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BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1121 PM AST THU NOV 13 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED 



* THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES OF MAINLAND 

PUERTO RICO...AND FOR CULEBRA AND VIEQUES

    

* UNTIL 700 AM AST FRIDAY MORNING



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

THE WARNING AREA.



* AT 1117 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS 

THE EASTERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO AND CULEBRA AND VIEQUES. DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATES AND U.S.G.S. GAUGES INDICATED THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN THE PAST 4 TO 6 HOURS ACROSS MANY SECTIONS OF 

THE WARNING AREA. ALTHOUGH A BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAINFALL WAS 

OCCURRING OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF PUERTO RICO...NEW SHOWERS AND 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALREADY DEVELOPING ALONG AND JUST OFF OF THE 

NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO AND THESE WILL MOVE 

ACROSS THE LOCAL ISLANDS THROUGH 700 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF 1 TO 4 INCHES OR MORE WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE WARNING AREA AND THIS 

WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOOD PROBLEMS AND RESULT IN NEW FLASH AND 

RIVER FLOODING. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES WILL CONTINUE IN AREAS OF 

STEEP TERRAIN.



THIS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION STAY 

AWAY FROM RIVERS...STREAMS...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.



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