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WGCA42 TJSJ 052110
FLWSJU
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
510 PM AST MON MAY 5 2025
PRC017-039-091-060300-
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BARCELONETA PR-CIALES PR-MANATI PR-
510 PM AST MON MAY 5 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AST THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESS RUNOFF.
* WHERE...AREAS ALONG RIO GRANDE DE MANATI IN BARCELONETA, CIALES
AND MANATI.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1100 PM AST.
* 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. IT
WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO
WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 506 PM AST, USGS RIVER GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THAT THE
RIO GRANDE DE MANATI IS OUT OF ITS BANK. THE RIVER WILL
LIKELY OVERFLOW OVER PR-2, KM 51 TO 52 FROM BARCELONETA
EASTWARD TO MANATI, WHEN THE USGS RIVER SENSOR IN MANATI
REACHES 16 FT.
- 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 1850 6652 1845 6651 1842 6648 1837 6646
1835 6646 1833 6645 1832 6645 1832 6648
1838 6651 1844 6655 1850 6656
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