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PRC051-135-137-220100-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

555 PM AST WED MAY 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     DORADO

     TOA ALTA

     TOA BAJA



* UNTIL 900 PM AST



* AT 555 PM AST...THE U.S.G.S. RIVER GAUGE INDICATED THAT WATER 

LEVELS OF RIO LA PLATA IN TOA ALTA IS OVER FLOOD STAGE AND CONTINUE 

RISING. AT 550 PM AST...CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED THAT RIO LA PLATA DAM 

WILL OPEN A THIRD GATE AROUND 615 PM. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PRODUCE 

RIO LA PLATA TO GO OUT OF ITS BANKS ACROSS TOA ALTA...DORADO AND TOA 

BAJA. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE RIO LA PLATA 

BASIN THROUGH AT LEAST 700 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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