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WGCA52 TJSJ 140010

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VIC020-030-140600-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

809 PM AST THU NOV 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING ISLANDS

  IN THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS



     SAINT JOHN AND THE ADJACENT SMALLER ISLANDS

     SAINT THOMAS



* UNTIL 200 AM AST FRIDAY



* AT 805 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS 

AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST 

ACROSS THESE ISLANDS...WITH OTHER SHOWERS AND STORMS CONTAINING 

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...POISED TO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 

200 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS LIKELY...AND 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 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 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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