000 WGCA62 TJSJ 131829 FFASJU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 229 PM AST THU APR 13 2006 PRZ001-002-004-140000- /O.EXB.TJSJ.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-060414T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SAN JUAN AND VICINITY-NORTHEAST-EASTERN INTERIOR- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...BAYAMON... CAROLINA...CATANO...GUAYNABO...SAN JUAN...TOA ALTA...TOA BAJA... TRUJILLO ALTO...CEIBA...CANOVANAS...FAJARDO...HUMACAO...LOIZA... LUQUILLO...NAGUABO...RIO GRANDE...AGUAS BUENAS...CAGUAS...CAYEY... CIDRA...COMERIO...GURABO...JUNCOS...LAS PIEDRAS...SAN LORENZO 229 PM AST THU APR 13 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF EASTERN...EASTERN INTERIOR...CENTRAL INTERIOR...AND NORTHERN PUERTO RICO. * UNTIL 8 PM AST THIS EVENING * AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOCAL AREA...A MOIST UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND TOPOGRAPHICAL EFFECTS WILL ALL COMBINE TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. * 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. $$ PRZ005-006-008>010-140000- /O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.A.0007.000000T0000Z-060414T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTH CENTRAL-CENTRAL INTERIOR-NORTHWEST-WESTERN INTERIOR- MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY- INCLUDING THE MUNICIPALITIES AND/OR ISLANDS OF...ARECIBO... BARCELONETA...DORADO...FLORIDA...MANATI...VEGA ALTA...VEGA BAJA... AIBONITO...BARRANQUITAS...CIALES...COAMO...COROZAL...JAYUYA... MOROVIS...NARANJITO...OROCOVIS...VILLALBA...AGUADILLA...CAMUY... HATILLO...ISABELA...QUEBRADILLAS...ADJUNTAS...LARES...LAS MARIAS... MARICAO...SABANA GRANDE...SAN SEBASTIAN...UTUADO...AGUADA...ANASCO... HORMIGUEROS...MAYAGUEZ...MOCA...RINCON...SAN GERMAN 229 PM AST THU APR 13 2006 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM AST THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF WESTERN INTERIOR...WEST AND NORTHERN PUERTO RICO. * UNTIL 8 PM AST THIS EVENING * AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE LOCAL AREA...A MOIST UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND TOPOGRAPHICAL EFFECTS WILL ALL COMBINE TO PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. * 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. $$