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WGCA52 TJSJ 222111

FFWSJU

PRC023-079-121-125-222300-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

511 PM AST SAT DEC 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     SABANA GRANDE

     SAN GERMAN

     CABO ROJO

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 700 PM AST



* AT 454 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY      

  RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO...LEAVING A LARGE AREA OF 

  TWO INCH RAIN ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. SHOWERS AND   

  THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING THERE DURING THE PAST HOUR HAVE BEEN       

  MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST 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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