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PRC069-085-103-162145-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

248 PM AST SUN DEC 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     NAGUABO

     LAS PIEDRAS

     HUMACAO



* UNTIL 545 PM AST



* AT 235 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND            

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED ASHORE ACROSS EAST AND     

  SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO DURING THE PAST 30 TO 60         

  MINUTES...LEAVING ONE TO TWO INCH RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS        

  NAGUABO AND HUMACAO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING WEST    

  NORTHWEST NEAR 15 MPH.



  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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