OLGA's Aftermath

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OLGA's Aftermath

#1 Postby cycloneye » Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:10 pm

It is time to create this threat thread as reports are starting to come in from different areas.

In San Juan,a tree fell on top of a car with the result of a injured driver.

Raining very hard where I am with winds gusting to over 30 mph.If I am not here later on or tommorow is because the power may go.

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Re: INVEST 94L Threat Areas=Puerto Rico,U.S.VI, BVI DR/Haiti

#2 Postby Evil Jeremy » Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:12 pm

Bout time this topic was started. I cant wait until I am 18. I am going to take all of my Bar Mitzvah money and use it to chase storms across the Caribbean. Anyways, it is going to pour in Puerto Rico.
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Re: INVEST 94L Threat Areas=Puerto Rico,U.S.VI, BVI,DR/Haiti

#3 Postby cycloneye » Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:16 pm

The high surf has blocked highway 187 at Piñones in Isla Verde.
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Re: INVEST 94L Threat Areas=Puerto Rico,U.S.VI, BVI,DR/Haiti

#4 Postby gerrit » Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:21 pm

FWIW it just started raining here (in the mountains in East -central PR); hardly any wind.


Update: we just lost power. ( I'm on my UPS..)

Good night all - stay safe.
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Re: INVEST 94L Threat Areas=Puerto Rico,U.S.VI, BVI,DR/Haiti

#5 Postby cycloneye » Mon Dec 10, 2007 8:30 pm

WAPATV WebCam

:uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow:

Look what is going on in realtime at San Juan and in other parts of the island.
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#6 Postby Derek Ortt » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:25 pm

possibility for mroe catastrophic flooding for hispaniola

remember, they were devastated just 6 weeks ago
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Re: INVEST 94L Threat Areas=Puerto Rico,U.S.VI, BVI,DR/Haiti

#7 Postby Ladybbird » Mon Dec 10, 2007 9:59 pm

cycloneye wrote:WAPATV WebCam

:uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow:

Look what is going on in realtime at San Juan and in other parts of the island.


Keep with me Im getting nervous whether to get out away from the sea front, hows it looking
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Re: INVEST 94L Threat Areas=Puerto Rico,U.S.VI, BVI,DR/Haiti

#8 Postby cycloneye » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:09 pm

Ladybbird wrote:
cycloneye wrote:WAPATV WebCam

:uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow:

Look what is going on in realtime at San Juan and in other parts of the island.


Keep with me Im getting nervous whether to get out away from the sea front, hows it looking


Here in San Juan,the surf is very high with swells between 9-11 feet.
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Re: INVEST 94L Threat Areas=Puerto Rico,U.S.VI, BVI,DR/Haiti

#9 Postby Ladybbird » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:23 pm

cycloneye wrote:
Ladybbird wrote:
cycloneye wrote:WAPATV WebCam

:uarrow: :uarrow: :uarrow:

Look what is going on in realtime at San Juan and in other parts of the island.


Keep with me Im getting nervous whether to get out away from the sea front, hows it looking


Here in San Juan,the surf is very high with swells between 9-11 feet.


WOW, Im glad Im on the third floor but when Jeanne hit 4 yrs ago my apartment was flooded with water and sand
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Re: STS OLGA Threat Areas=Puerto Rico, U.S.VI , BVI , Hispaniola

#10 Postby cycloneye » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:27 pm

SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
AMZ710-720-730-110445-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.MA.W.0097.071211T0240Z-071211T0445Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1040 PM AST MON DEC 10 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
THE ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 50 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST THROUGH
NORTHEAST OF SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO.

* UNTIL 1245 AM AST

* AT 1040 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS 45 KNOTS OR
GREATER 10 TO 15 MILES DUE NORTH OF SAN JUAN...MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 15 KNOTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS. DANGEROUS
MARINE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITHIN 50 MILES NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OF
SAN JUAN HARBOR.

MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS...HIGH WAVES...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY RAINS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL
THIS STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 1833 6528 1850 6667 1952 6680 1933 6491
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 023DEG 18KT 1870 6584

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Re: STS OLGA Threat Areas=Puerto Rico, U.S.VI , BVI , Hispaniola

#11 Postby cycloneye » Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:53 pm



FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1147 PM AST MON DEC 10 2007

PRC007-013-017-019-021-025-029-031-033-039-045-047-051-054-061-063-
073-077-085-087-091-101-103-105-107-119-127-129-135-137-139-141-143-
145-110645-
1147 PM AST MON DEC 10 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR RAPID RIVER RISES IN...
THE FOLLOWING

MUNICIPALITIES
IN PUERTO RICO
BAYAMON...CIALES...CAGUAS...COROZAL...FLORIDA...COMERIO...AGUAS
BUENAS...BARRANQUITAS...JUNCOS...JAYUYA...GURABO...OROCOVIS...
NARANJITO...MOROVIS...TOA ALTA...SAN LORENZO...UTUADO...TRUJILLO
ALTO...VEGA ALTA...LAS PIEDRAS...DORADO...BARCELONETA...
NAGUABO...GUAYNABO...CANOVANAS...CAROLINA...MANATI...CATANO...
VEGA BAJA...SAN JUAN...LOIZA...RIO GRANDE...TOA BAJA AND ARECIBO

* UNTIL 245 AM AST

* AT 1147 PM AST DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE
ADVISORY AREA.

BANDS OF VERY HEAVY SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. THESE HEAVY SHOWERS WILL RESULT IN
AREAS WITH URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA...LOCALLY HEAVIER SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE.

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.

LAT...LON 1826 6672 1851 6665 1849 6595 1850 6582
1846 6581 1846 6578 1842 6575 1820 6582
TIME...MOT...LOC 0347Z 180DEG 0KT 1833 6640

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Re: STS OLGA Threat Areas=Puerto Rico, U.S.VI , BVI , Hispaniola

#12 Postby cycloneye » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:17 am

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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
605 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

PRZ001>013-VIZ001-112000-
/O.CON.TJSJ.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-071211T2000Z/
/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-
ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN AND ADJACENT ISLANDS-
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...ARROYO...GUAYAMA...MAUNABO...
PATILLAS...SALINAS...YABUCOA...AGUAS BUENAS...CAGUAS...CAYEY...
CIDRA...COMERIO...GURABO...JUNCOS...LAS PIEDRAS...SAN LORENZO...
ARECIBO...BARCELONETA...DORADO...FLORIDA...MANATI...VEGA ALTA...
VEGA BAJA...AIBONITO...BARRANQUITAS...CIALES...COAMO...COROZAL...
JAYUYA...MOROVIS...NARANJITO...OROCOVIS...VILLALBA...GUAYANILLA...
JUANA DIAZ...YAUCO...PENUELAS...PONCE...SANTA ISABEL...AGUADILLA...
CAMUY...HATILLO...ISABELA...QUEBRADILLAS...ADJUNTAS...LARES...
LAS MARIAS...MARICAO...SABANA GRANDE...SAN SEBASTIAN...UTUADO...
AGUADA...ANASCO...HORMIGUEROS...MAYAGUEZ...MOCA...RINCON...
SAN GERMAN...CABO ROJO...GUANICA...LAJAS...CULEBRA...VIEQUES...
ST THOMAS ST JOHN AND ADJACENT ISLANDS
605 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN PUERTO RICO...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. IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS...ST. THOMAS ST. JOHN AND
ADJACENT ISLANDS.

* UNTIL 4 PM AST THIS AFTERNOON

* SUBTROPICAL STORM OLGA LOCATED THIS MORNING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
PORTION OF PUERTO RICO...WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK WESTWARD TOWARDS
THE EASTERN PART OF HISPANIOLA WITHIN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

RAIN BANDS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
MOST OF PUERTO RICO THIS MORNING AS OLGA MOVE WESTWARD AND AWAY
FROM THE LOCAL AREA.

RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS RANGED FROM THREE TO SIX INCHES SINCE
MIDNIGHT ON MONDAY THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING MAINLY ACROSS THE
NORTHERN COAST AND NORTHERN SLOPES OF THE ISLAND.

FOR THIS MORNING...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE ISLAND AS A
RAIN BAND MOVES IN FROM THE CARIBBEAN WATERS.

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.

