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WGCA52 TJSJ 090145

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PRC013-090330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR

944 PM AST SUN MAY 8 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS EXTENDED



* A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING MUNICIPALITY

  IN PUERTO RICO



     ARECIBO



* UNTIL 1130 PM AST



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

WITHIN THE WARNING AREA.



* AT 939 PM AST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 

TO INDICATE A NEARLY STATIONARY AREA OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED 

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL STILL AFFECTING MUCH OF THE 

MUNICIPALITY. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED IN SOME 

SECTIONS...RADAR ESTIMATES AND U.S.G.S. RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT AT 

LEAST 2.5 TO 5.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF 

ARECIBO...ESPECIALLY THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS...AND IT 

CONTINUED TO RAIN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AT LEAST 1 INCH 

ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 1130 PM AND THIS WILL RESULT IN NEW FLASH 

FLOODING AND WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS. 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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