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BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1250 PM AST TUE NOV 18 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL MUNICIPALITIES IN PUERTO RICO ALONG  

AND EAST OF A LINE FROM SALINAS...NORTH THROUGH COMERIO...THEN 

NORTHEAST THROUGH RIO GRANDE INCLUDING TRUJILLO ALTO.



* UNTIL 400 PM AST



* AT 1250 PM AST...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH 

HEAVY RAIN WERE DETECTED OVER MOST OF THE EASTERN TWO THIRD OF 

PUERTO RICO. SOILS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ARE SATURATED AND ANY 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF 

RIVER...CREEKS...AND SMALL STREAMS. 



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

  THE WARNING AREA. MUDSLIDES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER AREAS OF STEEP  

  TERRAIN. 



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. FOLLOW 

INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.



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