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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

759 PM AST THU APR 29 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED THE



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES OF PUERTO RICO



     HORMIGUEROS AND SAN GERMAN



* THIS WARNING INCLUDES RIO GUANAJIBO AND ALL OTHER RIVERS...STREAMS 

  AND TRIBUTARIES WITHIN THE WARNING AREA. 



* UNTIL 930 PM AST



* AT 755 PM AST...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THAT MOST OF THE 

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE AFFECTING THE WARNING 

AREA EARLIER...HAVE DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY OR ENDED. HOWEVER... 

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED EARLIER WAS CAUSING THE 

LEVEL OF RIO GUANAJIBO TO RISE QUICKLY AND IT COULD REACH THE FLOOD 

STAGE OF 20 FEET AT HORMIGUEROS BY 845 PM. IN ADDITION...OTHER 

SHOWERS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THESE MUNICIPALITIES THROUGH 930 PM AND 

COULD AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING AND RESULT IN NEW FLASH FLOODING. 

MUDSLIDES ARE 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. PERSONS IN

LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND. FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM

LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.



THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SABANA GRANDE HAS EXPIRED.



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