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WGCA52 TJSJ 261958 CCA

FFWSJU

PRC081-262300-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

357 PM AST SUN OCT 26 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO

     LARES



* UNTIL 700 PM AST



* AT 355 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A   

THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER LARES. IN ADDITION...A U.S.G.S. 

RIVER GAGE IN LARES INDICATED THAT THE RIO GUAJATACA HAS RISEN 

RAPIDLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FROM RAINFALL ACCUMULATION FROM PREVIOUS 

RAINS. 



  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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