Alert archive / Puerto Rico / Flash Flood Watches in 2013

Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS JSJ

May 24, 2013

NWS JSJ issued this flash flood watch at May 24, 2013, 4:40 AM CDT. It took effect at May 24, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2013, 4:40 AM CDT (09:40 UTC)
In effect from
May 24, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 25, 2013, 11:41 PM CDT
In force
37 hr
Issued by
NWS JSJ
Flood severity
None

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

472 
WGCA62 TJSJ 240941
FFASJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
540 AM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

PRZ001>013-242130-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.130524T1600Z-130525T2200Z/
/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-
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
540 AM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON AST TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING CULEBRA AND
  VIEQUES.

* FROM NOON AST TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* A SURGE OF MOISTURE IN THE EASTERLY TRADE WINDS WILL BRING HEAVY
  SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. SOME OF THESE
  AREAS WILL SEE REPEATED PASSAGES OF HEAVY SHOWERS LEADING TO FLOODING.

* NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RAISE SOME AREA SMALL
  STREAMS AND RIVERS TO FLOOD STAGE DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36
  HOURS. SOME ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IN THE AREA WILL BECOME
  IMPASSABLE...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOONS OR EARLY EVENING.

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.

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.

&&

$$
7 follow-up statements
016 
WGCA62 TJSJ 241914
FFASJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
314 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

VIZ001-002-250315-
/O.EXB.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.130525T0900Z-130525T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...ANNA'S RETREAT...
CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...
CRUZ BAY...CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...
GROVE PLACE
314 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF VIRGIN ISLANDS... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ST CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST. 
  JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS. 

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE
  ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS ADJACENT TO THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND
  THE ANEGADA PASSAGE TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE GENERALLY
  TO THE NORTHWEST AND LIKELY AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TOWARD
  DAYBREAK SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
  TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. THIS
  COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF DRY GUTS. SOME ROADS AND
  HIGHWAYS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.

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.

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.

&&

$$

PRZ001>013-250315-
/O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130525T2200Z/
/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-
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
314 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... 
  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. 

* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON MAY POSE A
  RISK OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING.
  HOWEVER...MAIN THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND GREATER
  RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE TOMORROW AS DEEPER
  MOISTURE IS DRAWN NORTHWESTWARD ON EAST SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL
  WINDS AND BEGINS TO INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
  APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
  APPEAR LIKELY NORTH OF THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA...EASTERN PUERTO
  RICO...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. THESE AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD FALL IN
  A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
  STREAMS AND RIVERS.


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.

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.

&&

$$
655 
WGCA62 TJSJ 250217
FFASJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1017 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

VIZ001-002-250800-
/O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.130525T0217Z-130525T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...ANNA'S RETREAT...
CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...
CRUZ BAY...CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...
GROVE PLACE
1017 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* A PORTION OF VIRGIN ISLANDS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...ST 
  CROIX AND ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS. 

* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE
  ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE
  TONIGHT. NEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE GENERALLY TO THE NORTHWEST
  AND LIKELY AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TOWARD SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS
  WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH 2 TO 4
  INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF
  DRY GUTS. SOME ROADS AND HIGHWAYS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.

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.

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.

&&

$$

PRZ001>013-250800-
/O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130525T2200Z/
/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-
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
1017 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* A PORTION OF PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... 
  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. 

* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT MAY POSE A RISK OF
  LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...
  MAIN THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND GREATER RISK OF
  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE SATURDAY AS DEEPER MOISTURE IS
  DRAWN NORTHWESTWARD ON EAST SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS AND BEGINS
  TO INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE
  WEST. WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR LIKELY NORTH
  OF THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA...EASTERN PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA AND
  VIEQUES. THESE AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
  TIME LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS.


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.

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.

&&

$$
109 
WGCA62 TJSJ 250230 CCA
FFASJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1028 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

VIZ001-002-250815-
/O.COR.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.130525T0217Z-130525T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ST. THOMAS/ST. JOHN/ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...ANNA'S RETREAT...
CHARLOTTE AMALIE...CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...
CRUZ BAY...CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...
GROVE PLACE
1028 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT

* FOR ALL THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OVER THE
  ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS LATE
  TONIGHT. NEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE GENERALLY TO THE NORTHWEST
  AND LIKELY AFFECT THE VIRGIN ISLANDS TOWARD SATURDAY. THUNDERSTORMS
  WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH 2 TO 4
  INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE. THIS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF
  DRY GUTS. SOME ROADS AND HIGHWAYS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE.

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.

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.

&&

$$

PRZ001>013-250815-
/O.COR.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130525T2200Z/
/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-
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
1028 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES

* FOR ALL PUERTO RICO...INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES.

* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT MAY POSE A RISK OF
  LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. HOWEVER...
  MAIN THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AND GREATER RISK OF
  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BE SATURDAY AS DEEPER MOISTURE IS
  DRAWN NORTHWESTWARD ON EAST SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS AND BEGINS
  TO INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE
  WEST. WIDESPREAD TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR LIKELY NORTH
  OF THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA...EASTERN PUERTO RICO... CULEBRA AND
  VIEQUES. THESE AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
  TIME LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS.


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.

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.

&&

$$
408 
WGCA62 TJSJ 250805 AAA
FFASJU

FLOOD WATCH...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
405 AM AST SAT MAY 25 2013

PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-252015-
/O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130525T2200Z/
/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
405 AM AST SAT MAY 25 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* ALL OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL POSE A RISK OF LOCALIZED
  HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. DEEPER MOISTURE IS
  BEING DRAWN OVER THE AREA ON EAST SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS AND
  WILL BEGIN TO INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING
  FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD AREAS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
  APPEAR LIKELY NORTH OF THE CENTRAL CORDILLERA...AND EASTERN
  PUERTO RICO...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES POSSIBLE OVER CULEBRA AND
  VIEQUES AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. THESE AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD
  FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF
  SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS.

* EXPECT RAPID RISES IN SMALL STREAMS OR GUTS AND RIVERS...WITH
  MUDSLIDES POSSIBLE IN STEEP TERRAIN.

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.

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.

&&

$$

SNELL
429 
WGCA62 TJSJ 251852
FFASJU

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
252 PM AST SAT MAY 25 2013

PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-261000-
/O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130526T2200Z/
/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
252 PM AST SAT MAY 25 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT 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. 

* THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL
  POSE A RISK OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED FLASH
  FLOODING. DEEPER MOISTURE IS BEING DRAWN OVER THE AREA ON EAST
  SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL WINDS AND WILL CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH AN
  UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD AREAS
  OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN APPEAR LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL...
  NORTHERN...AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO...WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES
  POSSIBLE OVER CULEBRA AND VIEQUES AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS.
  THESE AMOUNTS OF RAIN COULD FALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
  LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. THE
  CURRENT AND EXPECTED ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE CONDUCIVE FOR
  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AGAIN ON SUNDAY ACROSS THE
  LOCAL ISLANDS. GIVEN SOIL SATURATION AND THE AMOUNTS OF RAIN
  EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ANY SIGNIFICANT RAIN ON
  SUNDAY WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

* EXPECT RAPID RISES IN SMALL STREAMS OR GUTS AND RIVERS...WITH 
  MUDSLIDES POSSIBLE IN STEEP TERRAIN. 

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.

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.

&&

$$
008 
WGCA62 TJSJ 260209
FFASJU

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1009 PM AST SAT MAY 25 2013

PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-261000-
/O.CON.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130526T2200Z/
/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 CITIES 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
1009 PM AST SAT MAY 25 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* ALL PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

* THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON

* POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER
  PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AT LEAST THROUGH SUNDAY
  AFTERNOON...AS DEEP MOISTURE INTERACTS WITH AN UPPER LEVEL
  TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED
  SOILS...ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL LIKELY RESULT IN RAPID
  RISES IN SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS...GUTS AND RIVERS...AS WELL AS
  MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.

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.

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.

&&

$$
590 
WGCA62 TJSJ 260441
FFASJU

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1241 AM AST SUN MAY 26 2013

PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-260545-
/O.CAN.TJSJ.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-130526T2200Z/
/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
1241 AM AST SUN MAY 26 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELED...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

LATEST MODELS SHOW INSUFFICIENT DYNAMICS AND MOISTURE TO SUSTAIN
WIDESPREAD FLOODING TONIGHT OR SUNDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL FORM IN THE WESTERN INTERIOR...AND SOME WILL HAVE HEAVY
RAINFALL THAT COULD BRING LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING...BUT MOST OF PUERTO RICO WILL SEE LESS THAN ONE INCH OF
RAINFALL IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH
HAS BEEN CANCELED.

$$

SNELL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS JSJ wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at May 24, 4:20 AM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 4:20 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
520 AM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

.SYNOPSIS...AT MID AND UPPER LEVELS...A WEAK SHORT WAVE IS MOVING
AWAY FROM THE AREA TO THE EAST AT UPPER LEVELS WHILE A STRONGER
LONG WAVE IS MOVING TOWARD THE ATLANTIC OCEAN FROM THE U.S.
MAINLAND AND WILL PUSH RIPPLES THROUGH THE LOCAL AREA UNTIL
TUESDAY IN MOSTLY WESTERLY...CYCLONIC FLOW. HIGH PRESSURE
DEVELOPS OVER THE CARIBBEAN MID WEEK...BUT LOW PRESSURE BEGINS
FORMING IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC NEAR FLORIDA AND GEORGIA ON
WEDNESDAY BRINGING A SHIFT TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW LATER NEXT WEEK.