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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#13 Postby caribepr » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:56 am

Wow :( I feel so awful for what happens next in Hispanola...they are still in a huge mess there...and no doubt we'll get other bad news as the day goes on.
I've got guests expecting to come in tomorrow from Florida, we'll see what happens. At least they understand weather and small islands.
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Re: STS OLGA Threat Areas=Puerto Rico, U.S.VI , BVI , Hispaniola

#14 Postby cycloneye » Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:03 am

My experience overnight here in San Juan was of continuos rain,sometimes more strong other times more light.No flooding in my neck of the woods.However,reports of mudslides,flooding of roads and some branches of trees falling to power lines are the most news here.So far no power going out were I am.

Yes Mj,I am praying for those people in Hispanola.
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#15 Postby cycloneye » Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:18 am

TJSJ 111042
AFDSJU

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
642 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

.SYNOPSIS...SUB TROPICAL STORM OLGA CONTINUED TO MOVE WESTWARD
ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO OVERNIGHT...AND WAS AT 18.5N
67.0W AT 09 UTC. OLGA REMAINS EMBEDDED WITHIN AN EAST TO WEST
ELONGATED MIDDLE LEVEL CYCLONIC CIRCULATION WHICH HAS LIKELY
CONTRIBUTED TO A WEAKENING TREND IN SATELLITE PRESENTATION THE
PAST FEW HOURS. DESPITE THIS WEAKENING TREND IN STLT...DOPPLER
RADAR IMAGERY HAS SHOWN RAINBANDS BECOMING BETTER DEFINED IN THE E
AND NE QUADS OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTHWEST OF OLGA IS
MAINTAINING A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT...AND STRONGEST WINDS HAVE
REMAINED TO THE NW AND N OF OLGA...AND OVER THE LOCAL ATLANTIC
WATERS AND N MONA PASSAGE.

&&

.DISCUSSION...OLGA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON THIS WESTWARD TRACK
THROUGHOUT THE DAY...AND EXIT PUERTO RICO BY LATE THIS MORNING.
CONVERGING S TO SELY FLOW ACROSS THE LEEWARDS AND NE CARIB WILL
SHIFT INTO THE LOCAL AREA DURING THE DAY TO PRODUCE RAINBANDS AND
SQUALLS...WITH EMBEDDED TSTORMS. THIS WILL SHIFT HEAVY RAIN
EMPHASIS FROM THE N SLOPES LAST NIGHT...TO THE E AND SE THIS
MORNING...AND S SLOPES AND INTERIOR THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SW AND W
THIS EVENING. NUMEROUS MUDSLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVERNIGHT
ACROSS THE CENTRAL INTERIOR AND N SLOPES...IN ADDITION TO RIVER
AND STREAM FLOODING...AND THESE THREATS WILL PERSIST THROUGHOUT
THE DAY.

A STRONG ESE TO E LLVL FLOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGHOUT THE
REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AFTER THE EXIT OF OLGA...AS HIGH PRESSURE IS
EXPECTED TO RESIDE OVER THE WEST CENTRAL ATLC. AMPLE LOW TO MID
LEVEL MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO LINGER THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...AT THE SAME TIME WHILE THE CURRENT TUTT LOW OVERHEAD
SHIFTS SLIGHTLY W AND GRADUALLY WEAKENS...BUT MAINTAINS MID LEVEL
TURNING AND UPPER DIVERGENCE FOR UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC
CONDITIONS...AND THE CHANCE EACH DAY FOR TSTORMS. MOISTURE BEYOND
WEDNESDAY EVENING WILL THEN BE INTERMITTENT...WITH THE OCCASIONAL
PASSING CLUSTER OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS AS WAS THE PATTERN THE PAST
SEVERAL WEEKS. BASES ON LATEST GUIDANCE...I DO NOT SEE ANY
SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER DURING THE NEXT 10 DAYS...BUT
MOISTURE BEYOND THURSDAY WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT SHALLOW FOR MODEST
RAIN ACCUMULATIONS.

