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WGCA52 TJSJ 181937

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PRC081-131-182200-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

336 PM AST WED SEP 18 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     SAN SEBASTIAN

     LARES



* UNTIL 600 PM AST



* AT 215 PM AST...A USGS RIVER SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE WATER 

LEVELS OF RIO GUAJATACA IN LARES REACHED FLOOD STAGE. HEAVY RAINFALL 

ASSOCIATED WITH AFTERNOON NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

CONTINUE TROUGH AT LEAST 500 PM ACROSS PARTS OF THE WESTERN INTERIOR 

SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. 



  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.



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