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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

845 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 12 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.



* AT 840 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS PUERTO RICO DURING 

THE PAST TWO HOURS. HOWEVER...MANY RIVERS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS 

ACROSS NORTHERN PUERTO RICO...WITH WATER LEVELS SLOWLY LOWERING. DUE 

TO THESE HIGH WATER LEVELS AND CONTINUED RIVER RELATED FLOODING... 

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACROSS ANY PORTION OF THIS WARNING AREA COULD 

CAUSE ADDITIONAL RISES IN WATER LEVELS OF LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS 

AND WORSEN FLOOD CONDITIONS. THE POSSIBILITY OF MUD SLIDES AND  

LANDSLIDES ALSO REMAINS VERY HIGH ACROSS THIS AREA. RIVER LEVELS 

SHOULD GRADUALLY RECEDE OVERNIGHT...AND PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA 

MAY BE REMOVED LATER TONIGHT. 



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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