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BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

915 AM AST MON NOV 17 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     ALL MUNICIPALITIES EAST OF A LINE FROM BARCELONETA SOUTHWARD   

     TO PONCE...INCLUDING CULEBRA AND VIEQUES



* UNTIL 12:15 PM AST.



* AT 9 AM AST...NWS DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LARGE BANDS OF INTENSE  

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS CONTINUING TO 

ENTER THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST COASTS OF PUERTO RICO...AND SPREAD 

SOUTHWEST. RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING 

WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS...AND WILL INDUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS OUR 

SATURATED SOILS.



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

  THE WARNING AREA.



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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