORMIGUEROS PR-MAYAGUEZ PR-
545 AM AST FRI MAY 10 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY FLOOD WATERS FROM RIO GUANAJIBO.
* WHERE...CABO ROJO, HORMIGUEROS AND MAYAGUEZ.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON AST FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE. 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 542 AM AST, RIVER GAUGE REPORTS ALONG RIO GUANAJIBO AT
HORMIGUEROS CONTINUES ABOVE ACTION STAGE (16 FEET), NOW
AROUND 18.73 FEET. FLOOD WATERS ARE STILL AFFECTING PORTIONS
OF ROADS PR-114 IN HORMIGUEROS. FOR THAT REASON, THE FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
RIO HONDO, RIO VIEJO, COASTAL WATERSHED NORTH OF RIO
GUANAJIBO MOUTH, RIO GUANAJIBO AND RIO ROSARIO_GUANAJIBO
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.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
LAT...LON 1818 6718 1817 6717 1815 6714 1814 6713
1813 6713 1812 6714 1814 6716 1817 6719
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