WGCA62 TJSJ 131034
FFASJU
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
634 AM AST MON OCT 13 2008
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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-
VIEQUES-ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
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…CABO ROJO…LAJAS…
CULEBRA…ESPERANZA…ANNA’S RETREAT…CHARLOTTE AMALIE…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST…CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST…CRUZ BAY…
CHRISTIANSTED…FREDERIKSTED…FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST…GROVE PLACE
634 AM AST MON OCT 13 2008
..FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND VIRGIN ISLANDS…INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS…IN PUERTO RICO…CENTRAL INTERIOR…CULEBRA…
EASTERN INTERIOR…NORTH CENTRAL…NORTHEAST…PONCE AND
VICINITY…SAN JUAN AND VICINITY…SOUTHEAST…SOUTHWEST AND
VIEQUES. IN VIRGIN ISLANDS…ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST.
JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE…ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACTIVE TROPICAL WAVE
ACROSS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC THIS MORNING…WILL BRING PERIODS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS…
EASTERN PUERTO RICO…SOUTHERN PUERTO RICO AND SECTIONS OF THE
CENTRAL INTERIOR OF PUERTO RICO THROUGH AT LEAST 10 PM AST THIS
EVENING. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT AREAS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL…OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. ISOLATED
RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 5 AND 1O INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH 10 PM AST THIS EVENING…WITH LESSER AMOUNTS
OF 2 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS LARGE SECTIONS OF THE WATCH
AREA. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED SOILS…ESPECIALLY ACROSS
SECTIONS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN PUERTO RICO…ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN AREAS OF FLASH
FLOODING AND POSSIBLY MUDSLIDES.
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.
PLEASE 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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