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Meteorological - FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issued By: NWS San Juan (San Juan, Puerto Rico) Affected Jurisdictions: St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas Counties
Headline: (CONTINUATION) Flash Flood Watch issued October 26 at 10:13AM AST until October 26 at 10:00PM AST by NWS San Juan
...Flash Flooding Watch In Effect Through At Least Tonight......Flash Flood Watch Remains In Effect Until 10 PM AST Tonight...The Flash Flood Watch Continues For* All Puerto Rico And The U.S. Virgin Islands* Until 10 PM AST Tonight* An Upper Level Low Just Northwest Of The Local Region Combinedwith Abundant Moisture Will Continue To Enhance The Potential Offlooding Rains Across Puerto Rico And The U.S Virgin Islandsthrough Monday. Saturated Soils From Previous Days Rainfall Willalso Help To Maintain A High Potential For Flash Flooding Andmudslides Through Early Next Week.* Any Additional Heavy Rainfall Could Lead To Flash Flooding...Especially In Areas Where Rainfall Has Occured In Recent Days.Although...The Rainfall Will Not Be Continuous But Rapidintensification Of Storms Is Likely In The Afternoon Hours.
A Flash Flood Watch Means That Conditions May Develop That Leadto Flash Flooding. Flash Flooding Is A Very Dangerous Situation.You Should Monitor Later Forecasts And Be Prepared To Take Actionshould Flash Flood Warnings Be Issued.
Posted : October 26, 2015 2:46 pm
I've been off island for 3 months, has STX gotten green again. I've been tracking rain through the area, looks like things are slowly recovering from the drought...for true?
Also,
Is the Sargassum blight coming to an end?
Thanks
Posted : October 26, 2015 3:26 pm
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STT is brilliantly green....and wet.
October brought rains.
Can't comment on STX or sargassum.
Posted : October 26, 2015 3:39 pm
Brilliant green & wet...
That sounds great!
Posted : October 26, 2015 4:02 pm
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It's definitely a great and wonderful improvement over the dried up, browned out landscape we had due to several months of drought we endured.
Posted : October 26, 2015 4:12 pm
sargassum still here but we are green and wet. and it is finally cooler-at least for now
Posted : October 26, 2015 4:19 pm
These meteorological warnings seem to become more illogical as the years go on. Every little storm hundreds of miles away is now accompanied by dramatic WARNING - WATCH! announcements at every turn and when a bit of rain is approaching it's a given that, regardless of the amount of rain en route, a FLASH FLOOD WARNING! has to be issued. Crying wolf seems to be normal procedure these days - not just here but worldwide.
Why is the first letter in every word of these warnings capitalized? Does It Heighten The Effect Of The WARNING? 😀
Posted : October 26, 2015 4:26 pm
Sargassum still drifting in, or just old washed up stuff still on the beach?
I understand the Sargassum issue is not a usual, seasonal thing. Its just an unusually bad thing this year due to winds and weather patterns.
Is that the overall consensus?
Posted : October 26, 2015 5:02 pm
None that I've seen on St Thomas. I hear a very few areas on St Croix are still affected but the worst is over. Yes, it's seasonal and yes, this year the influx was particularly heavy all over the Caribbean.
Posted : October 26, 2015 5:09 pm
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From DPNR's Beach Advisory for last week they stated that "Ha’penny and Grapetree Bay on St. Croix could not be sampled this week due to the heavy presence of seaweed along the shoreline."
Posted : October 27, 2015 8:45 am
