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WGCA52 TJSJ 011918

FFWSJU

PRC013-039-073-141-012130-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

316 PM AST TUE OCT 1 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO   

  RICO...



     CIALES

     JAYUYA

     UTUADO

     ARECIBO



* UNTIL 530 PM AST.



* AT 312 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO OCCUR OVER THESE 

AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR ALREADY HAS ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS THREE INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME OF THESE AREAS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THESE 

AREAS...LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING.



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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