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WGCA52 TJSJ 181555

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PRC095-109-181845-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1150 AM AST SUN AUG 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     PATILLAS

     MAUNABO



* UNTIL 245 PM AST



* AT 1111 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR THAT HEAVY      

  RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA. USGS GAGES INDICATED

  THAT THE RIO MARIN AND RIO MAUNABO WERE AT OR APPROACHING FLOOD 

  STAGE AND A ADDITIONAL RISE IN THE RIVER IS EXPECTED ACROSS THESE

  RIVER AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES. 



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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