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WGCA52 TJSJ 171653

FFWSJU

PRC055-059-079-153-172000-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1252 PM AST THU APR 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED  



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES SOUTHWEST 

OF PUERTO RICO



     YAUCO

     GUAYANILLA

     GUANICA

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 400 PM AST



* AT 1245 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL 

ESTIMATES SHOWED AROUND 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN LAJAS...GUANICA... 

AND GUAYANILLA. CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT THE WATER LEVELS OF RIO 

LOCO IN YAUCO WERE NEAR FLOOD STAGE. SOILS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA 

ARE SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING 

CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES WILL ALSO OCCUR IN AREAS OF 

STEEP TERRAIN.



  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 AFFECT 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.  LOCAL 

RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OUT OF RIVERS AND STREAMS. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS 

FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.



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