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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

358 PM AST THU APR 21 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITIES

  IN PUERTO RICO

     CANOVANAS

     CAROLINA

     SAN JUAN

     LOIZA

     RIO GRANDE



* UNTIL 700 PM AST



* AT 341 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 

TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

WARNED AREA. YOU CAN EXPECT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER 

HOUR IN LOCALIZED SECTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. 



* THE GROUNDS IN THE WARNED AREA REMAIN VERY SATURATED DUE TO THE 

HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AND VERY LITTLE SUNSHINE. 

THEREFORE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE A GREAT AMOUNT OF RUNOFF.



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.



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.



LAT...LON 1850 6609 1838 6610 1835 6598 1834 6588

      1844 6584



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