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BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1150 AM AST THU NOV 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS BEEN EXTENDED ON TIME



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MAINLAND 

PUERTO RICO

   

* UNTIL 600 PM AST



* AT 1148 AM AST...THE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A WIDESPREAD AREA OF 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE ISLAND OF 

PUERTO RICO. LOCAL RESIDENTS AND THE CIVIL DEFENSE AUTHORITIES 

CONTINUE TO REPORT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ACROSS MUCH OF THE 

REGION. ESTIMATED RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN TWO TO THREE INCHES 

HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST SOUTHERN 

AND INTERIOR SECTIONS OF THE ISLAND. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER AN 

ALREADY SATURATED TERRAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE THE FLASH 

FLOODING CONDITIONS. 



  THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN

  THE WARNING AREA.



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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