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WGCA52 TJSJ 211837

FFWSJU

PRC081-083-212030-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

232 PM AST MON OCT 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     LAS MARIAS

     LARES



* UNTIL 430 PM AST



* AT 223 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A          

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL LARES          

  MUNICIPALITY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LARES...MOVING        

  SLOWLY WESTWARD. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING OVER LAND    

  THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN DURING THE PAST FEW           

  HOURS...AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS...AS        

  WELL AS ADJACENT LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED.

 

  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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000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 211837

FFWSJU

PRC081-083-212030-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

232 PM AST MON OCT 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     LAS MARIAS

     LARES



* UNTIL 430 PM AST



* AT 223 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A          

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL LARES          

  MUNICIPALITY...OR ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LARES...MOVING        

  SLOWLY WESTWARD. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING OVER LAND    

  THAT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN DURING THE PAST FEW           

  HOURS...AND FLASH FLOODING OF LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS...AS        

  WELL AS ADJACENT LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED.

 

  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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