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WGCA52 TJSJ 101930

FFWSJU

PRC045-102200-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

330 PM AST FRI OCT 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY   

  IN PUERTO RICO...



     COMERIO



* UNTIL 600 PM AST



* AT 325 PM AST...THE RIVER GAGE ON THE RIO DE LA PLATA SHOWED THAT 

THE RIVER WAS STILL ALMOST 2 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...AND ONLY 

SLOWLY FALLING. BANDS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS COMERIO 

AND EASTERN AREAS OF PUERTO RICO...RESULTING IN ONLY A GRADUAL 

DECREASE IN THE RIVER LEVEL.



  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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