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WGCA52 TJSJ 232148

FFWSJU

PRC047-240000-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

548 PM AST WED APR 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY IN PUERTO 

RICO...



     COROZAL



* UNTIL 800 PM AST



* AT 543 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER COROZAL WITH ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS AND STORMS JUST TO THE WEST. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 

2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA AND 

IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. IN ADDITION...USGS RIVER GAUGES SHOWED RIO 

CIBUCO APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE AND IT WILL LIKELY GO OVER ITS BANKS 

WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. MUDSLIDES ARE LIKELY OVER AREAS OF STEEP 

TERRAIN.



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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