Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS JSJ

560 
WGCA62 TJSJ 040216
FFASJU

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1016 PM AST SUN JUL 3 2011

PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-041000-
/O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-110704T1000Z/
/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
1016 PM AST SUN JUL 3 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM AST MONDAY...

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...MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...NORTH CENTRAL... 
  NORTHEAST...NORTHWEST...PONCE AND VICINITY...SAN JUAN AND 
  VICINITY...SOUTHEAST...SOUTHWEST...VIEQUES AND WESTERN INTERIOR. 
  IN VIRGIN ISLANDS...ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT 
  ISLANDS. 

* UNTIL 6 AM AST MONDAY

* DEEP MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE LOCAL AREA
  OVERNIGHT. THE SOIL ACROSS THE REGION IS SATURATED OR NEARLY
  SATURATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO FLASH
  FLOODING.

* AREAS OF URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING RAPID RIVER RISES ON
  MAINSTEM RIVERS ARE POSSIBLE IN PUERTO RICO. OVER THE U.S.
  VIRGIN ISLANDS...FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND GUTS IS
  POSSIBLE.

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. BUT
BE READY TO ACT WITHOUT WARNING AS RADAR DATA IS NOT BEING RECEIVED
BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.

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.

REMEMBER...YOU CAN REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. YOU MAY SAVE SOMEONES LIFE.

&&

$$

623 
WGCA62 TJSJ 040819
FFASJU

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
419 AM AST MON JUL 4 2011

PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-040930-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-110704T1000Z/
/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
419 AM AST MON JUL 4 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF MAINLAND PUERTO RICO...
CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND ALL OF THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL OCCUR
ACROSS THE FORMER WATCH AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...NO
PROLONGED EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OR SIGNIFICANT OR WIDESPREAD FLOODING
IS EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

BCS