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WGCA52 TJSJ 062039

FFWSJU

PRC081-062200-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

435 PM AST MON OCT 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...   

  LOCATIONS ALONG THE RIO GUAJATACA IN LARES



* UNTIL 600 PM AST



* AT 435 PM AST...A USGS RIVER LEVEL SENSOR INDICATED THAT THE RIO 

GUAJATACA WAS AT 12.9 FEET...OR ABOUT A FOOT ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE 

RIVER CONTINUES TO RISE FROM THE AFTERNOON HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE 

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 ALONG THIS RIVER SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW 

INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.



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