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WGCA52 TJSJ 201841

FFWSJU

PRC067-125-210030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

240 PM AST THU MAY 20 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     HORMIGUEROS

     SAN GERMAN



* UNTIL 830 PM AST



* AT 230 PM AST NWS DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STEADY MODERATE 

TO HEAVY RAIN OVER MOST SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. RADAR 

RAINFALL TOTALS WERE UP TO 5 INCHES OVER SAN GERMAN. ALTHOUGH 

RAINFALL WILL DIMINISH THROUGH 5 PM...THE FLOOD HAZARD WILL CONTINUE 

FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEYOND THAT TIME.



THIS WARNING INCLUDES RIO GUANAJIBO AND ALL OF ITS TRIBUTARIES IN 

THE WARNED AREA. MODELS ARE SUGGESTING THIS RIVER WILL PEAK BETWEEN 

5 AND 8 PM IN HORMIGUEROS.



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 1814 6701 1808 6701 1807 6700 1812 6717

          1815 6716 1815 6703



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