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BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1200 PM AST WED JUN 5 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES   

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CIALES...COAMO...CAYEY...AIBONITO...ARROYO...JAYUYA...

     PATILLAS...MAUNABO...OROCOVIS...SAN LORENZO...YABUCOA...

     VILLALBA...LAS PIEDRAS...GUAYAMA...HUMACAO...JUANA DIAZ...

     PONCE...SALINAS AND SANTA ISABEL



* UNTIL 300 PM AST



* AT 1200 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST PUERTO RICO. LOCALIZED 

FLOODING WILL OCCUR AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER THE 

WARNING AREA PRODUCING PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. MUDSLIDES WILL 

LIKELY OCCUR IN AREAS OF VERY 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.

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