FLSSJU

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
308 AM AST TUE MAY 17 2011

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CABO ROJO PR-
308 AM AST TUE MAY 17 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS IN
  FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY...

  IN PUERTO RICO
     CABO ROJO

* UNTIL 500 AM AST

* AT 304 AM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AFFECTING THIS
MUNICIPALITY. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CABO ROJO AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH 145 AM AST.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS
WELL AS LAND ALONG THESE BANKS.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

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LAT...LON 1814 6718 1810 6711 1800 6711 1797 6712
      1796 6713 1795 6716 1796 6722

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