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WGCA52 TJSJ 232018

FFWSJU

PRC081-232200-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

416 PM AST SAT AUG 23 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO

     LARES



* UNTIL 600 PM AST



* AT 412 PM AST...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED   

  4   MILES SOUTHWEST OF LARES...STATIONARY.  THE LARES RIVER HAS    

  RISEN SIX FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.



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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