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PRC023-079-121-125-230100-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

700 PM AST SAT DEC 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED IN TIME



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     SABANA GRANDE

     SAN GERMAN

     CABO ROJO

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 900 PM AST



* AT 645 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINFALL    

  HAD ENDED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO SINCE 530 PM...BUT LIGHT 

  TO MODERATE RAIN WAS PERSISTING. FLOODING CONTINUES AND WATER      

  LEVELS REMAIN VERY HIGH IN LOCAL CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE FLASH     

  FLOOD WARNING THEREFORE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 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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