Flood Statement
Issued by NWS San Juan, PR

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WGCA82 TJSJ 201922
FLSSJU

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
322 PM AST MON MAY 20 2013

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ANASCO PR-LARES PR-UTUADO PR-SAN SEBASTIAN PR-ADJUNTAS PR-
LAS MARIAS PR-MAYAGUEZ PR-
322 PM AST MON MAY 20 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AN

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

  IN PUERTO RICO
     ANASCO...LARES...UTUADO...SAN SEBASTIAN...ADJUNTAS...LAS MARIAS
     AND MAYAGUEZ

* UNTIL 615 PM AST

* AT 321 PM AST...TERMINAL DOPPLER RADAR AND SATELITE IMAGES
ESTIMATED MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SECTORS
IN THE ADVISORY AREA. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED SOILS...RUNOFF WILL
OCCUR QUICKLY AND CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. MUDSLIDES
IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 1827 6674 1818 6676 1823 6718 1825 6718
      1826 6720 1828 6720 1828 6721 1830 6721

$$

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