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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
453 PM AST THU APR 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JUNCOS COUNTY IN PUERTO RICO...
LAS PIEDRAS COUNTY IN PUERTO RICO...
SAN LORENZO COUNTY IN PUERTO RICO...
* UNTIL 630 PM AST.
* AT 453 PM AST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
SAN LORENZO, JUNCOS, LAS PIEDRAS, LA FERMINA, JAGUAL, EL MANGO AND
PUEBLITO DEL RIO.
PR-936 IN LAS PIEDRAS WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. FLOODING WAS
REPORTED ALONG SEVERAL AREAS OF PR-936 INCLUDING LOW WATER CROSSINGS
(QUEBRADA HONDA) AND NEAR URB. VILLA LAS PIEDRAS
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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 1809 6594 1809 6598 1808 6601 1810 6602
1811 6605 1813 6603 1821 6600 1823 6598
1823 6594 1825 6595 1827 6593 1825 6587
1826 6585 1827 6584 1826 6582 1821 6583
1819 6583 1817 6586 1812 6588 1812 6593
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MRR/GRS
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