Flood Statement
Issued by NWS San Juan, PR

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WGCA82 TJSJ 181948
FLSSJU

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
348 PM AST TUE JUN 18 2013

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ANASCO PR-LARES PR-MARICAO PR-LAS MARIAS PR-AGUADA PR-MAYAGUEZ PR-
348 PM AST TUE JUN 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY
  FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES...

  IN PUERTO RICO
     ANASCO...LARES...MARICAO...LAS MARIAS...AGUADA AND MAYAGUEZ

* UNTIL 545 PM AST

* AT 345 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
AFFECTING THE ADVISORY AREA. THIS SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BRING
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. THIS
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN
AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 1821 6689 1815 6693 1814 6697 1817 6702
      1817 6708 1820 6716 1823 6718 1824 6719
      1834 6718

$$

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