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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

310 PM AST THU NOV 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL AREAS NORTH OF THE CORDILLERA 

CENTRAL...



ENCOMPASSING AN AREA FROM QUEBRADILLAS SOUTH TO LARES AND THEN EAST 

ALL THE WAY TO YABUCOA AND NORTH TO FAJARDO.



INCLUDING ALL RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES THAT FLOW NORTHWARD... 

ESPECIALLY THE RIO CAMUY...RIO GRANDE DE ARECIBO...RIO LIMON IN 

UTUADO...RIO GRANDE DE MANATI...RIO CIBUCO IN COROZAL...RIO DE LA 

PLATA...RIO DE BAYAMON...RIO PIEDRAS...AND RIO GRANDE DE LOIZA...



* UNTIL 600 PM AST



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

WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR THIS AREA...



* AT 230 PM AST...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE ON 

SHORE OVER THE NORTH AND EAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL OF UP TO A HALF INCH AN HOUR CONTINUED TO FALL OVER 

SATURATED GROUNDS WHERE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF UP TO 3 TO 10 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 12 HOURS. INTERMITTENT HEAVY RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA TO PRODUCE CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING 

INCLUDING RIVER FLOODING. MUD SLIDES AND LANDSLIDES ARE VERY LIKELY 

TO OCCUR BLOCKING IMPORTANT ROADS. 



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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