FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 612 AM AST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON AST TODAY...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* TWO THIRDS OF PUERTO RICO...CULEBRA...VIEQUES AND THE U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS...
* UNTIL NOON AST TODAY
* HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EARLY THIS MORNING FROM MOST OF THE
LOCAL ISLANDS...HOWEVER...FEW SHOWERS ARE REFORMING OVER THE
CARIBBEAN COASTAL WATERS AND SPREADING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH COASTAL AREAS OF PUEROT RICO. ALSO...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING SAINT CROIX WITHIN THE NEXT HALF
AND HOUR. THEREFORE...THE POTENTIAL OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES
ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS UNTIL NOON AST TODAY.
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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