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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
350 PM AST SAT SEP 18 2004

...FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING...

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH 
FOR FLASH FLOODING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM AST THIS EVENING. THE 
WATCH INCLUDES ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN PUERTO RICO...
MAYAGUEZ AND VICINITY...NORTHWEST...PONCE AND VICINITY...SOUTHWEST
AND WESTERN INTERIOR.

AT 338 PM AST WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN 
STILL OCCURRING OVER PART OF THESE MUNICIPALITIES. SINCE THE GROUND 
OVER THIS AREA 

A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING 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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