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WGCA52 TJSJ 171942

FFWSJU

VIC030-172330-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

337 PM AST THU APR 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ISLAND OF 

     ST THOMAS IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

     

* UNTIL 730 PM AST



* AT 325 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEAR 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR OVER THE SOUTHER PART OF ST THOMAS. THE 

USGS RIVER GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE RIVER LEVELS OF TURPENTINE RUN 

WERE RISING RAPIDLY TOWARDS FLOOD STAGE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL 

PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING IN ST THOMAS THROUGH AT LEAST 730 PM.



  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. PERSONS IN

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM

LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.



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