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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
417 PM AST SAT OCT 11 2008
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SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-SOUTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR-
NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-PONCE AND VICINITY-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...CULEBRA...
ESPERANZA...ANNA`S RETREAT...CHARLOTTE AMALIE...
CHARLOTTE AMALIE EAST...CHARLOTTE AMALIE WEST...CRUZ BAY...
CHRISTIANSTED...FREDERIKSTED...FREDERIKSTED SOUTHEAST...GROVE PLACE
417 PM AST SAT OCT 11 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN PUERTO
RICO...CENTRAL INTERIOR...CULEBRA...EASTERN INTERIOR...NORTH
CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...PONCE AND VICINITY...SAN JUAN AND
VICINITY...SOUTHEAST AND VIEQUES. IN THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS...ST CROIX AND ST THOMAS...ST JOHN AND THE ADJACENT
ISLANDS.
* THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
* AN ACTIVE TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE SLOWLY WEST NORTHWEST ACROSS
THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AND PUERTO RICO TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
AND PROBABLY CONTINUING INTO MONDAY. THIS FEATURE AND ITS
ASSOCIATED DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL INTERACT WITH A MID TO
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND LOCAL EFFECTS...TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS
WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT ACROSS THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...
CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO LATE
TONIGHT...AND THEN ACROSS THE REST OF PUERTO RICO EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...WITH ACTIVE WEATHER THEN CONTINUING ACROSS ALL OF THE
LOCAL ISLANDS THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY EVENING. THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF THE
LOCAL ISLANDS. THE LOCAL SOILS REMAIN NEAR SATURATION FROM
RECENT RAINS AND FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL WILL BE INCREASING.
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.
PLEASE 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.
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FC/BCS