AT LOWER LEVELS...HIGH PRESSURE CONSOLIDATES IN THE NORTHERN
CENTRAL ATLANTIC DURING THE WEEKEND AND MAINTAINS VERY MOIST EAST
SOUTHEAST TRADE WIND FLOW THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A TROPICAL WAVE
CURRENTLY NEAR 42 WEST WILL PASS MAINLY SOUTH OF THE LOCAL AREA ON
MONDAY NIGHT FOLLOWED BY CONTINUED MOIST FLOW.

&&

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS HAVE INCREASED IN THE CARIBBEAN BETWEEN
SAINT CROIX AND SAINT JOHN WHILE INDIVIDUAL CELLS ARE MOVING
TOWARD THE PUERTO RICO MAINLAND. SMALL SHOWERS HAVE BEEN PASSING
THROUGH EASTERN PUERTO RICO ALL NIGHT. THE MOISTENING TREND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...BRINGING MOSTLY CLOUDY
SKIES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WITH SOILS ALREADY SATURATED
AND RIVERS RUNNING SOMEWHAT ABOVE BASE FLOW...EXPECT THAT THERE
COULD BE FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES ONCE THE MAIN SURGE OF MOISTURE
ARRIVES IN PUERTO RICO...THEREFORE WILL ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO AROUND 6 AM AST THIS MORNING AND ALLOW IT
TO EXTEND THROUGH SATURDAY. THE LATEST GFS MODEL FROM 24/00Z SHOWS
TODAY AS HAVING THE BEST AND MOST CONTINUOUS MOISTURE COLUMN OF
ANY DAY UNTIL NEXT THURSDAY. THIS DEEP SUPPORT WILL ALLOW
WIDESPREAD SHOWER ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND LINGER
THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT. MOIST FLOW WILL CONTINUE THIS
SCENARIO THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEKEND...ALTHOUGH THE GFS DID SHOW
SOME WEAKENING OF THE MOISTURE ON SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE THE WETTER THAN NORMAL PERIOD THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK
NEXT WEEK WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AFTER MID WEEK. THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS HOWEVER SHOULD NOT SEE SUFFICIENT RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALTHOUGH SHOWERS WILL BE NUMEROUS.

THE ARRIVAL OF THE TROPICAL WAVE AND THE EXTENDED HIGH HUMIDITY
BEHIND IT SUGGEST THAT NEXT WEEK WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE
NORMAL IN TERMS OF RAINFALL FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS ALL TAF SITES THROUGH
AT LEAST 24/12Z. HOWEVER...PERIODS OF MVFR CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE OVER TIST...TISX...TNCM AND TKPK IN SHOWERS. AFTER 24/16Z
MVFR TO BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF THE
TERMINALS DUE TO SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPING ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA...MTN OBSCURATIONS AND VARIABLE GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THE
SHRA/TSRA. SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY EAST AT 10 TO 15 KTS.

&&

.MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE SLIGHTLY AND
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES COME DOWN AT 6 AM AST FOR ALL BUT THE OUTER
ATLANTIC WATERS. SEAS REMAIN AT OR BELOW 6 FEET FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SJU  86  76  86  76 /  70  70  70  70
STT  85  76  86  77 /  60  70  70  70

&&

.SJU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO BE ISSUED AROUND 6 AM AST FOR PUERTO
RICO THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

VI...NONE.

COASTAL WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM AST EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR ANEGADA PASSAGE SOUTHWARD TO 17N- CARIBBEAN WATERS OF
PUERTO RICO FROM 10 NM TO 17N-COASTAL WATERS OF SOUTHERN USVI
VIEQUES AND EASTERN PUERTO RICO OUT 10 NM.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM AST SATURDAY FOR ATLC WATERS OF
PUERTO RICO AND USVI FROM 10NM TO 19.5N.

&&

13/12
Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 5:21 AM CDT, 23 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
621 AM AST THU MAY 23 2013

AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-241030-
SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-NORTHWEST-
WESTERN INTERIOR-MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST-CULEBRA-VIEQUES-
THE NEARSHORE AND OFF SHORE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
621 AM AST THU MAY 23 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE ADJACENT
ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH
CENTRAL...CENTRAL INTERIOR AND WESTERN PUERTO RICO DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE
CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH
WILL LEAD TO URBAN FLOODING AND RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

AN INCREASE IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED DUE TO SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER ALREADY SATURATED SOILS.
THEREFORE...FLOODING OF STREAMS...CREEKS AND URBAN AREAS WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

FLOODING REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-241030-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
621 AM AST THU MAY 23 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND THE
ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.