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Reports of Several Flooded Roadways and Falling Rocks on Crown Mountain Road on St. Thomas

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This is an ACTUAL DRIVING ADVISORIES ALERT...

Issued By: VITEMA
Affected Jurisdictions: St. Thomas County

Headline: Reports of Several Flooded Roadways and Falling Rocks on Crown Mountain Road on St. Thomas

A Flash Flood Advisory is in effect for the island of St. Thomas which currently experiencing heavy thunderstorms. VITEMA's 911 Communications Center have received several reports that large rocks are falling along Crown Mountain Road and that roadways across the island are flooded, including along;

Main Street

Harwood Highway

Brookman Road

Tutu - vicinity of the Tutu Park Mall entrance and Metro Motors

Griffith Park area

Lindberg Bay vicinity of UVI and the Police Station

Nisky

Altona, vicinity of Gottlieb Gas Station

VITEMA urges motorists to proceed with extreme caution. According to the National Weather Service additional rainfall amounts of one to three inches of rain are possible on St. Thomas. Never drive your vehicle into areas where the water covers the roadway. Flood waters are usually deeper than they appear. Just one foot of water of flowing water is powerful enough to sweep vehicles off the road.

 
Posted : May 8, 2014 7:37 pm
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I drove Crown Mt road from Crown and Hawk to Nisky 3 times today -- saw no rocks - even the Nisky intersection had been cleaned -- however the water level on the Harwood Highway in front of Gottliebs to Banco Popular was very flooded all day, even at 9:30 pm.

 
Posted : May 9, 2014 2:34 am
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I had to drive the St. Peter Mt. road during that heavy deluge yesterday around 2:30 PM and it was horrednous. The water was running down the hills so fast that the road was turned into a rushing river. I had to return the same way 45 min. later and was dreading it but
on the return, the road was quite different with no rushing water just leaf debris and a couple rocks here and there. It was not anything like I had witnessed an hour earlier. Thank goodness. Grateful for the rain but hate driving in these downpours.
Especially when there are idiots on the road who speed thru deep running water.

 
Posted : May 9, 2014 12:28 pm
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No denying it was crazy. Funny thing was I was on Virgin Gorda checking out the baths finally and we didn't get any rain lol. I came back to flooded gutters, my cistern full and my avocado tree loving it! I do love the rain in any amount but someone could PLEASE turn off the AC!!! I'm freezing!!!

 
Posted : May 11, 2014 12:56 am
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