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WGCA52 TJSJ 080022

FFWSJU

PRC043-075-133-080330-



BULLETIN-EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

820 PM AST SUN DEC 7 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO



     COAMO

     JUANA DIAZ

     SANTA ISABEL



* UNTIL 1130 PM AST



* AT 820 PM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS THESE AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 

AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST THE PAST HOUR OVER 

LOCATIONS JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF COAMO...WITH WIDESPREAD 

ACCUMULATIONS OF NEAR 2 INCHES ELSEWHERE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLASH 

FLOOD SITUATION. RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE RISING EXTREMELY RAPIDLY 

ACROSS THESE AREAS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS 

EXPECTED.



  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. MUDSLIDES WILL OCCUR IN 

AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE 

OR LAW OFFICIALS.



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