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WGCA52 TJSJ 110553

FFWSJU

VIC010-110900-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

147 AM AST TUE NOV 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED 



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ISLAND

  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

     SAINT CROIX



* UNTIL 500 AM AST



* AT 146 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 

  NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 

  CONTINUED AFFECTING ST CROIX. AT 147 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

  HEAVY SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS ST CROIX WITH AT A RATE OF 1 TO 2 

  INCHES PER HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL 

  ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 500 AM...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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