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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

445 AM AST THU NOV 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CIDRA

     CAYEY

     COMERIO

     AIBONITO

     BARRANQUITAS

     NARANJITO



* UNTIL 730 AM AST



* AT 440 AM AST...A U.S.G.S. RIVER GAUGE INDICATED THAT THAT THE RIO 

DE LA PLATA AT COMERIO WAS ABOVE BANKFULL. NWS DOPPLER RADAR 

CONTINUED TO INDICATE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH 

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE WARNING AREA. ADDITIONAL 

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

FLOODING PROBLEMS DEVELOPING AND WILL FURTHER COMPOUND THE ONGOING 

FLOODING.



THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN   

THE WARNING AREA.



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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