Flood Statement
Issued by NWS San Juan, PR

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WGCA82 TJSJ 151927
FLSSJU

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
327 PM AST WED MAY 15 2013

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ANASCO PR-HATILLO PR-LARES PR-MARICAO PR-MOCA PR-UTUADO PR-
SAN SEBASTIAN PR-ADJUNTAS PR-ARECIBO PR-LAS MARIAS PR-CAMUY PR-
327 PM AST WED MAY 15 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR RAPID RIVER RISES IN
  FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES...

  IN PUERTO RICO
     ANASCO...HATILLO...LARES...MARICAO...MOCA...UTUADO...SAN
     SEBASTIAN...ADJUNTAS...ARECIBO...LAS MARIAS AND CAMUY

* UNTIL 530 PM AST

* AT 320 PM AST...TERMINAL DOPPLER RADAR AS WELL AS SATELITE
IMAGERY CONTINUE TO SHOW PERSISTENT RAINFALL AFFECTING PARTS OF THE
ADVISORY AREA. IN ADDITION...PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY
2 IN ARECIBO. FOR THAT REASON...THE FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED
UNTIL 530 PM AST.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...AND LOW SPOTS IN THE ADVISORY AREA.
ALSO...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. MOTORISTS
SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 1840 6703 1838 6695 1839 6692 1837 6691
      1837 6690 1839 6690 1840 6689 1840 6661
      1816 6669 1818 6701 1840 6710

$$

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