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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

320 AM AST THU NOV 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     CAGUAS

     AGUAS BUENAS

     JUNCOS

     GURABO

     LUQUILLO

     NAGUABO

     SAN JUAN

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     LAS PIEDRAS

     BAYAMON

     CEIBA

     FAJARDO

     GUAYNABO

     CATANO

     LOIZA

     RIO GRANDE



* UNTIL 630 AM THURSDAY MORNING



* AT 315 AM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS 

AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO 

AFFECT THE WARNING AREA. USGS RIVER LEVEL SENSORS CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE THAT MANY RIVERS WERE NEAR BANKFULL...OR OUT OF THEIR BANKS 

FROM THE RAINFALL FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THROUGH 630 AM...WILL RESULT IN NEW 

FLOODING PROBLEMS DEVELOPING AND WILL FURTHER COMPOUND THE ONGOING 

FLOODING.



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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