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WGCA52 TJSJ 262050

FFWSJU

PRC141-270100-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

450 PM AST MON APR 26 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO

     UTUADO



* UNTIL 900 PM AST



* AT 445 PM AST...EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN UTUADO REPORTED A SMALL 

STREAM OUT OF ITS BANKS ALONG ROAD NUMBER 10 AND A LAND SLIDE ALONG 

ROAD 603. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT NEAR FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN UTUADO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS...AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER UTUADO.



  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.



LAT...LON 1828 6666 1823 6666 1825 6677 1829 6680



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