Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
314 PM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

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.

&&

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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.

&&

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
646 AM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

AMZ710>745-PRZ001>013-251100-
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-
646 AM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM NOON AST TODAY UNTIL
SATURDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF PUERTO RICO TODAY. THESE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING MODERATE TO LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL LEAD TO URBAN FLOODING AND RAPID RISES
ON RIVERS...SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

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...

REPORTS OF FLOODING AND RAINFALL OVER 2 INCHES WOULD BE
APPRECIATED.

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
646 AM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

AMZ715-725-VIZ001-002-251100-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN ADJACENT ISLANDS-ST CROIX-
NEARSHORE ATLANTIC AND ADJACENT CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS-
646 AM AST FRI MAY 24 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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