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WGCA42 TJSJ 052119
FLWSJU
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
519 PM AST MON MAY 5 2025
PRC013-060300-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FA.W.0036.250505T2119Z-250506T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ARECIBO PR-
519 PM AST MON MAY 5 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM AST THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESS RUNOFF IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...AREAS ALONG RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO IN ARECIBO.
* 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.
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 519 PM AST, USGS RIVER SENSORS INDICATED THAT RIO GRANDE
DE ARECIBO WAS OUT OF ITS BANKS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. WHEN USGS RIVER
SENSOR OF RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO NEAR SAN PEDRO REACHES 13 FT,
PR-123 BECOMES IMPASSABLE.
- 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.
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 6672 1849 6671 1849 6669 1847 6669
1840 6667 1837 6667 1833 6665 1832 6669
1837 6670 1843 6673 1849 6674
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