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BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

625 PM AST FRI AUG 30 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     ISABELA

     CIALES

     MANATI

     FLORIDA

     BARCELONETA

     MOROVIS

     MOCA

     RINCON

     QUEBRADILLAS

     SAN SEBASTIAN

     UTUADO

     AGUADILLA

     AGUADA

     LARES

     CAMUY

     HATILLO

     ARECIBO

     VEGA BAJA



* UNTIL 930 PM AST



* AT 545 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE SATELLITE IMAGES INDICATED STRONG 

  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. 

  PERIODS OF TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING WILL 

  OCCUR.



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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