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BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

550 PM AST THU NOV 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED IN TIME



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MAINLAND 

PUERTO RICO

    

* UNTIL 100 AM AST



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE CULEBRA 

AND VIEQUES.



* AT 550 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHEASTWARD 

ACROSS THE ISLANDS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST FEW HOURS ACROSS THE MUNICIPALITIES OF 

JUANA DIAZ...SANTA ISABEL...COAMO...VILLALBA...AND AIBONITO. THIS 

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST NORTHEASTWARD TO AFFECT A 

LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN PUERTO RICO THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING.



MEANWHILE...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WAS DEVELOPING AND MOVING ONTO THE 

WEST COAST OF PUERTO RICO. EXPECT BANDS OF RAINFALL ON AND OFF 

THROUGHOUT THE NIGHTTIME...ONLY AGGRAVATING THE CURRENT FLOODING 

PROBLEMS.



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

  THE WARNING AREA.



THIS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION STAY 

AWAY FROM STREAMS...GUTS AND LOW LYING AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING 

ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. DO NOT RISK THE LIVES OF YOU OR YOUR LOVED 

ONES. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING 

OR EXPECTED. 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. MUDSLIDES WILL CONTINUE LIKELY 

IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.





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