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PRC029-031-089-100730-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

1254 AM AST THU JUN 10 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO



     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     LUQUILLO

     

* UNTIL 330 AM AST



* AT 1250 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER CANOVANAS... 

CAROLINA AND LUQUILLO...WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS POISED TO 

MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 330 AM. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 

1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA 

SINCE 1100 PM AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. AT 1245 AM...EMERGENCY 

MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SOME STREETS AND HOUSES FLOODED IN 

CAROLINA. MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. 



THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES IN

THE WARNED 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 

NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. FOLLOW 

INSTRUCTIONS FROM LOCAL CIVIL DEFENSE OR LAW OFFICIALS.



LAT...LON 1824 6570 1819 6570 1821 6577 1825 6576



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