&&

.AVIATION...STRONG S TO SSE FLOW NOW DOMINATING ALL BUT W AND NW
PR...WITH INCREASING RAINBANDS...AND MVFR CONDS PREVAILING ALL
SITES THROUGH AT LEAST MIDDAY...WITH PERIODS OF IFR CONDS POSSIBLE
INTERMITTENTLY. MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS PUERTO
RICO ABOVE 025 THROUGH 15Z. MODERATED TOPPED CNVTN CURRENTLY
ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS 25-35K FT EXPECTED TO INCREASE WITH TOPS
30-40K FT. POTENTIAL ALSO EXITS FOR RHIME ICING.

&&

.MARINE...AS INDICATED IN THE 5 AM DISCUSSION FROM NHC...DATA FROM
BUOY 41043 AND AN EVENING ASCAT PASS HAVE BEEN QUITE HELPFUL WITH
THE MARINE FORECAST FOR OLGA. A DYNAMIC AND SHIFTING WIND FETCH
HAS MOVED IN TANDEM WITH OLGA THE PAST TWO DAYS...AND HELPED TO
PRODUCE LARGE LONG PERIOD SWELLS SEEN AT THE BUOY...THAT PEAKED AT
14 FT AND 13 SECONDS. WAVE GROWTH WILL CEASE ON THE E PERIPHERY OF
OLGA...AND THUS SEAS WILL BEGIN A SLOW DECREASING TREND ACROSS ALL
BUT THE MONA PASSAGE THIS MORNING...AND BECOME QUITE CONFUSED AS
STRONG SLY FLOW SPREADS ACROSS THE SLOWLY FADING ENE SWELLS. SEAS
ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 8 FEET ACROSS MOST OF THE
OFFSHORE WATERS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS DUE TO PERSIST FRESH
WIND FLOW...AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGHOUT
MOST OF THE WEEK.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...MOST OF THE LOCAL SOILS ARE NOW AT OR NEAR
SATURATION...AND WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATING WIDESPREAD 2 TO 3
INCH ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE N HALF OF PR...WITH POCKETS
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...MANY RIVER SYSTEMS ARE AT OR NEAR BANKFULL
ALONG THE NORTH COASTS...AND WILL BE VERY SLOW TO RECEDE. A FLOOD
WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THIS REASON...AND VARIOUS WARNINGS
FOR INDIVIDUAL RIVER SYSTEMS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH
ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS...SHOULD BE EXPECTED TODAY AS RAINBANDS
EMBEDDED IN THE SLY FLOW MOVE ASHORE. THIS PRECIP POTENTIAL WILL
ALSO HOLD TRUE FOR THE VIRGIN ISLANDS...CULEBRA AND VIEQUES...
WHERE TRAINING OR CONSECUTIVE SHOWERS AND TSTORMS THIS MORNING
COULD PRODUCE URBAN FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES.

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#16 Postby cycloneye » Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:05 am

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
746 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CARIBBEAN WATERS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS AND CULEBRA...EXTENDING
NORTH AND NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE OFFSHORE ATLANTIC WATERS...

* UNTIL 9:45 AM AST

* AT 7:44 AM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED RAINBANDS
ALIGNED SOUTH SOUTHEAST TO NORTH NORTHWEST ACROSS THE VIRGIN
ISLANDS WATERS SHIFTING SLOWLY WESTWARD...WHILE INDIVIDUAL SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN THESE BANDS MOVED NORTH NORTHWEST AT 25
MPH.

MARINERS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE RAINBANDS SHOULD EXPECT GUSTY
WINDS OF 35 TO 50 KNOTS...HIGH AND STEEP WAVES...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
WATER LIGHTNING...AND LOW VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY RAINS. SMALL
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY...UNTIL THESE STORMS
PASS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

LAT...LON 1755 6544 1819 6580 1824 6569 1832 6569
1840 6593 1929 6645 1957 6543 1955 6479
1825 6399
TIME...MOT...LOC 1146Z 165DEG 21KT 1869 6556

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#17 Postby cycloneye » Tue Dec 11, 2007 7:22 am

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
802 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

PRC003-005-099-111800-
802 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
AGUADA MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
AGUADILLA MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...
MOCA MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO RICO...

