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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

815 PM AST WED NOV 7 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED IN TIME



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     DORADO

     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     CIALES

     CAGUAS

     COROZAL

     MANATI

     FLORIDA

     AGUAS BUENAS

     BARCELONETA

     JUNCOS

     GURABO

     LUQUILLO

     NAGUABO

     NARANJITO

     MOROVIS

     SAN JUAN

     TOA ALTA

     TRUJILLO ALTA

     VEGA ALTA

     LAS PIEDRAS

     BAYAMON

     CEIBA

     FAJARDO

     GUAYNABO

     ARECIBO

     CATANO

     VEGA BAJA

     LOIZA

     RIO GRANDE

     TOA BAJA



* UNTIL 1230 AM THURSDAY MORNING



* AT 805 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING 

TO AFFECT NORTH...NORTHEAST...EAST...AND EASTERN INTERIOR SECTIONS 

OF PUERTO RICO...GENERALLY MOVING SOUTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH. USGS RIVER 

LEVEL SENSORS INDICATE THAT MANY RIVERS ARE NEAR BANKFULL...OR OUT 

OF THEIR BANKS...FROM EVENING RAINFALL. THESE RIVERS...AND THEIR 

TRIBUTARIES WILL BE SLOW TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT...AND 

THEREFORE FLOODING OF THESE RIVER SYSTEMS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 

FOR ANOTHER FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA MAY 

FURTHER COMPOUND THE SITUATION. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS

BEEN REPORTED. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE NECESSARY

PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN YOUR AREA. MOTORISTS AND

PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS

YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. PERSONS IN

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM

LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.

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