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PRC007-021-025-031-033-039-045-047-051-061-063-087-101-105-127-135-

137-139-240000-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

606 PM AST WED APR 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     DORADO

     CAROLINA

     CAGUAS

     COROZAL

     COMERIO

     AGUAS BUENAS

     GURABO

     NARANJITO

     SAN JUAN

     TOA ALTA

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     BAYAMON

     GUAYNABO

     CATANO

     LOIZA

     TOA BAJA

     CIALES

     MOROVIS



* UNTIL 800 PM AST



* AT 559 PM AST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 

OCCURRING ALL ACROSS THE SAN JUAN METRO AREA AND ADJACENT 

MUNICIPALITIES. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED...WITH 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN IN ONLY 25 MINUTES REPORTED IN RIO PIEDRAS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL OF TWO TO FIVE INCHES IS EXPECTED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS 

FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. WATERSPOUTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS WELL. 

LANDSLIDES 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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