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PRC075-111-113-149-172000-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

128 PM AST THU APR 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO



     VILLALBA

     PENUELAS

     JUANA DIAZ

     PONCE



* UNTIL 400 PM AST



* THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WITHIN THE WARNING 

AREA.



* AT 128 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NEW SHOWERS AND 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST 

OF THE WARNING AREA AND HEADING NORTHEAST. THESE SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...FURTHER AGGRAVATING ONGOING FLOODING AND 

RESULTING IN NEW FLOODING DEVELOPING. RESULTING IN   THE PUBLIC 

REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AT PONCE. MUDSLIDES WILL OCCUR OVER AREAS 

OF STEEP TERRAIN. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OUT OF ALL LOCAL RIVERS AND 

STREAMS TODAY. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS 

BEEN REPORTED. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

FLOODED ROADS AND AREAS...AS YOU AND YOUR VEHICLE MIGHT BE SWEPT 

AWAY BY FLOOD WATERS. EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AND TAKE THE 

NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD FLOOD WATERS AFFECT YOUR AREA. FOLLOW 

INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.



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