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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: (EXTENSION - time, area) Flash Flood Watch issued April 14 at 1:58PM AST until April 16 at 8:00PM AST by NWS San Juan
...The potential for periods of heavy rains and flash flooding isexpected to continued at least until Sunday night....FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...The National Weather Service in San Juan has expanded the* Flash Flood Watch to include Culebra, Vieques, St CroixSt.Thomas and St. John.* Through Sunday evening* Moisture advection from the south, and favorable upper leveldynamics will result in periods of showers and thunderstormsacross the islands through the weekend. These showers andthunderstorms are expected to drift slowly across the area,increasing the risk for flash flooding.* These heavy rains will bring rapid rises in area rivers andstreams and will make transiting on roads and low lying areasimpassable. This may also may trigger dangerous mudslides anddebris flow without warning.
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.
Looks like it might be a soggy Easter weekend.
Stay safe.
Posted : April 14, 2017 9:08 pm
Omg. And we are supposed to land in St Croix tomorrow for the first time. My first flight ever too. Lol. Yay me!
Posted : April 14, 2017 9:50 pm
Stay safe, all!
Posted : April 14, 2017 10:40 pm
Omg. And we are supposed to land in St Croix tomorrow for the first time. My first flight ever too. Lol. Yay me!
Bring a small umbrella. There are no Jet Bridges at STX, only open air stairs but it's only a short maybe 50 yards walk from the stairs to the covered sidewalk. I've never had to get on/off the plane in pouring rain there, don't know if there's anything they do for that. Maybe they hand out plastic bag ponchos?
Posted : April 14, 2017 11:20 pm
Don't worry you will be fine. It might not even be raining when you arrive. Judging from what I see on stormcarib.com the weather is south of us now and the winds are from the northeast. Enjoy the view of the west end beaches, if you are landing while it's still light out.
Omg. And we are supposed to land in St Croix tomorrow for the first time. My first flight ever too. Lol. Yay me!
Posted : April 15, 2017 12:33 am
Thanks!
Posted : April 15, 2017 6:59 am
