Flood Forecast and WarningHydrology UnitNational Meteorological Service A. DATE and TIME: MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2009 4:00 p.m. B. SYNOPSIS: ATMOSPHERE
SOMEWHAT MOIST AND UNSTABLE. 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)
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