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WGCA52 TJSJ 212311

FFWSJU

PRC127-139-220100-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

705 PM AST WED MAY 21 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED IN TIME AND 

RECONFIGURED 



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     SAN JUAN

     TRUJILLO ALTO



* INCLUDING ALL LOCAL RIVERS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES



* UNTIL 900 PM AST



* AT 7:00 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL HAD 

MOVED EAST SOUTHEAST OF THE WARNING AREA...LEAVING JUST LIGHT TO 

MODERATE RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE METRO AREA. HOWEVER...LOCAL 

RIVERS ACROSS SAN JUAN AND TRUJILLO ALTO REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 

BANKFULL...AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 

HOUR OR SO. FOR THIS REASON...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 

EXTENDED UNTIL 9 PM FOR SAN JUAN AND TRUJILLO ALTO. ALL OTHER 

ADJACENT MUNICIPALITIES PREVIOUSLY UNDER THE WARNING THIS EVENING 

HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.



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. FOLLOW 

INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.



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