Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS JSJ

000 
WGCA72 TJSJ 182047
FFSSJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
446 PM AST FRI AUG 18 2006

PRC081-182130-
LARES-
446 PM AST FRI AUG 18 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING
MUNICIPALITY...
IN PUERTO RICO
     LARES

AT 443 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THIS AREA 
HAS DISSIPATED. ADDITIONALLY...THE U.S.G.S. RIVER LEVEL SENSOR 
INDICATED THAT RIVER LEVELS OF THE RIO GUAJATACA HAS FALLEN BELOW 
FLOOD STAGE...AND CONTINUES TO RETURN TO MORE NORMAL LEVELS. 
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.


LAT...LON 1820 6688 1836 6688 1833 6685 1833 6682
      1822 6682 1820 6685 1817 6685

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
458 AM AST FRI AUG 18 2006

.DISCUSSION...THE DOPPLER RADAR IS SHOWING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS. A FEW OF THESE SHOWERS ARE
AFFECTING THE EASTERN HALF COASTAL SECTION WITHOUT PRODUCING ANY
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ACCUMULATION.

TODAY...THE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL OVER OUR LOCAL
FORECAST AREA BUT THIS SCENARIO IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE FOR THIS
AFTERNOON. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME MORE UNSTABLE LATER TODAY AS
THE TUTT LOW REFLECTION WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE AFTERNOON
CONVECTION. DUE TO THE WIND ESE COMPONENT MOST OF THE WEATHER
ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR AT FIRST OVER THE INTERIOR SECTIONS AND THEN
OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO.

THIS WEEKEND...THE MOISTURE WILL START TO DECREASE ACROSS THE
LOCAL FORECAST AREA LATER TODAY BUT ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL LINGER
OVER THE LOCAL AREA TO PRODUCE AFTERNOON CONVECTIVE SHOWERS ON
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER THE NORTHWEST
ATLANTIC EARLY THIS MORNING WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH
TONIGHT AND WILL THEN GRADUALLY MERGE WITH A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
OVER THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC BY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

&&

.MARINE...SEAS WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 1 T 0 4 FEET ACROSS THE LOCAL WATERS.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  88  78  88  78 /  40  30  20  20
STT  86  78  87  78 /  30  30  20  40

&&

.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...NONE.
VI...NONE.
&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
625 AM AST FRI AUG 18 2006

PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-191000-
625 AM AST FRI AUG 18 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...
DAYTIME HEATING AND LOCAL TERRAIN EFFECT WILL COMBINE WITH THE
AVAILABLE MOISTURE TO PRODUCE AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY ACROSS THE WESTERN...INTERIOR AND NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING
ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM...MOSTLY ACROSS THE
INTERIOR AND MOVE WEST MAINLY OVER THE SURROUNDING MUNICIPALITIES OF
WESTERN PUERTO RICO. SOME OF THE SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL
STREAMS INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-191000-
625 AM AST FRI AUG 18 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLAND AND
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FROM TIME TO TIME DURING THE NIGHT AND EARLY
MORNING HOURS BUT NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
ONLY THE TYPICAL SHOWERS DURING THE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING HOURS
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB
SITE FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AT (ALL LOWERCASE
LETTERS): HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU.

FROM YOUR PDA/PHONE: HTTP://MOBILE.SRH.NOAA.GOV OR
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/WML

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