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WGCA52 TJSJ 110257

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VIC010-110600-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1057 PM AST MON NOV 10 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ISLAND

  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS



     SAINT CROIX



* UNTIL 200 AM AST TUESDAY



* AT 1053 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTING THE 

ISLAND OF ST CROIX. AT 1045 PM...A WEATHER SPOTTER AT MARIAS HILL 

REPORTED THAT ALMOST 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN THERE SINCE 

400 PM AND IT CONTINUED RAINING HEAVILY AT THE RATE OF 2 INCHES PER 

HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL FALL OVER ST CROIX 

THROUGH 200 AM TUESDAY...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING OF GUTS... 

STREAMS AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE AREAS. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE 

LIKELY OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



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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