Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS JSJ

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WGCA52 TJSJ 270016
FFWSJU
PRC147-270300-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0011.071027T0006Z-071027T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
806 PM AST FRI OCT 26 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO
     VIEQUES

* UNTIL 1100 PM AST

* AT 802 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR WAS INDICATING VERY HEAVY 
RAINFALL OVER THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES...AND INTERMITTENT HEAVY 
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES 
THROUGH AT LEAST 1100 PM AST.

OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS...OVER TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS 
ACCUMULATED IN A RAWS SENSOR LOCATED ON THE ISLAND OF VIEQUES...AND 
WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL UPSTREAM OF THE ISLAND...AN ADDITION ONE 
TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 11 PM AST. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ESPERANZA

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS...STREAMS...ROADS AND ANY LOW LYING AREAS ON THE ISLAND OF 
VIEQUES. ADDITIONALLY...MUDSLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP 
TERRAIN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 1809 6531 1807 6534 1806 6561 1815 6559
      1818 6526 1815 6524 1809 6524
TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 180DEG 0KT 1798 6516

$$

SR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1237 PM AST SUN APR 22 2007

.UPDATE...EXPECT VARIABLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE LOCAL
ISLANDS THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
INTERIOR AND NORTH SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA AND
VIEQUES...THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS.
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SOME MINOR LOW
LYING FLOODING ARE EXPECTED AS THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS PASS BY.
INHERITED SHORT TERM GRIDS AND ZFP HAD A GOOD HANDLE ON EXPECTED
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND DID NOT SEND A ZFP UPDATE. FOR THE
COASTAL WATERS...MADE A COUPLE OF SEMANTIC ALTERATIONS TO THE
PREVIOUS CWF...OTHERWISE NO CHANGES. THERE IS A PRECAUTIONARY
STATEMENT FOR THE ATLANTIC OFF SHORE WATERS THIS AFTERNOON./ BCS

REMAINDER BELOW UNCHANGED FROM THE MIDNIGHT SHIFT.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 741 AM AST SUN APR 22 2007/

SYNOPSIS...A FRONTAL ZONE THAT EXTENDS FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL
ATLANTIC SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA WILL REMAIN AFFECTING
THE LOCAL ISLANDS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM OVER THE MID ATLANTIC UNITED STATES WILL BE EXITING TO THE
WESTERN ATLANTIC THIS AFTERNOON AND FURTHER BUILD DURING THE
UPCOMING WEEK.

AT MID TO UPPER LEVELS...TROUGHING EXTENDS FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL
ATLANTIC SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE HISPANIOLA. THIS FEATURE WILL
DRIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO BY LATE TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS ALOFT FOR THE
EASTERN CARIBBEAN FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK AND THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND.

SHORT TERM...PARTLY SUNNY SKIES AND NO RAINFALL OVER THE ISLAND
AT THIS HOUR. ENJOY IT NOW...SINCE IT IS NOT GOING TO LAST LONG.
LATER IN THE AFTERNOON...DAY TIME HEATING ACROSS PUERTO RICO IS
EXPECTED TO IGNITE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE INTERIOR...THAT WILL SHIFT EAST AND
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS PATTERN
COULD VERY WELL REPEAT ITSELF ON MONDAY.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  87  75  86  74 /  60  60  40  40
STT  82  77  85  76 /  40  40  20  40

&&

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
630 AM AST SUN APR 22 2007

PRZ001>013-AMZ710>750-231000-
630 AM AST SUN APR 22 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO.

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED TO BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE
NORTHERN SLOPES...INTERIOR...EASTERN INTERIOR OF THE ISLAND...
POSSIBLY EXTENDING INTO VIEQUES. THE RESULTING RAINFALL MAY CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ACROSS LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND
FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND
UNDERPASSES. ISOLATED AREAS COULD SEE MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING
PROBLEMS. DUE TO RECENT RAINS...LANDSLIDES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...A PERSISTENT AND GRADUALLY WEAKENING
FRONTAL ZONE WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH TUESDAY OR
WEDNESDAY...AND MAINTAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAINFALL MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SATURATED SOILS
FROM PREVIOUS DAYS...COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING ACROSS STREAM AND
CREEKS AS WELL AS URBAN AREAS...AND LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
LOCATIONS...AND ALSO MAINTAIN THE POSSIBILITY FOR MUDSLIDES ACROSS
STEEP TERRAIN.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY.

VIZ001-002-AMZ710>730-231000-
630 AM AST SUN APR 22 2007

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

.TODAY AND TONIGHT...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING...MAINLY
OCCURRING DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE RESULTING RAINFALL MAY
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ACROSS LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS...AND FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...GUTS AND STREAMS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. ISOLATED AREAS COULD SEE MORE
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS. DUE TO RECENT RAINS...LANDSLIDES WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...A GRADUALLY WEAKENING FRONTAL ZONE WILL
MEANDER ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THROUGH TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY...AND
MAINTAIN MOIST AND UNSTABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE LOCAL
ISLANDS...RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL
MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SATURATED SOILS FROM PREVIOUS
DAYS...COULD CAUSE MINOR FLOODING ACROSS URBAN AREAS...LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS...AS WELL AS CREEKS AND GUTS. LANDSLIDES
WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER AND STEEP TERRAIN.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY TODAY.

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
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