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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

555 PM AST THU NOV 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED



* THE 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.



    THIS INCLUDES 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 9 PM TONIGHT.



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

   WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR THIS AREA...



* AT 550 PM AST...WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUED TO AFFECT COASTAL AND INTERIOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND 

EASTERN PUERTO RICO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF 

TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER SATURATED GROUNDS  

WHERE WIDESPREAD AREAS OF UP TO 5 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 

IN THE PAST 24 HOURS. INTERMITTENT HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 

THE WARNING AREA TO PRODUCE CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING AND 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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