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Flood Forecast
and Warning
Hydrology Unit
National Meteorological Service
A.
DATE and TIME: MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 4:00
p.m.
B. SYNOPSIS: ATMOSPHERE
SOMEWHAT MOIST AND UNSTABLE.
MAXIMUM WEEKEND RAINFALL
REGION 7
- 4.5 mm (0.18 ins.) which occurred at Libertad
in the New River Watershed
REGION 9
- 16.2 mm (0.64 ins.) which occurred at Baldy Beacon in the
Belize River Watershed
REGION 11 - 3.0
mm (0.12 ins.) which occurred at Hershey in the Sibun River
Watershed
NO RAINFALL REPORTS RECEIVED FROM
REGION 13
FORECAST:
CLOUDY INTERVALS WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER INLAND AND SOUTHERN AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT. SHOWER ACTIVITY SHIFTS TO COASTAL AREAS TOMORROW MORNING.

REGION 7: ON THE
RIO HONDO AT BLUE CREEK (LA UNION) RIVER LEVEL IS BELOW NORMAL AND FALLING.
NEAR DOUGLAS LEVELS ARE NORMAL AND STEADY. ON THE NEW RIVER
LEVELS ARE NEAR NORMAL AND STEADY AT TOWER HILL AND CALEDONIA.
TUESDAY FCST:
No significant change in river levels expected.
WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK: No
significant change in river levels expected.
REGION 9:
ON THE MACAL RIVER RESERVOIR LEVELS
ARE BELOW
SPILLWAY AND falling AT CHALILLO AND rising AT MOLLEJON. RIVER LEVELS
ARE NORMAL AND STEADY
NEAR CHAA CREEK AND IN SAN IGNACIO NEAR THE HAWKSWORTH BRIDGE.
ON THE MOPAN RIVER LEVEL is NORMAL AND steady NEAR BENQUE VIEJO TOWN.
NEAR BANANA BANK ON THE BELIZE RIVER LEVELS ARE below NORMAL AND
STEADY. ON THE CROOKED TREE
LAGOON LEVELS ARE BELOW NORMAL AND steady.
RIVER LEVELS NEAR MAYPEN, DOUBLE
RUN TO THE COAST NEAR HAULOVER BRIDGE ARE
NORMAL AND STEADY.
TUESDAY FCST:
MACAL
RIVER: WATER LEVELS WILL REMAIN NEAR NORMAL AND STEADY. MOPAN RIVER:
NORMAL AND steady. BELIZE RIVER: NORMAL AND STEADY
LEVELS NEAR BANANA BANK. CROOKED TREE LAGOON LEVEL is EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO RISE SLOWLY. NEAR MAYPEN AND DOUBLE
RUN TO THE COAST (HAULOVER BRIDGE) levels will
be NORMAL AND
STEADY.
WEDNESDAY OUTLOOK:
MACAL, MOPAN, AND BELIZE RIVERS... NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN WATER LEVELS
EXPECT.
REGION 11: ON
THE SIBUN RIVER NEAR JAGUAR PAW LEVELS ARE normal and steady; NEAR GRACIE ROCK,
AND FREETOWN LEVELS ARE Above normal and falling. AT MANATEE LAGOON
AT GALES POINT, LAGOON LEVELS are ABOVE NORMAL AND steady. ON THE
MULLINS RIVER LEVELS ARE NORMAL AND steady. THE
NORTH STANN CREEK is normal and steady NEAR MIDDLESEX and above
normal and falling near HOPE CREEK. NEAR KENDAL ON THE SITTEE RIVER,
LEVELS ARE normal and steady. ON THE SOUTH STANN
CREEK LEVELS ARE NORMAL AND STEADY. on THE
DEEP RIVER,
GOLDEN STREAM, RIO GRANDE &
MOHO River, levels are normal and steady.
TUESDAY FCST:
ON THE SIBUN RIVER
normal and steady
levels near
Jaguar Paw; near Gracie
Rock and Freetown flood levels above normal and falling.
