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BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

745 PM AST SUN SEP 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     CAGUAS

     CIDRA

     COAMO

     CAYEY

     COMERIO

     GUAYANILLA

     AIBONITO

     AGUAS BUENAS

     ARROYO

     BARRANQUITAS

     JUNCOS

     GURABO

     LUQUILLO

     PATILLAS

     MAUNABO

     NAGUABO

     SAN LORENZO

     YABUCOA

     VILLALBA

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     LAS PIEDRAS

     CEIBA

     PENUELAS

     GUAYAMA

     FAJARDO

     HUMACAO

     JUANA DIAZ

     GUAYNABO

     PONCE

     SALINAS

     SANTA ISABEL

     RIO GRANDE



* UNTIL 1100 PM AST



* AT 738 PM AST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY 

HEAVY   RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FROM 3 MILES WEST OF 

LUQUILLO TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF ARROYO...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.



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

  THE WARNING AREA.



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.



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AT 7:30 PM AST SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS RAIN

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CARIBBEAN SEA MOVING TOWARDS

THE SOUTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO THREATENING THE SOUTH AND

SOUTHEAST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO WITH MORE RAIN TONIGHT.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF PUERTO RICO UNTIL

8PM. THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE EXTENDED UNTIL 4AM.



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