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WGCA52 TJSJ 082353

FFWSJU

PRC013-090145-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

753 PM AST SUN MAY 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS ISSUED A



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO



     ARECIBO



* UNTIL 945 PM AST



* THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES ALL RIVERS...STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES 

WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.



* AT 742 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY 

RAINFALL AFFECTING MUCH OF THE MUNICIPALITY. RADAR ESTIMATES 

INDICATE THAT AT LEAST 2 TO 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN 

OVER THE SOUTHWEST PART OF ARECIBO AND IT CONTINUED TO RAIN. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AND THIS 

WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE 

OVER AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 1844 6662 1834 6662 1836 6676 1847 6676



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