Expires:201310100045;Remove:201310100045;025010 WWCA82 TJSJ 092353 SPSSJU SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 753 PM AST WED OCT 9 2013 PRC147-100045- VIEQUES PR- 753 PM AST WED OCT 9 2013 AT 748 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF VIEQUES...MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH. HEAVY RAINS 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 RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. 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. $$