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PRC003-005-071-099-131-220200-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

606 PM AST FRI DEC 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     MOCA

     SAN SEBASTIAN

     AGUADILLA

     AGUADA



* UNTIL 1000 PM AST



* AT 545 PM...USGS RIVER LEVEL SENSORS ALONG RIO CULEBRINAS WERE     

  SHOWING WATER LEVELS NEARING BANKFULL. THE RIVER LEVEL SENSOR IN   

  MOCA INDICATED WATER LEVELS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AND ADDITIONAL     

  AREAS ALONG RIO CULEBRINAS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE OVERFLOWING WATER   

  DURING THE NEXT HOUR...PERSISTING THROUGH 8 OR 9 PM. 



  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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