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WGCA52 TJSJ 012158

FFWSJU

PRC143-145-051-020000-



BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

557 PM AST WED MAY 1 2002



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER 

SERVICE IN SAN JUAN EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM AST WEDNESDAY EVENING



FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

IN PUERTO RICO

     VEGA ALTA...VEGA BAJA...AND DORADO



FOR PEOPLE ALONG THE FOLLOWING RIVER(S)...

     RIO CIBUCO



AT 550 PM AST CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT RIO CIBUCO WAS OVER ITS 

BANKS. ALSO...MANY ROADS IN THESE AREAS ARE IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL.



HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER THESE AREAS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE 

ALONG ROAD 2 AND MOVING NORTHWARD THROUGH AT LEAST 700 PM. THESE 

CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE MORE FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING. IN 

ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.  



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.



DG/BCS

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