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BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

210 PM AST TUE SEP 24 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     SAN JUAN

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     LOIZA

     RIO GRANDE



* UNTIL 500 PM AST



* AT 205 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT TWO INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE ACCUMULATED ACROSS THE SAN JUAN METROPOLITAN AREA AND ADJACENT 

MUNICIPALITIES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS WILL COME ACROSS THE 

WARNING AREA IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE 

INDICATED ISOLATED AREAS OF FLOODING IN THE WARNING AREA.   



  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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