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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
342 PM AST THU OCT 9 2014

PRC023-055-067-079-093-121-125-153-092045-
GUANICA PR-HORMIGUEROS PR-LAJAS PR-MARICAO PR-SABANA GRANDE PR-
SAN GERMAN PR-YAUCO PR-CABO ROJO PR-
342 PM AST THU OCT 9 2014
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER 
SOUTHWEST PUERTO RICO...
AT 335 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST DETECTED 
CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST PUERTO RICO...AND
OVER CABO ROJO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH OR SO.
HEAVY RAINS ACCOMPANYING THESE STORMS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS
SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS 
FLOODED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL 
STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO QUICKLY RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER 
GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
INTENSE LIGHTNING HAS BEEN OBSERVED. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORM ARE 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SUDDEN WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. IF 
OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM ISOLATED HIGH OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE 
INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS 
AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. TRY TO UNPLUG 
UNNECESSARY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
MOTORISTS AND PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE ADVISED TO
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
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