* UNTIL 200 PM AST

* AT 802 AM AST...THE USGS SENSOR GAGES AT RIO CULEBRINAS AT DAM
SITE AND RIVER SENSOR NEAR SECTOR PALMAR IN AGUADILLA...ARE SHOWING
THAT RIVER WATER LEVELS ARE STILL INCREASING MAINLY ACROSS THE
MARGARITA DAM.

RADAR SHOWS AT THIS HOUR...THAT SHOWERS WILL BE IN THE INCREASE IN
THE NEXT HOUR ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE ISLAND. THESE
SHOWERS ARE MODERATE TO HEAVY IN INTENSITY. THEREFORE...A FLOOD
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR RIO CULEBRINAS DUE TO THE CURRENTLY
STAGE OF THE USGS SENSOR GAGES AND THE RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAT ARE
EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THAT AREA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS
RIVER REACTS SLOWLY DURING RAINY EVENTS...SO OPTED TO KEEP THE
WARNING FOR SIX HOURS TIME PERIOD.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 1847 6716 1841 6702 1835 6720
TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 180DEG 0KT 1832 6711

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#18 Postby cycloneye » Tue Dec 11, 2007 8:31 am

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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
PRC001-013-141-111915-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0055.071211T1315Z-071211T1915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
920 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
ADJUNTAS
UTUADO
ARECIBO

* UNTIL 315 PM AST

* AT 920 AM AST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH
FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON THE RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO. THIS RIVERS GAGE
IN ARECIBO IS INDICATING MINOR FLOODING AT THE MOMENT...AND REPORTS
INDICATE THAT MUCH LARGER RUSHES OF FLOOD WATERS ARE COMING FROM
UPSTREAM AS FAR AWAY AS ADJUNTAS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ADJUNTAS...UTUADO...LAGO DOS BOCAS...AND ARECIBO.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE ANYWHERE NEAR
THIS...RIVER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 1849 6675 1848 6662 1814 6664 1812 6669
1813 6672
TIME...MOT...LOC 1315Z 180DEG 0KT 1838 6668

$$

ABTAHI


FLASH FLOOD WARNING
PRC017-091-112000-
/O.EXT.TJSJ.FF.W.0052.000000T0000Z-071211T2000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
929 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO
BARCELONETA
MANATI

* UNTIL 400 PM AST TUESDAY

* AT 925 AM AST...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON THE RIO GRADE DE
MANATI. THIS RIVER IS EXPERIENCING MODERATE FLOODING...AND MAJOR
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. RIVER GAGES
INDICATE THAT THIS RIVER IS CURRENTLY AT 31 FEET...6 FEET OVER ITS
FLOOD STAGE. FLOODING OF THIS NATURE THREATENS ROAD #667 IN SECTOR
CACHETE AND ROAD #666.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MANATI...LA
LUISA...IMBERY AND BARCELONETA

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION...IF YOU ARE ANYWHERE NEAR
THIS RIVER...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN SAN
JUAN.

LAT...LON 1848 6658 1851 6655 1851 6647 1850 6645
1841 6645 1838 6656
TIME...MOT...LOC 1329Z 180DEG 0KT 1837 6663

$$

ABTAHI
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#19 Postby caribepr » Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:12 am

The sun has come out. The wind is still blowing (and friends from the hilltops called to say it's blowing like stink where they are, unlike my own location which may be the lowest spot on Culebra) but looking at the radar, it seems we here are almost in the clear, rain wise - key word, almost.
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Re: STS OLGA Threat Areas=Puerto Rico, U.S.VI , BVI , Hispaniola

#20 Postby cycloneye » Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:42 am

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
PRC127-139-112015-
/O.NEW.TJSJ.FF.W.0056.071211T1413Z-071211T2015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1013 AM AST TUE DEC 11 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR AREAS ALONG THE RIO PIEDRAS
IN TRUJILLO ALTO AND SAN JUAN.

* UNTIL 415 PM AST TUESDAY

* AT 1007 AM AST...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING ON THE
PIEDRAS IN THE SAN JUAN METROPOLITAN AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE
RIO PIEDRAS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

LAT...LON 1847 6612 1847 6608 1833 6601 1831 6606
TIME...MOT...LOC 1413Z 180DEG 0KT 1836 6606

$$

ABTAHI
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