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BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

610 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

     QUEBRADILLAS

     CAMUY



* UNTIL 1030 PM AST



* AT 550 PM...THE USGS RIVER LEVEL SENSOR IN CAMUY ALONG RIO CAMUY 

INDICATED THAT WATER LEVELS HAD EXCEEDED FLOOD STAGE...AND THE RIVER 

WAS FLOWING OUT OF ITS BANKS. ADDITIONAL AREAS ALONG THE RIVER WILL 

LIKELY SEE OVERFLOWING WATER THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.



  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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