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WGCA52 TJSJ 091447

FFWSJU

PRC029-031-119-139-091745-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1042 AM AST SUN MAY 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     TRUJILLO ALTO

     RIO GRANDE



* UNTIL 200 PM AST



* AT 1045 AM AST...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY 

RAINFALL CONTINUES OVER THESE MUNICIPALITIES. RIVER LEVEL SENSORS 

ARE HIGH AND DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

BETWEEN TWO TO THREE INCHES LAST FEW HOURS. 



  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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