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BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

330 PM AST WED NOV 12 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

    

     DORADO 

     TOA BAJA



* UNTIL 630 PM AST



* AT 325 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS... 

SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS THE WARNING 

AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED 

THROUGH 630 PM. THIS ADDED RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF 

RIVERS...STREAMS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES...AND OTHER FLOOD PRONE 

AREAS. AT 320 PM...THE U.S.G.S. RIVER GAUGE ON THE RIO LA PLATA AT 

TOA BAJA INDICATED THAT THE RIVER WAS RISING STEADILY AND WILL 

LIKELY GO OUT OF ITS BANKS BY 415 PM OR EARLIER...FLOODING LOW LYING 

AREAS ALONG THE RIVER. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE 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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