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WGCA52 TJSJ 151904

FFWSJU

PRC151-152200-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

302 PM AST SAT NOV 15 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO

     YABUCOA



* UNTIL 600 PM AST



* AT 258 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A          

  THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER YABUCOA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS  

  ESTIMATED THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS   

  THIS AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED.





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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