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WGCA52 TJSJ 090154

FFWSJU

PRC091-090600-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

954 PM AST SAT MAY 8 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO

     MANATI



* UNTIL 200 AM AST SUNDAY MORNING



* AT 950 PM AST...A U.S.G.S. RIVER GAGE IN MANATI INDICATED THAT 

THE RIO GRANDE DE MANATI IS OUT OF ITS BANKS AND STILL RISING. 

EMERGENCY MANAGERS HAVE REPORTED THAT WATER IS OVER SOME OF THE 

LOWER BRIDGES IN SECTOR EL CACHETE.



  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 1845 6648 1840 6649 1841 6655 1845 6655



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