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VIC020-030-121830-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1132 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 THOMAS

     SAINT JOHN AND THE ADJACENT SMALLER ISLANDS



* UNTIL 230 PM AST



* AT 1128 AM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SLOWLY NORTH 

ACROSS THESE ISLANDS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES 

WILL OCCUR THROUGH 230 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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