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PRC017-201615-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1117 AM AST SAT SEP 20 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     BARCELONETA



* UNTIL 1215 PM AST



* AT 1114 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   

THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE MUNICIPALITY OF 

BARCELONETA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AROUND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN 

ALONG THE COAST AND INLAND. THE ENTRANCE TO TH CITY WAS REPORTED 

FLOODED. 





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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