048  
WGCA42 TJSJ 170206  
FLWSJU  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR  
1006 PM AST SAT NOV 16 2024  
 
PRC029-031-087-119-139-170615-  
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FA.W.0058.241117T0206Z-241117T0615Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
CANOVANAS PR-CAROLINA PR-LOIZA PR-RIO GRANDE PR-TRUJILLO ALTO PR-  
1006 PM AST SAT NOV 16 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM AST SUNDAY
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY PREVIOUS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...ALONG RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA IN CANOVANAS, CAROLINA, LOIZA,  
RIO GRANDE AND TRUJILLO ALTO.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 215 AM AST.  
 
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING  
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 1003 PM AST, USGS RIVER GAUGE INDICATED THAT RIO GRANDE DE  
LOIZA BELOW THE CARRAIZO DAM HAS REACHED FLOOD STAGE DUE TO  
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN  
SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.  
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS  
EXPECTED.  
 
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 1839 6592 1844 6589 1844 6587 1838 6590  
1838 6592 1834 6600 1836 6602 1839 6595  
 

 
 
ERG  
 
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