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WGCA52 TJSJ 101619

FFWSJU

PRC009-015-035-043-057-075-109-123-133-149-101900-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1218 PM AST FRI OCT 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     COAMO

     CAYEY

     AIBONITO

     ARROYO

     PATILLAS

     VILLALBA

     GUAYAMA

     JUANA DIAZ

     SALINAS

     SANTA ISABEL



* UNTIL 300 PM AST



* AT 1210 PM AST...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS 

MOVING INLAND FROM JUANA DIAZ...EAST TO ARROYO. THE WATER LEVELS OF 

RIO COAMO IS NEAR FLOOD STAGE...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE 

FLASH FLOODING ALONG THIS RIVER. WITH ALREADY SATURATED TERRAIN...  

OTHER RIVERS AND TRIBUTARIES ARE REACTING RAPIDLY WITH ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL . 



  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. 



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