

000 

WGCA52 TJSJ 172254

FFWSJU

PRC003-011-081-099-131-180330-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

645 PM AST SAT MAY 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     MOCA

     SAN SEBASTIAN

     ANASCO

     AGUADA

     LARES



* UNTIL 1130 PM AST



* AT 640 PM AST...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST PUERTO RICO PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. RIVER 

GAUGES ON MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREA 

SHOWED RIVERS RISING RAPIDLY AND SOME OUT OF THEIR BANKS. ALTHOUGH 

THE RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH THROUGH 800 PM...RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO 

RISE AND FLOODING ALONG THESE RIVERS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE 

EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY ALONG RIO GRANDE DE ANASCO...RIO 

CULEBRINAS...RIO GUAJATACA AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.



THE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED SEVERAL HOUSES FLOODED IN SAN SEBASTIAN. 

IN AGUADA...ANASCO AND MOCA SOME ROADS REMAIN INTRANSITABLE AND SOME 

STREAMS REMAIN OUT OF THEIR BANKS. IN LARES THERE WAS A RIVER OUT OF 

ITS BANK AND TWO LANDSLIDES.



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.



$$

