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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

930 AM AST THU NOV 08 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO



   ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN A LINE FROM SAN SEBASTIAN TO PATILLAS AND   

   NORTHWARD



* UNTIL 300 PM AST



...THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING SUPERSEDES ALL PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD 

WARNINGS...



* AT 920 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE 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 300 PM...WILL RESULT IN NEW FLOODING 

PROBLEMS DEVELOPING AND WILL FURTHER COMPOUND THE ONGOING FLOODING. 

IN ADDITION...U.S.G.S. RIVER GAUGES OVER THE WARNING AREA SHOW RIVER 

LEVELS RAPIDLY RISING OR AT BANKFULL. MUD SLIDES AND LANDSLIDES

ARE VERY LIKELY TO OCCUR BLOCKING IMPORTANT ROADS.



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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