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WGCA72 TJSJ 151642

FFSSJU

PRC031-061-127-139-151800-



URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1240 PM AST SAT MAY 15 2004



...FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REAMINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM ACROSS THE 

FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES



IN PUERTO RICO

     CAROLINA...SAN JUAN...TRUJILLO ALTO AND GUAYNABO



THIS INCLUDES ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA. 



SEVERAL REPORTS BY PUERTO RICO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INDICATED THAT 

MANY OF THE STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES ALONG THE RIO PIEDRAS AND RIO 

GUAYNABO HAVE GONE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THIS WATER IS CAUSING 

FLOODING OF PORTIONS OF THE ROADWAYS ALONG THESE RIVERS. 



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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