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WGCA52 TJSJ 260504

FFWSJU

PRC015-035-057-109-260800-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

104 AM AST TUE AUG 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CAYEY

     ARROYO

     PATILLAS

     GUAYAMA



* UNTIL 400 AM AST



* AT 1250 AM AST...THE CIVIL DEFENSE REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND 

SOME RESIDENTIAL FLOODING ACROSS SECTIONS OF SOUTHEAST PUERTO RICO. 

DOPPLER RADAR AND U.S.G.S. RAIN GAGES ALSO INDICATED HEAVY RAIN AND 

INCREASING LIKELIHOOD FOR FLOODING. MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE OVER 

AREAS WITH STEEP TERRAIN.



  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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