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000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 302156

FFWSJU

PRC069-085-103-151-310045-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

556 PM AST THU MAY 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     NAGUABO

     NORTH HALF OF YABUCOA

     LAS PIEDRAS

     HUMACAO



* UNTIL 845 PM AST



THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES 

WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.



* AT 550 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A NEARLY STATIONARY 

BAND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... 

EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF YABUCOA NORTH AND NORTHEAST 

THROUGH HUMACAO...LAS PIEDRAS AND NAGUABO. USGS GAUGES AND RADAR 

ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

OVER THE WARNING AREA SINCE 430 PM AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN HEAVILY. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH 845 PM... 

LIKELY RESULTING IN FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE 

WARNING AREA. 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.



SEELEY/RIVERA

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000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 302207

FFWSJU

PRC069-085-103-151-310045-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED   ...RETRANSMITTED...

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

556 PM AST THU MAY 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     NAGUABO

     NORTH HALF OF YABUCOA

     LAS PIEDRAS

     HUMACAO



* UNTIL 845 PM AST



THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES 

WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.



* AT 550 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A NEARLY STATIONARY 

BAND OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... 

EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF YABUCOA NORTH AND NORTHEAST 

THROUGH HUMACAO...LAS PIEDRAS AND NAGUABO. USGS GAUGES AND RADAR 

ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN 

OVER THE WARNING AREA SINCE 430 PM AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN HEAVILY. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH 845 PM... 

LIKELY RESULTING IN FLASH AND RIVER FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF THE 

WARNING AREA. 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.



SEELEY/RIVERA

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