Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
314 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

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ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...ANNA`S RETREAT...
CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...
CRUZ BAY...CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...
GROVE PLACE
314 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF VIRGIN ISLANDS...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST.
  JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE
  ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS ADJACENT TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
  THE ANEGADA PASSAGE TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE GENERALLY
  TO THE NORTHWEST AND LIKELY AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TOWARD
  DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. THIS
  COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF DRY GUTS. SOME ROADS AND
  HIGHWAYS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE
IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...
ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...
AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH
FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE
POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE
CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY
RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE
INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU
OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
314 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES-
INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...SAN JUAN...
CAROLINA...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...GUAYAMA...ARROYO...YABUCOA...
SALINAS...COCO...CAGUAS...ARECIBO...VEGA BAJA...DORADO...COAMO...
COROZAL...AIBONITO...VILLALBA...JAYUYA...PONCE...AGUADILLA...
ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES...
ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO...
LAJAS...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA
314 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
  CENTRAL INTERIOR...CULEBRA...EASTERN INTERIOR...MAYAGUEZ AND
  VICINITY...NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...NORTHWEST...PONCE AND
  VICINITY...SAN JUAN AND VICINITY...SOUTHEAST...SOUTHWEST...
  VIEQUES AND WESTERN INTERIOR.

* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY POSE A
  RISK OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING.
  HOWEVER...MAIN THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND GREATER
  RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE TOMORROW AS DEEPER
  MOISTURE IS DRAWN NORTHWESTWARD ON EAST SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL
  WINDS AND BEGINS TO INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
  APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
  APPEAR LIKELY NORTH OF THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA...EASTERN PUERTO
  RICO...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. THESE AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD FALL IN
  A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
  STREAMS AND RIVERS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLOODING. IF YOU ARE
IN THE WATCH AREA...CHECK YOUR PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...
ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG AREA RIVERS. KEEP INFORMED...
AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A FLASH
FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF THE
POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...AND BE
CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. THE HEAVY
RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL TV...RADIO OR YOUR CABLE
TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATE
INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU
OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

&&

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1233 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...RENWICK DAM SITUATION...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR
AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF THE RENWICK DAM ON THE TONGUE RIVER. WATER
REMAINS VERY HIGH AT THE DAM SITE AND IS BEING HELD BACK BY A
CONSTRUCTED EARTHEN LEVEE ON TOP OF THE DAM STRUCTURE. ALSO...
OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEVERAL RETENTION DAMS WEST OF
RENWICK DAM. WATER LEVELS ARE FALLING THOUGH IN THE DAM AND POINTS
UPSTREAM.

AT THIS TIME...OFFICIALS NOTE THE TEMPORARY LEVEE ON TOP OF THE
RENWICK DAM APPEARS TO BE STABLE AND WILL BE CONTINUALLY
MONITORED. HOWEVER...THE THREAT REMAINS AND FAILURE WOULD MEAN
MAJOR FLOODING WOULD BE IMMINENT FOR THE CITIES OF AKRA...
CAVALIER...AND BATHGATE.

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PEMBINA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CAVALIER
1233 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  AREA...PEMBINA.

* THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* WATER REMAINS VERY HIGH AT THE RENWICK DAM AND IS BEING HELD
  BACK BY A CONSTRUCTED EARTHEN LEVEE ON TOP OF THE DAM
  STRUCTURE. OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE DAM AND THE NEW
  CLAY LEVEE FOR ANY EROSION...ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO
  FALL WITHIN THE DAM AND POINTS UPSTREAM.

* AT THIS TIME...OFFICIALS NOTE THE TEMPORARY LEVEE ON TOP OF
  THE RENWICK DAM APPEARS TO BE STABLE AND WILL BE CONTINUALLY
  MONITORED. HOWEVER...THE THREAT REMAINS AND FAILURE WOULD MEAN
  MAJOR FLOODING WOULD BE IMMINENT FOR THE CITIES OF AKRA...
  CAVALIER...AND BATHGATE.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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