Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 359 AM AST SAT AUG 23 2014 PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-232100- /O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140823T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST- WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ 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...AGUADILLA... ISABELA...HATILLO...QUEBRADILLAS...UTUADO...SABANA GRANDE...LARES... ADJUNTAS...HORMIGUEROS...MOCA...AGUADA...LUYANDO...CABO ROJO... LAJAS...CULEBRA...ESPERANZA...ANNA`S RETREAT...CHARLOTTE AMALIE... CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...CRUZ BAY... CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...GROVE PLACE 359 AM AST SAT AUG 23 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * ALL OF PUERTO RICO INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. * THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON * VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TODAY ON SOUTHEAST WINDS WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA...THE EASTERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO AND VIEQUES. SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS AND HAD FLOODING YESTERDAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE MOST INTENSE AND PERSISTENT SHOWERS. * SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING COULD OCCUR TODAY WITH AREAS SOUTH OF THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA AND EASTERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO HAVING THE GREATEST RISK OF EXPERIENCING FLASH FLOODING. 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 AND ROCK SLIDES 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. && $$
