177  
WGCA42 TJSJ 182254  
FLWSJU  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR  
654 PM AST SUN MAY 18 2025  
 
PRC143-190200-  
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FA.W.0048.250518T2254Z-250519T0200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
VEGA ALTA PR-  
654 PM AST SUN MAY 18 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM AST THIS EVENING  
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...RIO CIBUCO AT VEGA ALTA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 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.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 653 PM AST, USGS GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED FLOODING OVER RIO  
CIBUCO AT VEGA ALTA. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE  
WARNED AREA.  
- 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 1837 6636 1838 6636 1841 6635 1841 6633  
1837 6634  
 
 
 
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