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WGCA52 TJSJ 072258

FFWSJU

PRC113-080200-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

657 PM AST SUN DEC 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO



     PONCE



* UNTIL 1000 PM AST



* AT 655 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE MUNICIPALITY OF 

PONCE. DOPPLER RADAR ALREADY HAS ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PONCE IN THE PAST HOUR. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUE TO FORM OVER THE CARIBBEAN WATERS AND WILL MOVE NORTHWARD 

TO AFFECT PONCE THIS EVENING...LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING.



A USGS RIVER LEVEL SENSOR ALONG RIO CERRILLOS SHOWED THIS RIVER WAS 

RISING RAPIDLY AND APPROACHING ITS FLOOD STAGE. THIS RIVER WILL GO 

OUT OF ITS BANKS BY 715 PM.



  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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