Special Weather Bulletin Number Forty Nine for Flood Issued from RSMC Nadi at 7.25am on Monday, 3rd of April 2018

Special Weather Bulletin Number Forty Nine for Flood Issued from RSMC Nadi at 7.25am on Monday, 3rd of April 2018

FLOOD ALERT CANCELLATION

THE FLOOD ALERT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY INFORCE FOR LOW LYING AREAS, SMALL STREAMS AND AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF THE FOLLOWING
STATIONS IS NOW CANCELLED.
VOTUALEVU STATION, BA FSC STATION, KEIYASI STATION, TOGE STATION, VATUKACEVACEVA STATION AND WAIMANU STATION.

FLOOD ALERT

A FLOOD ALERT REMAINS IN FORCE FOR LOW LYING AREAS, SMALL STREAMS AND AREAS ADJACENT TO THE DOWNSTREAM OF DREKETILAILAI
STATION TO QAWA RIVER; AND FOR LOW LYING AREAS, SMALL STREAMS AND AREAS ADJACENT TO MAJOR RIVERS OF VANUALEVU AND TAVEUNI.

LEVEL AT DREKETILAILAI STATION WAS 1.7M AT 7.00AM WHICH IS 0.2M ABOVE ALERT LEVEL AND DECREASING. (https://davidsinstruments.com)

SITUATION:

EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE JOSIE CENTRE 996HPA WAS LOCATED NEAR 21.7 SOUTH 178.7 EAST OR ABOUT 310 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF KADAVU AND ABOUT 290 KILOMETRES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF ONO-I-LAU AT 6 AM. EX-TROPICAL CYCLONE JOSIE IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10KM/HR AWAY FROM THE GROUP.
ASSOCIATED TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE AND RAIN BANDS CONTINUES TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE GROUP.

TIDE      HEIGHT      TIME
HIGH         2.11M        08.03AM
LOW          0.52M        02.19PM

THE NEXT SPECIAL WEATHER BULLETIN FOR FLOOD WILL BE ISSUED AT 10.25AM TODAY OR EARLIER.