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BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

400 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

     YAUCO

     GUAYANILLA

     GUANICA

     LAJAS



* UNTIL 1000 PM AST



* THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS WITHIN THE WARNING 

AREA.



* AT 400 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED CONTINUING 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. MUDSLIDES WILL 

OCCUR OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY OUT OF ALL 

LOCAL RIVERS AND STREAMS. T



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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