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WGCA52 TJSJ 262358

FFWSJU

PRC003-270245-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

752 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

     AGUADA



* UNTIL 1045 PM AST



* AT 745 PM AST...USGS RIVER LEVEL SENSOR AT THE COLOSO DAM IN  

AGUADA INDICATED THAT RIVER CULEBRINAS WAS ONE FOOT BELOW THE FLOOD 

STAGE OF 14 FEET.



HEAVY RAINS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES DURING THE AFTERNOON IN THE 

MUNICIPALITY OF LARES HAVE CAUSED THE RIVER TO SWOLLEN. THE MOCA 

USGS SENSOR WAS INDICATING THE RIVER CLOSE TO THE FLOOD STAGE OF 24 

FEET. 



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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