SOUTHERN LAGOON NEAR GALES POINT VILLAGE and the
Mullins River normal
and steady levels. on the north STANN creek normal and steady
levels near
Middlesex, above normal and falling levels near Hope Creek
Bridge. Normal and steady levels on the SITTEE river, south
STANN creek, deep river, golden stream, Rio Grande, & MOHO River.
WEDNESDAY
OUTLOOK: normal LEVELS NEAR JAGUAR PAW; above normal LEVELS ON
THE SIBUN NEAR Gracie rock AND FREETOWN. normal and steady LEVELS ON THE
SOUTHERN LAGOON AND MULLINS RIVER. normal LEVELS NEAR MIDDLESEX
AND
above normal and falling LEVELS NEAR HOPE CREEK BRIDGE ON THE NORTH STANN CREEK. NORMAL AND STEADY LEVELS ON THE SOUTH STANN CREEK, MOHO AND DEEP RIVERS,
THE GOLDEN STREAM and THE
RIO GRANDE.
REGION 13:on THE TEMASH
and SARSTOON Rivers levels are normal and steady.
TUESDAY FCST:
normal and steady levels expected on these rivers
WEDNESDAY
OUTLOOK: normal and steady LEVELS ON THE TEMASH AND SARSTOON RIVERS.
C: FLOOD WARNING AREA:
NONE
D: FLOOD WATCH AREA: NONE
E: FLOOD ALERT AREA: NONE
Flood Warning – Floods are occurring and may become more severe.
Flood Watch - Conditions are such that the threat
of flooding is imminent
Flood Alert - Conditions are such that there is a
threat of flooding
F: CURRENT
FLOODING SITUATION (see watersheds
map below)
|
REGION 7 |
|
RIO HONDO |
|
|
DAILY RATE [ m] |
|
BLUE CREEK (LA UNION) |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
DOUGLAS |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
NEW
RIVER |
|
|
|
|
TOWER HILL |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
CALEDONIA |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
REGION 9 |
|
MOPAN
RIVER |
|
|
|
|
BENQUE VIEJO |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
MACAL RIVER |
|
|
|
|
CHALILLO |
BELOW SPILLWAY |
RISING |
|
|
MOLLEJON |
BELOW SPILLWAY |
FALLING |
|
|
CHAA CREEK |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
SAN IGNACIO |
NEAR NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
BELIZE
RIVER |
|
|
|
|
BANANA BANK |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
CROOKED TREE |
BELOW CAUSEWAY |
STEADY |
|
|
MAYPEN |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
DOUBLE RUN (BWSL) |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
HAULOVER BRIDGE |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
REGION
11 |
|
SIBUN RIVER |
|
|
|
|
JAGUAR PAW |
ABOVE NORMAL |
FALLING |
|
|
GRACIE ROCK |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
FREETOWN |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
MANATEE
RIVER |
|
|
|
|
LAGOON (GALES POINT) |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
MULLINS
RIVER |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
NORTH STANN
CREEK |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
SITTEE RIVER |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
SOUTH STANN
CREEK |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
MONKEY RIVER |
|
|
|
|
SWASEY BRANCH |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
DEEP RIVER |
NORMAL |
FALLING |
|
|
GOLDEN
STREAM |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
RIO GRANDE |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
MOHO RIVER |
|
|
|
|
Blue Creek South |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
REGION 13 |
|
TEMASH |
|
|
|
|
CRIQUE SARCO |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
SARSTOON |
NORMAL |
STEADY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
DAILY RATE
CALCULATED USING THE LAST 3 DAYS INFORMATION
NEGATIVE VALUES
INDICATE BELOW OR FALLING PROPERTIES
POSITIVE VALUES
INDICATE ABOVE OR RISING PROPERTIES
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G.
DATE and TIME of NEXT UPDATE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 01, 2009
AT 2:00
p.m.

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