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PRC119-100630-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1127 PM AST WED JUN 9 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO

     RIO GRANDE



* UNTIL 230 AM AST



* AT 1120 PM AST EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN RIO 

GRANDE. HIGHWAY NUMBER 956 IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. SOME RESIDENCES 

WERE FLOODED IN THE AREA OF RIVER VALLEY IN SECTOR CAMBALACHE.



THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES IN

THE WARNED AREA



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 1837 6578 1831 6581 1834 6585 1840 6583



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