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WGCA52 TJSJ 172141

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PRC069-085-095-151-180030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

525 PM AST FRI SEP 17 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     MAUNABO

     YABUCOA

     LAS PIEDRAS

     HUMACAO



*THIS WARNING INCLUDES ALL RIVERS AND STREAMS AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES 

IN THE WARNED AREA



* UNTIL 830 PM AST



* AT 525 PM AST...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

INDICATED  A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING 

NORTHWEST ACROSS THESE AREAS. THE DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR HAS SO FAR 

ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS SOME AREAS. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL SO FAR IS ACROSS YABUCOA AND HUMACAO BUT CONTINUE TO MOVE 

FURTHER INLAND ACROSS THE NEARBY MUNICIPALITIES.  



THE HEAVY RAIN WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING AND ALSO CAUSE 

MUDSLIDES IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

 

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS...TURN AROUND DONT 

DROWN...ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY 

CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.



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 1813 6583 1798 6585 1798 6593 1818 6588



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