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WGCA52 TJSJ 121336

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VIC010-121630-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

936 AM AST WED NOV 12 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 1230 PM AST



* AT 931 AM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AND SPOTTERS INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING 

SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS THE ISLAND. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 

3 INCHES WILL OCCUR THROUGH 1230 PM. THIS ADDED RAINFALL WILL 

AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING AND INITIATE NEW FLASH FLOODING OF 

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

ARE LIKELY OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



THIS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. 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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