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WGCA52 TJSJ 081829

FFWSJU

PRC037-103-082130-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

227 PM AST MON SEP 8 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CEIBA

     NAGUABO



     INCLUDING RIO DAGUAO AND ALL ITS TRIBUTARIES     

 

* UNTIL 530 PM AST



* AT 216 PM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS 

PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AFFECTING COASTAL SECTIONS OF 

CEIBA...SPREADING NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS ROOSEVELT ROADS AND INTO 

INTERIOR CEIBA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 60 MINUTE.



  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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