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WGCA52 TJSJ 161428

FFWSJU

PRC143-145-161725-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1025 AM AST SUN NOV 16 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     VEGA ALTA

     VEGA BAJA



...INCLUDING ALL RIVER AND STREAM AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES...

 

* UNTIL 125 PM AST



* AT 1015 AM AST...MODERATE SHOWERS HAVE AFFECTED THE MUNICIPALITIES 

OF VEGA ALTA AND VEGA BAJA DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RUNOFF 

PRODUCED BY THESE SHOWERS HAVE CAUSE RIO CIBUCO TO FLOW OUT OF ITS 

BANKS...PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ALONG THIS RIVER.



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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