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WGCA42 TJSJ 042246
FLWSJU
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
646 PM AST SUN MAY 4 2025
PRC143-145-050445-
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VEGA ALTA PR-VEGA BAJA PR-
646 PM AST SUN MAY 4 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM AST MONDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESS RUNOFF.
* WHERE...AREAS ALONG RIO CIBUCO IN VEGA ALTA AND VEGA BAJA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1245 AM AST MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. NUMEROUS ROADS
REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 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. IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL
THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 643 PM AST, EMERGENCY MANAGERS REPORTED THAT PR-676 IN
VEGA ALTA, IN BA BAJURA, WAS FLOODED DUE TO RIO CIBUCO
OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS. THE ROAD IS IMPASSABLE. FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA.
- 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 1849 6636 1848 6635 1845 6636 1844 6634
1842 6633 1840 6633 1840 6636 1842 6636
1844 6639 1847 6638 1849 6639
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