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WGCA42 TJSJ 162154
FLWSJU
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
554 PM AST THU APR 16 2026
PRC069-151-162345-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUMACAO PR-YABUCOA PR-
554 PM AST THU APR 16 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM AST THIS EVENING
..REPLACES FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...HUMACAO AND YABUCOA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 745 PM AST.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 548 PM AST, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. SENSORS YBUP4 AND GCRP4 IN RIO GUAYANES,
YABUCOA, CONTINUE TO REPORT THAT THE RIVER IS IN ACTION STAGE
WITH THEM REPORTING 18.27 FT AND 24.73 FT, RESPECTIVELY.
EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN HUMACAO REPORTED THAT FLOODING WAS
AFFECTING A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HUMACAO, YABUCOA, MARTORELL, LA FERMINA, ANTON RUIZ, PUNTA
SANTIAGO, PLAYITA, CANDELERO ARRIBA, COMUNAS, EL NEGRO, ROSA
SANCHEZ AND BAJANDAS.
- 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 1817 6586 1818 6584 1820 6582 1821 6579
1820 6576 1818 6577 1818 6574 1813 6578
1806 6580 1805 6584 1801 6583 1806 6598
1806 6600 1808 6600 1809 6599 1809 6594
1811 6593 1812 6593 1813 6591 1812 6588
MRR
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